EUP 408 Radicalism in Europe School of Social Studies Fall Semester 2005 Lecturers PhDr. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. Department of Political Science School of Social Studies, Brno Email: cisar@fss.muni.cz JUDr. et Mgr. Marek Čejka Department of International Relations and European Studies School of Social Studies, Brno Email: cejka@fss.muni.cz Doc. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. Department of Political Science School of Social Studies, Brno Email: mmares@fss.muni.cz Mgr. Karel Zetocha Department of Political Science School of Social Studies, Brno Email: zetocha@fss.muni.cz Course Objective The goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of radicalism in Europe. The course provides a broad overview of the most important forms of radicalism, their ideological backgrounds and their organizational structures. In addition to radical and extremist ideologies, the course also discusses the policy against antidemocratic and violent forms of radicalism. Course Description The course gives an overview of the various forms of radicalism. The first seminar describes the concept of radicalism and several interconnected terms. The following seminars focus on different types of radicalism (religious radicalism, right-wing radicalism, left-wing radicalism, ethnic radicalism). The last two seminars analyze the policy against intolerant radicalism. Course Requirements 1. Students are expected to read the required reading(s) for each seminar. If there are two or three required readings rather than one, students are expected to read all of them. 2. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the seminars by posing questions of clarification or bringing up problems for discussion. 3. Students are expected to write six short position papers (300-600 words each) on six different seminar topics. The papers should include a summary of the main points of the required reading(s), a critique of these readings, questions of clarification, and possible questions for discussion. To enable the organization of the in-class discussion, papers must have three clearly identified sections: 1) a summary section entitled "Summary"; 2) a critique section entitled "Critique"; 3) a section containing questions for discussion entitled "Questions". Papers that do not have this structure and contain different points scattered throughout the text will be rejected and will not count towards the student's grade. The position papers should be sent via e-mail to the lecturer responsible for the respective seminar. The papers should be submitted no later than 1 p. m. of the day before the seminar for which the paper is written. 4. At the end of the semester students should submit a 10-page long final paper on a topic relevant to the course. 5. There will be a final in-class written exam, consisting of four questions based on the required readings and the discussions in class. Grading The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of three parts: 1) evaluation on the six position papers 2) evaluation on the final paper 3) evaluation on the final exam Students will be awarded 18 points for the submission of six position papers of acceptable quality, in compliance with the required structure of position papers, and in the specified deadline. The points are awarded as a bulk evaluation for the submission of all papers; separate papers do not get points. This means that no points at all will be awarded for the submission of less than six position papers. Late submissions and submission of papers that do not meet the minimal requirements of quality and structure are not acceptable. Students will be awarded 18 points for the submission of a final paper of acceptable quality. Each final-exam question gets between 0 and 6 points (max. 24 points overall for the final exam). The grade will be calculated on the basis of the number of points collected. In order to complete the course, students must collect at least 36 points (60% of the max. points for all parts, i.e. 60 points). Evaluation: 56-60: A 51-55: B 46-50: C 41-45: D 36-40: E 0-35: F Workload: 6 position papers (300-600 words each) Approximately 600 pages of assigned reading (60 per week) The literature is available on the Internet or in the course reader. Class Schedule +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Date|Seminar topic |Lecturer|Literature |Position| | | | | |Papers | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |29. |Introduction to |Mareš |Merari, A. (1993): Terrorism as a Strategy of Insurgency. Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. IV., No. 5, pp. 213-251. | | |9. |the course; the | |http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/academic/intrel/research/cstpv/pdffiles/Terrorism%20as%20a%20Strategy.pdf | | | |concept of | | | | | |radicalism and | |Strmiska, M. (2000): Political Radicalism, Subversion and Terrorist Violence in Democratic Systems. | | | |interconnected | |http://www.cepsr.cz/clanek.php?ID=118 | | | |terms | | | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |6. |Religious |Čejka |Archick, K. and col. (2005): Islamic extremism in Europe. FAS. | | |10. |radicalism in | | | | | |Europe I. | |http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RS22211.pdf | | | |(islamic | | | | | |radicalism) | |The Economist (2004): Islamic radicalism in Europe, After Van Gogh. The Economist Nov 11th | | | | | | | | | | | |http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3379357 | | | | | | | | | | | |Levitt, M. (2005): Islamic Extremism in Europe. Beyond al-Qaeda: Hamas and Hezbollah in Europe. Washington Institute. | | | | | |http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/documents/42710d7514e2a.pdf | | | | | | | | | | | |Pan, E. (2005): Q & A: Islam and Europe, NY Times , July 14 http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/international/slot1_071405.html?oref=login| | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |13. |Religious |Čejka |Council of Europe (1999): Illegal Activities of Sects. http://www.cesnur.org/testi/eur130499_eng.htm | | |10. |radicalism in | | | | | |Europe II. | |Darby, J. (2003): Northern Ireland: The background to the Peace Process. CAIN Web-Service. | | | |(jewish, | |http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/index.html | | | |christian and | | | | | |sectarian | |Shahak, I., Mezvinsky, N. (1999): Jewish Fundamentalism Within Jewish Society. Alabatster´s archive | | | |> radicalism) | |.http://www.geocities.com/alabasters_archive/jewish_fundamentalism_society.html | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |20. |Radical right in |Mareš |Bjo/'rgo, T. (2000): Neo-nazi terrorism and racist youth gang violence. NUPI, http://www.nupi.no/IPS/filestore/ISPAC-article.pdf | | |10. |Europe I. | | | | | |(fascism, nazism)| |Griffin, R. (2000): Interregnum or Endgame? Radical Right Thought in the "Post-fascist" Era. The Journal of Political Ideologies,| | | | | |Vol. 5, .No. 2, pp. 163-178 (http://www.extremismus.com/texte/eurex2.pdf). | | | | | | | | | | | |Bailer-Galanda, B. (2000): "Revisionism" (1) in Germany and Austria: The Evolution of a Doctrine. | | | | | |http://www.doew.at/information/mitarbeiter/beitraege/revisionism.html | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |27. |Radical right in |Čejka |Eathwell, R. (2001): The Rebirth of "Extreme Right" in Western Europe". Parliamentary Affairs, Nr. 53, pp. 407-425. | | |10. |Europe II. (new | | | | | |right, right-wing| |http://www.extremismus.com/texte/eurex4.pdf | | | |populism, new | | | | | |anti-semitism and| |Sacks, J. (2002): A New Antisemitism? Institute for Jewish Policy Research. http://www.axt.org.uk/essays/sacks1.htm | | | |anti-sionism) | | | | | | | |Klug, B. (2003): Anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism. Guardian, December 3, | | | | | |http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1098542,00.html | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |3. |The Radical Left |Císař |Femia, J. (1999): Marxism and Communism. In: Contemporary Political Ideologies, eds. Roger Eatwell and Anthony Wright. London | | |11. |in Europe I. | |and New York: Continuum, pp. 104-130. | | | |(Marxism, | | | | | |Communism, and | |Marx, K., Engels, F. (1978): Manifesto of the Communist Party. In: The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker. New York, London: | | | |post-Marxism) | |W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 473-491. | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |10. |Radical |Císař |Vincent, Andrew. "Feminism." In: Modern Political Ideologies. Oxford and Cambridge: Blackwell, 2000, pp. 172-207. | | |11. |Environmentalism,| | | | | |Radical Feminism | |Vincent, Andrew. "Ecologism." In: Modern Political Ideologies. Oxford and Cambridge: Blackwell, 2000, pp. 208-237. | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |17. |The Radical Left |Císař |Jennings, Jeremy. "Anarchism." In: Contemporary Political Ideologies, eds. Roger Eatwell and Anthony Wright. London and New | | |11. |in Europe II. | |York: Continuum, 1999, pp. 131-151. | | | |(Anarchism, | | | | | |Anti-capitalism, | |Graeber, David. "The New Anarchists." New Left Review 13 (2002), pp. 61-73. | | | |and | | | | | |Anti-globalism) | |Heartfield, James. "Capitalism and Anti-Capitalism." Interventions vol. 5, no. 2 (2003), pp. 271-289. | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |24. |Ethnic and |Zetocha |Strmiska, M. (2001): Identitary Polarisation, Violence and Terror: A Study on Ethnic Terrorism. Středoevropské politické studie, | | |11. |regional | |vol 3, Nr. 3 http://www.cepsr.cz/clanek.php?ID=69 | | | |radicalism in | | | | | |Europe | |Strmiska, Maxmilián (2002): A Study on Conceptualisation of (Ethno)regional Parties. Středoevropské politické studie, Vol. 4, Nr.| | | | | |2-3 http://www.cepsr.cz/clanek.php?ID=69 | | | | | | | | | | | |Gallagher, T. (2000): Extremism in the Balkan: Perspectives For the New Millenium. In Enhancing the Security of States in a | | | | | |Multipolar World: Focus of Extremism, Georgie C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, pp. 25-32. | | | | | |http://www.marshallcenter.org/site-graphic/lang-en/page-pubs-conf-1/static/xdocs/conf/static/reports/0009-report.pdf | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |1. |Policy against |Zetocha |Capoccia, G. (2001): Repression, Incorporation, Lustration, Education: How Democracies React to Their Enemies. | | |12. |radicalism on | | | | | |national level in| |http://www.extremismus.com/texte/demo3.pdf | | | |Europe | | | | | | | |Mudde, C. (2003): Liberal Democracies and the Extremist Challenges of the Early 21^st Century. | | | | | |http://www.extremismus.com/texte/demo2.htm | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |8. |Policy against |Zetocha |Merlingen, M., Mudde, C., Sedelmeier, U. (2000): Constitutional Politics and the 'Embedded Acquis Communautaire': The Case of the| | |12. |radicalism on | |EU Fourteen Against the Austrian Government. Constitutional Web Papers 4/2000. | | | |European level | | | | | | | |http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPoliticsInternationalStudiesandPhilosophy/Research/PaperSeries/ConWEBPapers/PublishedPapers/| | | | | | | | | | | |The Club de Madrid Series on Democracy and Terrorism | | | | | |http://www.safe-democracy.org/docs/CdM-Series-on-Terrorism-Vol-2.pdf | | | | | |pp. 8-31. | | | | | |Speech, Address by Mr Gijs de Vries, European Union Counter-Terrorism | | | | | |Coordinator, to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to | | | | | |Resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban - New York, 24 June 2005 | | | | | |http://ue.eu.int/uedocs/cmsUpload/06_24_final_1267.pdf | | |----+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------| |15. |Written exam |Mareš | | | |12. | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+