POLn4006 Czech Political Tradition

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. František Chalupa (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! POL417 Czech Political Tradition && ! NOW ( POL417 Czech Political Tradition )
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
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the sociopolitical doctrines in Czech history - in the Habsburg era 1848-1918, in the so called First and Second Czechoslovac Republic and after 1945.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able: to identify the basic characteristics of the Czech politics and policy in the view of long-terms processes of its formation,
to understand and explain long-term traditions of Czech Politics,
to characterize the traditions and to compare the traditions of Czech politics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Organization of the course 2. Czech politics in Habsburg monarchy 3. Liberalism 4. Political Agrarism 5. "Kulturkampf" in Czech lands 6. Political Catholicism 7. Reading week 8. National Conservatism; Fascism 9. Social Democracy 10. National Socialism and Anarchism 11. Communism 12. Czech dream
Literature
    required literature
  • KOSATÍK, Pavel. České snění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2010, 398 s. ISBN 9788072153930. info
  • HAVELKA, Miloš. Ideje, dějiny, společnost : studie k historické sociologii vědění. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2010, 414 s. ISBN 9788073252205. info
  • Spor o smysl českých dějin. Edited by Miloš Havelka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2006, 723 s. ISBN 8072152920. info
  • MALÍŘ, Jiří and Pavel a kol. MAREK. Politické strany. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004. sv. I-II. (Political Parteis. The Development of the Parties and Political Movements in the Bohemian Lands and Czechoslovakia, 1861-2004, 1-2.). 1st ed. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, 1826 pp. ISBN 80-7239-180-1. info
  • PODIVEN. Češi v dějinách nové doby : (1848-1939). Vyd. 2. - opr., V Academii 1. Praha: Academia, 2003, 691 s. ISBN 8020011439. info
  • KOŘALKA, Jiří. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815-1914 : sociálněhistorické souvislosti vytváření novodobého národa a národnostní otázky v českých zemích. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1996, 354 s. ISBN 8072030221. info
  • Spor o smysl českých dějin 1895-1938. Edited by Miloš Havelka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1995, 867 s. ISBN 80-85639-41-6. info
    recommended literature
  • BALÍK, Stanislav. Kulturní boj v českých zemích a politický katolicismus (The Kulturkampf in Czech Lands and the Political Catholicism). In MAREK, Pavel. Teorie a praxe politického katolicismu 1870-2007. 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, p. 79-92. Politika a náboženství, 6. ISBN 978-80-7325-152-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, essay
Assessment methods
One essay (in the run of the semestr) in the range 7200-10800 signs on the one of the scheduled topics; five position papers; written test; oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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