ETBA03a History of Ethnology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Tue 11:40–13:15 J31
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
The course looks into the most distinct theories and schools in ethnology and cultural anthropology (mythological school, evolutionism, diffusionism, psychological school, sociological school, functionalism, structuralism, etc.). Students are also informed about the latest phases of interest in the “strange” and “different” traceable in antiquity. Encountering other cultures, namely in the propagation of Christianity and Islam and later in relation to the discovery of America in the 15th century, offered the European civilisation new views. On these foundations scientific knowledge of philosophy and anthropology began to develop which resulted in the formulation of cultural anthropology and ethnology at the turn of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • Inntroduction to the history of ethnology.
  • Beginning of interest in the “strange” and “different” in antiquity.
  • Islam and Europe, conflicts of various cultures.
  • Discovery of America and “end of certainty” in Europe.
  • Consequences of modern explorations (new knowledge as well as different views on own culture).
  • The Enlightenment, pre-Romantism in Europe.
  • Romantism as the background for defining “Folk” and its culture
  • Evolutionist theory in anthropology and ethnology.
  • Diffusionism.
  • Psychological and sociological schools.
  • Functionalism.
  • Structuralism.
Literature
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie : příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 407 stran. ISBN 9788073674656. info
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Holý - Václav Hubing. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, Strana 643. ISBN 9788020414502. info
  • BUDIL, Ivo T. Za obzor Západu : proměny antropologického myšlení od Isidora ze Sevilly po Franze Boase. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Triton, 2007, 809 s. ISBN 9788072549986. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny antropologie : (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 667 s. ISBN 8024603373. info
  • Sociální a kulturní antropologie. Edited by Olga Vodáková - Václav Soukup - Alena Vodáková. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 175 s. ISBN 808585029X. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny sociální a kulturní antropologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 226 s. ISBN 80-7066-882-2. info
Assessment methods
lectures, reading, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: Předmět je součástí PZk.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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