Lecturer(s)
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Němec Miroslav, doc. Dr. phil.
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Course content
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1. Introductory seminar, definition of the topic, lecture and seminar programme, credit conditions 2. The concept of culture and its traditions up to modernity, overview and caesura 3. Nation and culture - Imagined and invented society; Anderson, Hobsbawm 4. Social memory and remembering, cultural identity- Jan Assmann 5. Herder and his cultural ideas; Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Sprache 6. Stereotypes - Hahn 7. Freud - Unbehagen in der Kultur; Culture - Nature - Civilization 8. Clifford Geertz's thick descriptions of ethnology and anthropology 9. Semiotics of Culture - Roland Barthes 10. Translation Vl. Macura, interculturality 11. Transculturality Wolfgang Welsch 12. Shared culture, Culture Croissé, Forming by literature 13. Discussion hour, student work Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to selected theories of culture and cultural history that they will encounter during their studies. The lectures will introduce each theoretical approach, contextualized in a historical and philosophical context. During the seminar, certain segments of these theories will be presented through specific texts.
- acquire basic knowledge of theories of culture and cultural history - begins to orient himself in the perspectives of research - learns to analyse cultural studies texts
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in discussions during the seminar, Protocols, Presentation of selected topics, attendance
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Recommended literature
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Bhabha, Homi. K. Die Verortung der Kultur. Tübingen, 2000.
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Burke, P. Co je kulturní historie?. Praha, 2011.
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Freud, S. Das Unbehagen in der Kultur. Ditzingen, 2010.
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Geertz, C. Interpretace kultur. Praha: Slon, 2000.
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