FF:PH1107 Social Philosophy - Course Information
PH1107 Social Philosophy
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2005
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Ivana Holzbachová, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová - Timetable
- Wed 13:20–14:55 A11 stara, Wed 15:00–16:35 A45
- Prerequisites
- PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. && PH1104 Antiquity - I && PH1202 Antiquity, Middle Ages - II
The students must know the primary literature that was studied in the courses and lectures. It is supposed the students visited PH1104 History of Philosophy I - Antiquity a PH1202 History of Philosophy II - Antiquity, Middle Ages - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH) (2)
- Philosophy (programme FF, M-HS)
- Philosophy (programme FF, M-PH)
- Course objectives
- The course and lecture are focused to the meeting the history of philosophical ideas about the history and society from the ancient philosophy till Hegel's times. The students will also familiarize themselves with the basic terms that are necessary for the study of this topic, like the state, the nation, the society, the ideology, etc. The lectures will be given to the deeper information about the basic works that are related to the discussed times.
- Syllabus
- 1. The ancient social philosophy: the sophists, Plato, Aristotle
- 2. Hellenism: Polybius, Epicureanism, Stoicism, the beginnings of the Christianity - Aurelius Augustinus
- 3. The Middle Ages understanding of the society. The relationship of the profane and sacral powers. St Thomas Aquinas
- 4. Renaissance and the Reformation. Utopia, Machiavelli, Grotius, Bodin, Luther, Calvinus
- 5. The social contract in XVII. and XVIII. cent.
- 6. Enlightenment and its concept of history and society
- 7. The history and society in the German classical philosophy
- 8. The main terms of the social philosophy: state, ideology, democracy, liberalism
- Literature
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Ústní nebo písemná zkouška. Předpokladem je vypracování referátu zadaného na počátku semestru.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
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