Course: Introduction to History of Culture

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Course title Introduction to History of Culture
Course code KPF/B110
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kolář Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Basic definition of relationships (culture, civilization, tradition) and definition of culture (historical, descriptive, normative, structural, psychological, genetic) 2) Axiological and anthropological concept of culture 3) Cultural anthropology (anthropology and ethnography) 4) Cognitivistic, phenomenological, structural and generative concepts of anthropology 5) History of culture (philosophy of history and historiography) Geistesgeschichte 6) History of mentalities Annales 7) Critical theory Frankfurt School 8) Contemporary critical theory of society 9) Historical memory (cultural memory, collective memory, personal memory) 10) Modernism, avant-garde, neo-avant-garde, post-avant-garde

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic terminology of the field, its methods and themes in the basic orientations of the field. morally defined values that are reflected in shared human practice. Culture will be viewed from a historical perspective, which is determined either in terms of the philosophy of history or modern historiography. Individual topics of the course will be mainly focused on issues of Euro-American culture of the 20th century.
Basic orientation in historiography. Focus on modern and contemporary history.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
ppt presentation, seminar paper, interview
Recommended literature
  • BURKE Peter. Co je kulturní historie?. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7363-302-.
  • BURKE Peter. Společnost a vědění. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1318-2.
  • EAGLETON, Terry. Varianty kultury, In. Idea kultury. Brno, Host, 2001. ISBN 80-7294-026-0.
  • GEERTZ, Clifford. Zhuštěný popis: K interpretativní teorii kultury, In. Interpretace kultur. Praha, Slon, 2001. ISBN 80-85850-89-3.
  • GIRARD, René. Lež Romantismu a pravda románu. Praha, Dauphyn, 1998. ISBN 80-86019-85-3.
  • HALBWACHS, Maurice. Kolektivní paměť. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7419-016-2.
  • HUNTINGTON, Samuel P., FOREWORD. Cultures counts, In. HARRISON, Lawrence a Samuel P. Huntington, eds., Culture matters, How values shape human progress. New York, Basic Books, 2000. ISBN 978-0465031764.
  • JAMES, Petra, KOLÁŘ, Martin. Mimésis a historická paměť. Ústí nad Labem, FUD UJEP, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7414-633-6.
  • MORPHY, Howard, PERKINS, Morgan, (eds.). Anthropology of Art: Reader. Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1405105620.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter