PHV146 Philosophy of History: An Introduction

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 A11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PHBD4 History of Philosophy IV
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the main ideas of philosophy of history from the classical Antiquity to the present time. The main attention is paid to the big systems of philosophy of history in 18th and 19th centuries (Condorcet, Kant, Hegel, Marx). The last part of lectures deals with the criticism of philosophy of history in the 20th century (Popper, Lyotard, Marquard).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to introduce the main concepts of philosophy of history; to explain their basic problems; to formulate their assumptions and consequences; to reconstruct and to evaluate their arguments; to show their dependency on context; to characterize their historical conditionality.
Syllabus
  • 1) The ancient philosophy of history
  • 2) The Christian and medieval philosophy of history: eschatology
  • 3) The Enlightenment philosophy of history: Voltaire, Turgot, Condorcet
  • 4) Kant
  • 5) Vico
  • 6) Hegel
  • 7) Marx
  • 8)Positivism
  • 9) Spengler
  • 10) The criticism of Philosophy of history in the 20th century:
  • 11) The end of the history: post-histoire, postmodernism
  • 12) Contemporary philosophy of history (civilizations, technooptimism)
Literature
  • Von Platon bis Fukuyama : biologistische und zyklische Konzepte in der Geschichtsphilosophie der Antike und des Abendlandes. Edited by David Engels. Bruxelles: Latomus, 2015, 336 stran. ISBN 9789042932746. info
  • BREITENSTEIN, Peggy H. Die Befreiung der Geschichte : Geschichtsphilosophie als Gesellschaftskritik nach Adorno und Foucault. Frankfurt: Campus, 2013, 325 s. ISBN 9783593395982. info
  • SCHLOSSBERGER, Matthias. Geschichtsphilosophie. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2013, 269 stran. ISBN 9783050064543. info
  • A companion to the philosophy of history and historiography. Edited by Aviezer Tucker. First published. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, xii, 563. ISBN 9781405149082. info
  • HÜBNER, Dietmar. Die Geschichtsphilosophie des deutschen Idealismus : Kant - Fichte - Schelling - Hegel. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2011, 236 stran. ISBN 9783170218208. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Schriften zur Geschichtsphilosophie. Edited by Otfried Höffe. Berlin: Akademie, 2011, ix, 254. ISBN 9783050046839. info
  • The Cambridge history of eighteenth-century philosophy. Edited by Knud Haakonssen. First paperback edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, viii, stra. ISBN 9780521280884. info
  • TAINTER, Joseph A. Kolapsy složitých společností. Translated by Stanislav Pavlíček. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Dokořán, 2009, 319 s. ISBN 9788073632489. info
  • Toward perpetual peace and other writings on politics, peace, and history. Edited by Immanuel Kant - Pauline Kleingeld - Jeremy Waldron - Michael W. Doyle. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, xxiv, 265. ISBN 9780300110708. info
  • HOLZBACHOVÁ, Ivana. Filozofie dějin: problémy a perspektivy (The Philosophy of History: Problems and Perspecives). první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 295 pp. ISBN 80-210-3593-5. info
  • Geschichtsphilosophie und Kulturkritik : historische und systematische Studien. Edited by Johannes Rohbeck - Herta Nagl-Docekal. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2003, 351 stran. ISBN 3534150686. info
  • KLEINGELD, Pauline. Geschichtsphilosophie bei Kant : Rekonstruktion und Analyse : proefschrift. Leiden: [s.n.], 1994, 239 s. info
  • MAJOR, Ladislav and Milan SOBOTKA. G.W.F. Hegel : život a dílo. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1979, 222 s. URL info
  • SCHAEFFLER, Richard. Einführung in die Geschichtsphilosophie. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1973, 245 s. ISBN 3534055918. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written colloquium. Questions are identical with the content of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020.
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