FF:HIB050n Philosophy of History - Course Information
HIB050n History and Philosophy of History: Neighbours or Enemies?
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Tomáš Borovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Tomáš Borovský, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 12:00–13:40 L21
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Religious History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- History of the Early Modern Age (programme FF, N-HI_)
- Medieval History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- History (programme FF, N-HI) (2)
- History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- History (programme FF, N-HS)
- Modern History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-GK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-HIU_)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is the introduction to the history of the historiography and historicism, from the ancient age to the postmodern era. Students will be able to understand basic trends of the history of historiography and historicism. They will be able to interpret new concepts and issues related to the topics.
- Learning outcomes
- Students should know the relationship development between historiography and historicism from the ancient era to postmodern period,
critical interpretation of historiographic texts,
the knowledge of the principal authors and works,
the knowledge of the contemporary methodical and conceptual problems. - Syllabus
- 1. Introduction (terms, concepts)
- 2. Ancient: Hesiod and Plato
- 3. Middle Ages: Augustin, Otto of Freising, Thomas Aquinas
- 4. Early Modern Era: Jean Bodin, Hugo Grotius
- 5. Enlightenment: Giambattista Vico, Voltaire
- 6. 19th century: J. G. Herder, G. W. F. Hegel, K. Marx
- 7. 20th century I: O. Spengler, A. Toynbee, F. Fukuyama
- 8. The Poverty of Historicism: Karl R. Popper
- Literature
- required literature
- MAREK, Jaroslav. O historismu a dějepisectví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 254 s. ISBN 8020002847. info
- recommended literature
- DEMANDT, Alexander. Philosophie der Geschichte : von der Antike zur Gegenwart. Köln: Böhlau, 2011, 438 stran. ISBN 9783412207571. info
- PATOČKA, Jan. Kacířské eseje o filosofii dějin. 3., opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2007, 135 s. ISBN 9788072982752. info
- HORYNA, Břetislav. Idea Evropy : pohledy do filosofie dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2001, 212 s. ISBN 8072032992. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with analysis of texts and discussions.
- Assessment methods
- Written essay.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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