EUP412 Political Ideologies

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2012
Rozsah
1/1/0. 10 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Dufek, Ph.D. (přednášející)
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jiří Navrátil, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Garance
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Út 10:00–11:40 Studio 527
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The goal of this course is to introduce the students to the political ideologies that have shaped our world and to determine which ideologies will be shaping it in the near future. In this course students will apprehend the philosophical and political bases of liberalism, conservatism, socialism and communism, social democracy, anarchism, libertarianism, nationalism, fascism, feminism, environmentalism, and the ideologies that shaped the processes of globalization and European integration at the end of the 20th century. At the end of the course the students will be able to analytically use the notion of ideology and become familiar with the scholarly background necessary for informed discussions of particular ideologies.
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction to the Course
  • 2. The Concept of Ideology
  • 3. Liberalism
  • 4. Conservatism
  • 5. Nationalism
  • 6. Socialism and Communism
  • 7. Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism and the Third Way
  • 8. Anarchism and Libertarianism
  • 9. Fascism and Nazism
  • 10. Feminism
  • 11. Environmentalism
  • 12. Current Debates: Globalization and Europeanization
  • 13. Reading Week, Individual Consultations
  • 14. Final Test
Literatura
  • Contemporary political ideologies. Edited by John Eatwell - Anthony Wright. 2nd ed. London: Pinter. viii, 296. ISBN 1-85567-606-0. 1999. info
  • GUIBERNAU, Montserrat a John REX. The ethnicity :reader : nationalism, multiculturalism and migration. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press. x, 336 s. ISBN 0-7456-1923-1. 1997. info
  • VINCENT, Andrew. Modern political ideologies. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. x, 361 s. ISBN 0-631-19507-6. 1995. info
  • WOLFF, Robert Paul. In defense of anarchism. 1st ed. New York: Harper Torchbooks. ix, 86. 1970. info
Výukové metody
Individual sessions are divided into the lectures and class discussions. The discussions rely upon the papers written by students, and based on the assigned readings.
Metody hodnocení
1. Students are expected to read the required reading(s) for each seminar. If there are two or three required readings rather than one, students are expected to read all of them. The optional reading is only for those who have special interest in the topic.
2. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the seminars by posing questions of clarification or bringing up problems for discussion.
3. Students are expected to write six short position papers (300-600 words each) on six different seminar topics. The papers should include a summary of the main points of the required reading(s), a critique of these readings, questions of clarification, and possible questions for discussion.
To enable the organization of the in-class discussion, papers must have three clearly identified sections:
1) a summary section entitled “Summary”;
2) a critique section entitled “Critique”;
3) a section containing questions for discussion entitled “Questions”.
Papers that do not have this structure and contain different points scattered throughout the text will be rejected and will not count towards the student’s grade. The position papers should be sent via e-mail to the lecturer responsible for the respective seminar. The papers should be submitted no later than 1 p. m. of the day before the seminar for which the paper is written.
4. At the end of the semester students should submit a 10-page long final paper on a topic relevant to the course. The final paper should be sent via e-mail to the contact person. The deadline is May 13, 2008.
5. There will be a final in-class written exam, consisting of five questions based on the required readings and the discussions in class.
Evaluation
The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of three parts:
1) Evaluation on the six position papers
2) Evaluation on the final paper
3) Evaluation on the final exam
Students will be awarded 6 points for the submission of six position papers of acceptable quality, in compliance with the required structure of position papers, and in the specified deadline. The points are awarded as a bulk evaluation for the submission of all papers; separate papers do not get points. This means that no points at all will be awarded for the submission of less than six position papers. Late submissions and submission of papers that do not meet the minimal requirements of quality and structure are not acceptable. Each final-exam question gets between 0 and 5 points (max. 25 points overall for the final exam).
Students will be awarded maximum 14 points for the submission of a final paper of acceptable quality. A good term paper would focus on a comparison of two ideologies or thinkers with respect to one selected problem. For example, students can compare the liberal understanding of the state with the conservative one or the conservative view on social revolutions with its socialist counterpart. Students can also opt for a ‘genealogical’ paper, i.e. the paper that will trace how one ideology influenced another one. It is also possible to depict their mutual influences. For example, students can try to sort out what is the relation between nationalism and fascism; social democracy and communism; liberalism and libertarianism. The grade will be calculated on the basis of the number of points collected. In order to complete the course, students must collect at least 27 points (60% of the max. points for all parts, i.e. 45 points).
Grading:
A: 45 - 42
B: 41 - 38
C: 37 - 33
D: 32 - 30
E: 29 - 27
F: 26 and less
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Compulsory readings for the course is to be found in Study Materials folder of Information System.
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Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2008, jaro 2009, jaro 2010, jaro 2011, jaro 2013, jaro 2014, jaro 2015, jaro 2016, jaro 2017.