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Lecturer(s)
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Stejskal Jan, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Culture and its interpretation 2. Symbolical geography I 3. Symbolical geography II 4. Defending Europeanness? Jews and Turks as the others. 5. European Utopias as a shared heritage 6. The Social contract 7. The rise of a public opinion and the emergence of media 8. Philosophy of History 9. Belief in Progress and Modernization 10. Discovery of people and the national identity 11. Conceptual History and Begriffsgeschichte
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The seminar raises the question whether European culture exists or, in other words, whether European societies, so diverse in their historical development and nature, share common cultural traditions and practices. After the theoretical introduction (what is culture, symbolical geography of Europe)the discussion will focus upon both the artificial process of maikng Europe as a unified cultural environment and the analysis of processes that are usually perceived as attributes of European culture.
A broader understanding of a term "culture" and the ability of a critical analysis of the term "European culture and identity"
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Prerequisites
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Critical thinking and textual analysis
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Essay, Student performance
Credit requirement: Essay Exam: Oral/written examinations
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Recommended literature
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Benedict Anderson. Imagined communities (New York: 1994).
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Břetislav Horyna. Idea Evropy (Praha: 2001).
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Edmund Burke. Reflections on the Revolution in France (London: 1997).
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Francis Fukuyama. End of History and the Last Man (New York: 2002).
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Immanuel Wallerstein. Evropský univerzalismus (Praha: 2008).
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Larry Wolff. (1994). Inventing Eastern Europe. Stanford.
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Maria Todorova. Imagining Balkans (London: 2004).
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