PHV438 XXth-Century Czech Philosophy: Selected Chapters

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8. 4. 8:00–9:40 Virtuální místnost, Tue 9. 4. 8:00–9:40 Virtuální místnost, Wed 10. 4. 8:00–9:40 Virtuální místnost, Thu 11. 4. 8:00–9:40 Virtuální místnost, Fri 12. 4. 8:00–9:40 Virtuální místnost
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce (not only) exchange students to the XXth Century Czech philosophy (selected chapters).
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Selected chapters:
  • Masaryk
  • Havel
  • Patočka
  • Literature and Philosophy: Milan Kundera
  • Czech Women Philosophers
Literature
  • Czech philosophy in the 20th century. Edited by Lubomír Nový - Jiří Gabriel - Jaroslav Hroch. Washington: Council for research in values and philosophy, 1994, 234 s. ISBN 1-56518-028-3. info
  • KUNDERA, Milan. The joke. Translated by Michael Henry Heim. London: Penguin Books, 1984, x, 267. ISBN 014006415X. info
Teaching methods
online block course (8.-12. 4. 2024), lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Students have to turn in tasks and write an essay on selected theme (5 pages).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: e-learning.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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