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Lecturer(s)
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Pavlíček Yana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content 1. Introduction (modern, post-modern and non-modern religiosity; transnational and glocal world) 2. Return to animism (history of the concept of animism; animistic cultures of the world) 3. Phenomenon of shamanism (history of the concept of shamanism; shamanistic cultures of the world) 4. Altered states of consciousness (phenomenology and physiology of trance; ritual and healing) 5. Animism and shamanism in Western culture (psychological approaches; religion and spirituality) 6. Tradition of Western Esotericism and New Age movement (historical context of Western alternative religiosity; popular culture) 7. Individualization and commercialization of new age religiosity (sociological approaches; spiritual supermarket) 8. Pilgrimage and religious tourism (ethnic tourism; commoditization of culture) 9. European nativistic and neopagan movements (revitalization of ancient Germanic, Celtic and Slavic religions; invention of tradition and construction of identity) 11. Western appropriation of indigenous cultures (exoticization and romanticization of cultures; cultural authenticity and the Other) 10. Euro-American neoshamanism (traditional, urban and core shamanism; universalization of shamanic traditions) 12. Revitalization of shamanism in world's indigenous cultures (syncretism and anti-syncretism; hybridization of religion) 13. Ritual and sacrifice (new age influence on indigenous cultures; traditional and globalized forms of healing rituals)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Students' portfolio, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 25 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize key concepts of Anthropology of Religion |
| to explain basic dates of espistemology, methodology and theory of social sciences |
| Skills |
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| to read and understand of professional texts in English language |
| to read and understand of professional texts in Czech language |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to analyse relation of Religion of Aboriginal world cultures and Western alternative religiosity, their mutual influencing and transformation |
| to characterize relation of Identity and Religion in the globalized world |
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| to critically reflect accepted information |
| to individually present and interpret text in front of audience |
| to critically evaluate the newest religion phenomena |
| Competences |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Seminar classes |
| Individual study |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills demonstration |
| Students' portfolio |
| Group discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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DuBois Thomas A. Úvod do šamanismu. Praha, Volvox Glomator, 2011.
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Eliade, Mircea. Šamanismus a archaické techniky extáze. 2017. ISBN 978-80-257-2082-0.
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Exnerová Helena. Český šamanismus v rozhovorech. Praha: Dingir, 2018.
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Galiner, Jacques - Molinié, Antoinette. The neo-Indians: A religion for the third millennium. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2013.
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Hanegraaff, Wouter J. New Age religion and Western culture: Esotericism in the mirror of secular thought. Leiden: Brill, 1996.
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Kehoe, Alice B. Shamans and religion: An anthropological exploration in critical thinking. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 2000.
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Palmisano, Stefania - Pannofino, Nicola (eds.). Invention of tradition and syncretism in contemporary religions: Sacred creativity. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 2017.
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Rountree, Kathryn (ed.). Contemporary pagan and native faith movements in Europe: Colonialist and nationalist impulses. New York: Berghahn, 2015.
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Znamenski, Andrei A. The beauty of the primitive: Shamanism and the Western imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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