CJV_N_Russ Russia - yesterday, today and tomorrow

Pan-university studies
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Thomas Alexander Martinek (lecturer), PhDr. Mgr. Libor Štěpánek, Ph.D. (deputy)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Libor Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Language Centre
Contact Person: PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
A seminar is designed for students in german language (native speakers or level C1-C2).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
Course objectives
This course embarks on a disquisition concerning Russia´s intrinsic motivation to it´s »almost mystical« tolerance for suffering. This is a unique characteristic of Russia that upheaval in almost any part of the world affects it, gives it an opportunity and is also perceived by it as a mediator. Experts worry that this development will continue and accelerate.
Learning outcomes
Subtopics for essays:
Naturraum / Nature
Historische und politische Entwicklung / Political and economic history
Verfassung, Recht und Verwaltung / Constitution and administration
Bevölkerungs- und Sozialstruktur / Population and social structure
Industrie und produzierendes Gewerbe / Industry and trade
Kultur, Religion und Bildung / Culture and Religion
Landwirtschaft und Bodenschätze / Agriculture and treasures of the soil
Syllabus
  • 6th March Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: "What can Europe learn from Russia?"
  • 10th April Reports
  • 15th May Presentations
Teaching methods
The students work out presentations as well as essays (10 to 12 pages). They meet their lecturer at three sessions during semester.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 6th March, 14th April, 15th May, 12-14, Language Centre, Komenského nám. 2.
Teacher's information
Thomas Alexander Martinek published many articles on Bohemian history and finished practical courses in industry. At the moment he is preparing a book about the political philosophy of international relations. As International Relations theory has developed since 1918, competitive but overlapping schools of thought have arisen. Always, however, the state has remained in place as a central actor, with debate over the extent to which it is the only actor. Schools that concentrate on pluralism have emphasised international organisation and citizen groups. Structuralist schools have argued that the state is the articulation of other forces such as capital and class. More recently, the so-called English School has invested Realism with a renewed historical foundation. A state’s history provides a context for analysing its decisions. The Copenhagen School has added discursive formations to the historical context. How the state constructs discourse, and is in turn constructed by prevailing discourse, has huge impact on the formulation of foreign policy. The implication of the Copenhagen School is that there must be a government machinery that undertakes discursive formation and reinforcement that is far beyond the apparatus of foreign policy and diplomacy – and links foreign policy much more closely to the central concerns of the state than before, i.e. it is not separable from the demands of domestic policy.
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