POLb1101 World and Czech Communism

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 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)
! POL188 Czech Communism && ! NOW ( POL188 Czech Communism )
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
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Course objectives
The goal of the course is to provide basic information about communism in the world and specifically in the Czech Republic.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - understand to the phenomenon of the Czech communism and to interpret it in the frame of development of the world communism; - identify its main characteristics; - describe its main periods; - discuss its main ideological sources; - interpret the sources of todays situation of Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia.
Syllabus
  • 1. The roots of communism 2. The theory of communism 3. The history of communism in the world I. 4. The history of communism in the world II. 5. The development of communism in the Czech lands in 1918-1945 6. The development of communism in the Czech lands in 1945-1968 7. The development of communism in the Czech lands in 1968-1989 8. The development of communism in the Czech lands after 1989 I. 9. The development of communism in the Czech lands after 1989 II. 10. The contemporary communist regimes in the world 11. The debates about Czech communism 12. The communist past in Czech and Europe politics and policy
Literature
    required literature
  • Rupnik, J. (2002): Politika vyrovnávání s komunistickou minulostí. Soudobé dějiny, roč. 9, č. 1, s. 9-25.
  • Nedelsky, N. (2004): Divergent Responses to a Common past: Transitional Justice in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Theory and Society, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 65-115
  • KUNŠTÁT, Daniel. Za rudou oponou : komunisté a jejich voliči. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2013, 324 s. ISBN 9788073302092. info
  • BERDJAJEV, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič. Prameny a smysl ruského komunismu. Translated by Jakub Šedivý. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2012, 217 s. ISBN 9788072602629. info
  • BASTL, Martin, Miroslav MAREŠ, Josef SMOLÍK and Petra VEJVODOVÁ. Krajní pravice a krajní levice v ČR (Far Right and Far Left in the CR). 1st ed. Praha: Grada, 2011, 288 pp. Politologie. ISBN 978-80-247-3797-3. URL info
  • SERVICE, Robert. Soudruzi : světové dějiny komunismu. Translated by Pavel Kaas. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2009, 482 s. ISBN 9788020017260. info
  • PIPES, Richard. Komunizmus : dejiny intelektuálneho a politického hnutia. Translated by Marína Zavacká. 1. slovenské vyd. Bratislava: Slovart, 2007, 159 s. ISBN 9788080852696. info
  • FIALA, Petr, Jan HOLZER, Miroslav MAREŠ and Pavel PŠEJA. Komunismus v České republice. Vývojové, systémové a ideové aspekty působení KSČM a dalších komunistických organizací v české politice (Communism in Czech Republic. Development, System and Idea Aspects of the Activities of KSČM and other Communist Organizations in Czech Politics). 1st ed. Brno: MPÚ MU, 1999, 315 pp. monografie. ISBN 80-210-2249-3. info
  • BOCHEŇSKI, Józef Maria. Marxismus - leninismus : věda nebo víra. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vyšehrad, 1994, 159 s. ISBN 80-901614-45-6. info
    not specified
  • KOCIAN, Jiří, Jaroslav PAŽOUT, Tomáš VILÍMEK, Stanislav BALÍK and Vít HLOUŠEK. Dějiny Komunistické strany Československa IV : (1969-1993). Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2020, 591 stran. ISBN 9788020031747. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, seminar work
Assessment methods
Oral exam, written test, seminar work, class discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2023.
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