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Lecturer(s)
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Holešovský Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Čančura Lukáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Definition of Western culture and civilization. 2. Development of Western culture and civilization. 3. Oswald Spengler and identity of Western civilization. 4. Fernand Braudel and Annales. 5. The most ancient settlement of Europe and origin of human culture. 6. The paralel development of biological abilities and socio-cultural competence of human species. 7. Symbolic creativity and emergence of human culture.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Lecture
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 37 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| No prerequisite courses. |
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| Students will be able to understand and explain the rise and development of Western civilization as a special social and cultural phenomenon in broder historical, political, religious, economic and intellectual context using examples from Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Early Modern Ages. |
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| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Seminar classes |
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| Written exam |
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Recommended literature
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Barzun, Jacques. From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural life. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-06-017586-9.
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Braudel, Fernand. Dynamika kapitalismu. 1. vyd. Praha : Argo, 1999. ISBN 80-7203-193-7.
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Braudel, Fernand. La Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen a l´époque de Philippe II. Paris: A. Colin, 1976.
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Budil, Ivo T. Za obzor Západu : Ivo T. Budil. Vyd. 1. V Praze : Triton, 2001. ISBN 80-7254-163-3.
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Ginzburg, Carlo. Sýr a červi : svět jednoho mlynáře kolem roku 1600. Vyd. 1. Praha : Argo, 2001. ISBN 80-7203-278-X.
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Le Goff, Jacques. Kultura středověké Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha : Odeon, 1991. ISBN 80-207-0206-7.
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Le Goff, Jacques. Středověký člověk a jeho svět. 1. vyd. Praha : Vyšehrad, 1999. ISBN 80-7021-274-8.
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Sowell, Thomas. Conquests and cultures : an international history. 1st ed. New York : Basic Books, 1998. ISBN 0-465-01400-3.
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Vico, Giambattista. Základy nové vědy a společné přirozenosti národů. 1. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1991. ISBN 80-200-0051-8.
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Vidal-Naquet, Pierre. The black hunter: forms of thought and forms of society in the Greek world. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
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