RLB92 Mircea Eliade and His Contemporary Critics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:35 B31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces the students to the work and thought of Mirca Eliade (1907-1986). The primary goal of the course is a critical analysis of his conceptions of religion and its scientific inquiry, in the context of contemporary study of religion. The course focuses on Eliade’s phenomenologicaly-hermeneutical thoughts, nevertheless for the purpose of a critical analysis of these thoughts the work of his critics and followers and its attitude towards his system has to be brought into investigation. The introduced lectures present specific problems on this topic, at the same time they provide the students with a detailed view of history, theory, and methods of study of religion.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • (0) Úvodní informace k předmětu. (1) Mircea Eliade a jeho doba. (2) Eliadova fenomenologie a hermeneutika náboženství. (3) Základní kategorie Eliadovy teorie náboženství. (4) Eliadova teorie mýtu a symbolu. (5) Kritická místa Eliadovy teorie náboženství. (6) Problematika reduktivního a nereduktivního přístupu v religionistice. (7) K otázce dějin a dějinnosti. (8) Nový humanismus jako politika. (9) Archaické, moderní a postmoderní u Mircei Eliada. (10) Mircea Eliade v kontextu: studium náboženství mezi vědou a uměním.
Literature
  • Bryan S. Rennie, Reconstructing Eliade: Making Sense of Religion, Albany: State University of New York 1996.
  • Bryan S. Rennie (ed.), Changing Religious Worlds: The Meaning and End of Mircea Eliade, Albany: State University of New York 2001.
  • WIEBE, Donald. The Politics of Religious Studies. 1st ed. New York: Palgrave, 1999. ISBN 0-312-23888-6. info
  • MCCUTCHEON, Russell T. Manufacturing religion : the discourse on sui generis religion and the politics of nostalgia. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xiii, 249. ISBN 0195166639. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Podmínky kolokvia:
(a) přiměřená účast v seminářích;
(b) přednesený referát (témata prací si studenti vybírají na začátku semestru z předložené nabídky, po dohodě s vyučujícím mohou zvolit i téma mimo tuto nabídku; přibližný rozsah práce: 6-10 normovaných stran).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Spring 2005, Autumn 2007.
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