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Lecturer(s)
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Bubík Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Studying Freethought and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe Bulgaria: Freethought and Atheism in the Shadow of Ethnophyletism Anticlericalism, Nonreligiosity and Atheism in Croatia Freethinkers and Atheists in the Czech Lands in the Twentieth Century Atheism and Freethought in Estonian Culture Freethought, Atheism and Anticlericalism in Twentieth-Century Hungary The Trajectories of Atheism and Secularization in Latvia: From the German Enlightenment to Contemporary Secularity The Social History of Irreligion in Lithuania (from the Nineteenth Century to the Present): Between Marginalization, Monopoly and Disregard? Secularist Social Movements in Poland: History, Institutionalization, Repertoire of Actions Romania: Between Freethought, Atheism and Religion History of Atheism'in Russia Slovakia as a Country without Atheism but with a History of Atheization Atheism in the Context of the Secularization and Desecularization of Ukraine in the Twentieth Century Nonreligion in the CEE Region: Some Critical Remarks
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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European culture and lifestyle are often considered as a distinctly secularized. Despite this, there has been much less attention paid to the analysis of the atheistic thinking then to the study of traditional and modern forms of religion. If studied, scholars were mostly interested in the historical and social causes of the decreased religiosity in particular countries, but much less in the study of modern nature of atheism and faithlessness. The course focuses on the "rise and 'faces of non-religion" using novel interdisciplinary approach and a new perspective. The nature of the phenomena studied will be demonstrated on the example of selected figures and their works with regard to their cultural-historical context.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Regular attendance at seminars and reading of selected specialized texts on the topic. The course will be completed in the form of a colloquium.
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Recommended literature
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Borowik, Irena et all. (2013). Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe, in The Oxford Handbook of Atheism. Oxford.
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Bubík, Tomáš; Remmel, A.; Václavík, D. (2020). Freethought and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe: The Development of Secularity and Non-Religion. Routledge, London.
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Taylor, Charles. (2007). A Secular Age. Harvard University Press.
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Zuckerman, Phil. (2008). Society without God. New York.
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