ESA913 European Culture Studies: Europe and Revolutions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 C33
Prerequisites
The course is opened as optional to the wide range of students in humanities without special requirements.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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
Course deals with divers topics from European culture, art, and history with a special regard to cross-influences, contextuality and interpenetrations of the cultural, social and national identities.
Learning outcomes
A student will learn from the European cultural tradition a several themes and motifs (authors, institutions, myths, philosophy, religion).
Syllabus
  • Teaching lessons and film-projections concerning divers topis of European culture
  • John Ruskin: Unto This Last (1862)
  • Hannah Arendt and the Crisis of Culture
  • Oswald Spengler and his vision of Decline
  • Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer: Critique of Enlightenment
  • Europe, Totalitarian States and their Aesthetic Doctrines
  • Sources of the Modern Europe, its Art and Culture
Literature
  • HUNTINGTON, Samuel P. Střet civilizací :boj kultur a proměna světového řádu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Rybka Publishers, 2001, v, 447 s. ISBN 80-86182-49-5. info
  • DAWSON, Christopher. Porozumět Evropě. Translated by Miroslav Kratochvíl. 1. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1995, 234 s. ISBN 80-7113-138-5. info
  • ARENDT, Hannah. Krize kultury : (čtyři cvičení v politickém myšlení). Translated by Martin Palouš. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 157 s. ISBN 8020404244. info
  • GUARDINI, Romano. Konec novověku : pokus o orientaci. Translated by Otakar Veselý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1992, 95 s. ISBN 8070210559. info
  • RUSKIN, John. Unto this last : and other writings by John Ruskin. Edited by Clive Wilmer. London: Penguin Books, 1985, 362 s. ISBN 9780140432114. info
  • BACHTIN, Michail Michajlovič. François Rabelais a lidová kultura středověku a renesance. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1975, 406 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, film projections
Assessment methods
written essay based on recommended literature, a colloquium about it
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky. Výuka bude zajištěna vždy v souladu s požadavky prevence: buď po skupinách, hybridně nebo distančně s využitím médií.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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