SOC145 Post-communist Nationalism, Xenophobia and Racism

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2005
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1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Veronika Bajt, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Rozvrh
Út 18:00–19:30 U32
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Course Title: Post-communist nationalism, xenophobia and racism (BA) Lecturer: Dr. Veronika Bajt Academic Year: 2005/2006 (Fall Semester) Credits: 6, Tue 18.00 19.30, room 32 The courses main objective is to connect the academic debate about nationalism with the understanding of the growing media coverage of xenophobia and racism in post-communist states. Every social scientist should be familiarised with and understand the main concepts related to nationalism, especially its relation to racism and chauvinist behaviour. As nationalism has frequently been connected to post-communist social transformations, it is necessary to think analytically and critically about this phenomenon and its inherent link with concepts such as nation, ethnicity, race, nation-state, etc. That is why this course analyses the many manifestations of nationalism by way of keeping in mind the wider context of social sciences, bringing together sociology, politics, history and social psychology. The course addresses the recent major change that has affected the region and the world: the fall of communism. The post-communist transition will be assessed in regard to the (supposed) growth of intolerance and xenophobia in the region. Because of the geographical and historical proximity, the break-up of multinational states such as Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia will be compared and analysed. This course is also intended for a discussion of the most negative elements of nationalism, the chauvinist, imperialist and genocidal tendencies. The following themes will be discussed (two lectures per proposed theme): 1. Basic concepts and definitions: nationalism, xenophobia, racism; ethnicity, nation, 'race'; 2. Sociobiology, ethno-symbolism and constructionist/modernist theories of nationalism; contextualising the fall of communism and the break-up of multinational states; examples from the former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia 3. National, ethnic, cultural identities vs. state identities; nation- and state-building; establishment of new states: case study of Slovenia and comparative perspective 4. Social anomie and the loss of 'old' value system; renegotiation of social values and identities: is nationalism a new ideology that replaced communism? 5. Xenophobia, ethnic distance, national stereotypes, prejudice, 'ethnic cleansing' or genocide? 6. Nationalising nationalisms and contemporary intolerance in the region and the West: from ethnic distance to chauvinism, racism, anti-Semitism. Recommended literature: Arvidsson, Claes, Lars Eric Blomqvist (eds.) (1987): Symbols of Power: The Aesthetics of Political Legitimation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Almqvist & Wiksell International Stockholm, Sweden. Calhoun, Craig (1997): Nationalism. Open University Press, Buckingham. Frentzel-Zagorska, Janina (ed.) (1993): From a One-Party State to Democracy: Transition in Eastern Europe. Rodopi, Amsterdam. Gellner, Ernest (1992): Nations and Nationalism. Blackwell, Oxford UK. Hobsbawm, Eric J. (1995): Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Holmes, Leslie (1997): Post-communism: An Introduction. Polity Press, Cambridge. Hutchinson, John, Anthony D. Smith (eds.) Nationalism. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Magaš, Branka (1993): The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracking the Break-up 1980-92. Verso, London. Minkenberg, Michael (2002): The Radical Right in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Observations and Interpretations East European Politics and Societies Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 335-362. Nedelsky, Nadya (2003): Civic Nationhood and the Challenges of Minority Inclusion: The Case of the Post-communist Czech Republic Ethnicities Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 85-114. Pajnik, Mojca (ed.) (2002): Xenophobia and Post-Socialism. Peace Institute, Ljubljana. Ramet, Sabrina P. (ed.) (1999): The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. Pennsylvania State University Press, Pennsylvania. Ramet, Sabrina Petra (1996): Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to Ethnic War. Westview Press, UK. Schierup, Carl-Ulrik (ed.) (1999): Scramble for the Balkans: Nationalism, Globalism and the Political Economy of Reconstruction. Macmillan Press Ltd., London. Van den Berghe, Pierre L. (1967): Race and Racism: A Comparative Perspective. John Wiley & Sons, New York. Vujaćić, Veljko (2003): From Class to Nation: Left, Right, and the Ideological and Institutional Roots of Post-Communist National Socialism East European Politics and Societies Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 359-392.
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