RLB27 Primitive Religions

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Polifková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Fri 14. 3. 15:00–16:35 J31, Fri 11. 4. 15:00–16:35 J31, Fri 23. 5. 15:00–16:35 J31
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Basic forms of primitive religiousness, their cultural contexts and main features of the "primitive mind" (magic, myth); a survey of the most significant concepts, methodological approaches and terminology, often shared with cultural anthropology (totemism, shamanism, animism, etc.).
Literature
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Myšlení přírodních národů. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971, 398 s. info
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Totemizmus. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Chronos, 1998, 128 s. ISBN 80-967138-2-5. info
  • Náhradní obsah: Dupré, Wilhelm. Religion in primitive cultures: a study in ethnophilosophy. Paris - The Hague: Mouton 1975. 366 s. Religion and reason, vol. 9. ISBN 90-279-7531-0.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Vstupní podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: (1) referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučující.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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