ETMB41 The Anthropology of Death

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Giuseppe Maiello, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Monday 11:40–13:15 J31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Cílem předmětu je prezentovat různé aspekty, jak člověk vnímal smrt a jaké byly a jsou proměny západní společností ve vztahu ke smrti.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The aim of the subject is to present various aspects of how human beings have perceived death and what changes there are and have been in the Western society in relation to death.
Key topics
Death and its facets: Negation of death; Freud on death; becoming a taboo; anxiety, fear, aggressiveness. Beautiful death and dirty death: Antiquity; Christianity; Middle Ages; Modern period. Dirty death and agony: Description of dirty death; death at childbirth; execution; murder; suicide; curse. Death in children: baptized; non-baptized; Limbo. Death and elimination of old people. Living corpse: Description; living corpse in folklore; unbinding of the soul; definitive decomposition of the corpse; vampirism. Revenants: in the Bible; in the history of Christianity; in folklore. Terrorism: death and revolution; war and death
Study resources and literature
  • L' homme devant la mort. 2, La mort ensauvagée (Orig.) : Dějiny smrti. II., [Zdivočelá smrt]. info
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, Naděžda. Poradenství pro pozůstalé. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada, 2008, 143 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-1740-1. info
  • DAVIES, Douglas J. Stručné dějiny smrti. Translated by Mai Fathi Havrdová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Volvox Globator, 2007, 186 s. ISBN 9788072076284. info
  • DE MARTINO, Ernesto. Magický svět : prolegomena k dějinám magična. Translated by Kateřina Vinšová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 293 s. ISBN 8072034804. info
  • GUREVIČ, Aron. Nebe, peklo, svět :cesty k lidové kultuře středověku. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1996, 524 s. ISBN 80-85787-41-5. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
4 lectures during 2 veek
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
Philippe Ariés, 1976, L´homme devant la mort, (čes.překl. Dějiny smrti I.-II., Praha, Argo, 2000. 359+412 str.). Aron J. Gurevič, 1981, Problemy srednevekoj narodnoj kul’tury, (čes.překl. Nebe peklo svět, Jinočany, H&H, 1996. 524 str.) Douglas J. Davies, 2005, A Brief History of the Death (čes. Překl., Stručné dějiny smrti, Praha, Volvox globator, 2007, 188 str.) Ernesto De Martino, 1948, Il mondo magico (čes.překl., Magický svět, Praha, Argo, 2002. 293str.) Giuseppe Maiello, 2004, Vampyrismus v kulturních dějnách Evropy, Praha, Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 191str. Naděžda Špatenková, 2008, Poradenství pro pozůstalé, Praha, Grada, 143 str.
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