FF:PH1205 Philosophy of History - Course Information
PH1205 Philosophy of History
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 14:00–15:40 A11
- 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
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce the main ideas of philosophy of history from the classical Antiquity to the present time. The main attention is paid to the big system of philosophy of history in 18th and 19th centuries. After completing the course, students will be able to enumerate the main movements and their representatives. Further, they will be able to present the most influential concepts and to explain their justification, motivation and deficiencies.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course, a student will be able to present the main theories that emerged in the history of philosophy of history and to explain their main ideas; a student understands the importance of philosophy of history and will be able to critically consider their ideological dangers.
- Syllabus
- 1) The ancient philosophy of history: descendent and ascendent model
- 2) The ancient philosophy of history: the cycles of history
- 3) The Christian and medieval philosophy of history: eschatology
- 4) The Enlightenment philosophy of history: Voltaire, Condorcet
- 5) The Enlightenment philosophy of history: Kant
- 6) The Enlightenment philosophy of history: Vico, Herder
- 7) Philosophy of history in the 19th century: Hegel
- 8) Philosophy of history in the 19th century: Marx
- 9) Philosophy of history in the 19th century: Positivism, historicism
- 10) Philosophy of history in the 20th century
- 11) The end of the history: post-histoire, postmodernism
- 12) The criticism of philosophy of history in the 20th century: Blumenberg, Marquard
- Literature
- recommended literature
- SCHLOSSBERGER, Matthias. Geschichtsphilosophie. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2013, 269 stran. ISBN 9783050064543. info
- A companion to the philosophy of history and historiography. Edited by Aviezer Tucker. First published. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, xii, 563. ISBN 9781405149082. info
- HOLZBACHOVÁ, Ivana. Filozofie dějin : problémy a perspektivy. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004, 295 stran. ISBN 8021035935. info
- not specified
- BREITENSTEIN, Peggy H. Die Befreiung der Geschichte : Geschichtsphilosophie als Gesellschaftskritik nach Adorno und Foucault. Frankfurt: Campus, 2013, 325 s. ISBN 9783593395982. info
- DOKULIL, Miloš. Post-dějinná racionalita, aneb(o) konec dějin? (Post-historical racionality, or the end of history?). In Jan Patočka, Češi a Evropa. 1st ed. Brno: MU, 2000, p. 41-54. ISBN 80-210-2483-6. info
- KLEINGELD, Pauline. Geschichtsphilosophie bei Kant : Rekonstruktion und Analyse : proefschrift. Leiden: [s.n.], 1994, 239 s. info
- DOKULIL, Miloš. Filosofií dějin k dějinám filosofie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 180 s. ISBN 8021004185. info
- SCHAEFFLER, Richard. Einführung in die Geschichtsphilosophie. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1973, 245 s. ISBN 3534055918. info
- Teaching methods
- The course has a form of lecture.
- Assessment methods
- Final oral colloquium. The content of examination is identical with the individual items in the syllabus.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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