Lecturer(s)
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Prchlík Josef, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Bařinka Kapitán, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Some Fragments of Natural Philosophy Polis; Sophist; and Method of Dialogue by Socrates Plato: Ideal State Aristotle: Comparative Approach and Politics The Origins of Hellenism; Stoicism, Epicureans, Skepticism The Roman Empire: Law and Administration Middle Ages: Clergy vs. Emperor St. Augustine and St. Aquinas The Rise of National state Realism in Politics: Machiavelli Utopian Concepts of Renaissance: More, Campanella Phenomenon of Sovereignty: Bodin, Grotius Contemporary Political Thought: Introduction and Spinoza Contractualism: Hobbes vs. Locke Enlightenment and Origins of Political Economy: de Montesquieu, Hume, Smith, J. S. Mill, Bentham Revolution or Evolution?: Rousseau, de Tocqueville, Burke Utopian Socialism: Saint-Simon, Owen, Fourier German Political Philosophy and Marxism: Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Marx
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 57 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
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prerequisite |
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Knowledge |
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to describe the key strands in contemporary political theory |
to put in context the most important approaches and theories in political science |
Skills |
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to apply gained knowledge to the analysis of particular political and social problems |
to compare the basis of particular theoretical approaches on his/her own |
to use appropriate terminology of the discipline in Czech and English language |
Competences |
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N/A |
N/A |
learning outcomes |
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Knowledge |
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to characterize the particular periods in the history of political thought |
to explain basic approaches and theories of political thought |
to characterize the role of key historical events and indviduals on the formation of particular schools of ancient, medieval and modern political thought |
to identify the basic themes of political thought influencing the discourse of contemporary political thought |
to connect the main traditions of political thought and their political context |
to explain the influence of classical political theories on the formation of contemporary political ideologies |
Skills |
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to analyze on his/her own the contemporary political discussions on the basis of the knowledge of important historical traditions of political thought |
to identify on his/her own the particular historical circumstances of the emergence of the traditions in political thought |
to compare on his/her own the basic parameters of particular traditions of political thought |
to apply the fundamental approaches and theories of political thought on the ideological background of contemporary political thought |
to analyze the classical works of political thought a interpret them in the light of the categories of political philosophy |
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 |
Skills |
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Textual studies |
Seminar |
Discussion |
Competences |
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Seminar |
Discussion |
assessment methods |
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Knowledge |
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Combined exam |
Skills |
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Individual presentation at a seminar |
Seminar work |
Competences |
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Individual presentation at a seminar |
Seminar work |
Recommended literature
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Miller, David. Blackwellova encyklopedie politického myšlení. Vyd. 2. Brno : Barrister & Principal, 2000. ISBN 80-85947-56-0.
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Naxera, Vladimír; Stulík, Ondřej. Komparace sociálních utopií. Brno : Václav Klemm, 2012. ISBN 978-80-904083-5-7.
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Stulík, Ondřej. Typologie dobra a zla: analýza díla O výchově křesťanského vladaře Erasma Rotterdamského. Caritas et veritas ISSN 1805-0948 Č. 2 (2016), s. 2016.
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Tocqueville, Alexis de. Demokracie v Americe. Vyd. 3., V nakl. Leda 1. Voznice : Leda, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7335-269-1.
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Valeš, Lukáš. Dějiny politických teorií. 2., rozš. vyd. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-031-4.
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Voegelin, Eric; Moulakis, Athanasios. Order and history. vol. II, The world of the polis. Columbia : University of Missoury Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8262-1283-2.
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