Course: History and ignorance

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Course title History and ignorance
Course code KFHS/B163
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tippelt Hynek, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction into the subject, topics and literature 2) Basic psychoanalytical concepts, the concept of unconsciousness 3) Psychoanalysis and history of religion I: Totem and taboo 4) Psychoanalysis and history of religion II: The future of one illusion 5) Psychoanalysis and history of religion III: Moses and monotheism 6) Freud on the origin of culture: Dissatisfaction in culture 7) Freud on the Origin of Violence: Why War? 8) The Archeology of the Mind by George Frankl: A deep-psychological interpretation of the social history of the unconscious 9) Generative anthropology of René Girard I: triangular desire, mimetic rivalry 10) Generative anthropology by René Girard II: persecution stereotypes and the mechanism of the scapegoat 11) Generative anthropology by René Girard III: On the origin of culture 12) Summarizing colloquium

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get acquainted with selected deep psychological and generative anthropological concepts and with the possibilities of their application in matters of philosophy of history.
The student has a deeper understanding of selected concepts of deep psychology and generative anthropology and understands the possibility of their application to the issue of philosophy of history.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
- a presentation in a seminar in the range of 20 minutes - written paper
Recommended literature
  • Borossa, J., Emanuel, R., Mollon, P. Témata psychoanalýzy I..
  • Černoušek, M. Potřeba psychohistorie, in: Český časopis historický, 1990, č. 5, s. 705-722..
  • Černoušek, M. Sigmund Freud. Dobyvatel nevědomí.
  • Erikson, E. H. Mladý muž Luther.
  • Frankl, G. Archeologie mysli: sociální dějiny nevědomí - 1. část.
  • Freud, S. Aktuální poznámky o válce a smrti, in: Spisy z let 1913 ? 1917, Praha 2002..
  • Freud, S. Budoucnost jedné iluze.
  • Freud, S. Mojžíš a monoteismus, in: SF.: Spisy z let 1932-1936, Praha 1998..
  • Freud, S. O člověku a kultuře. Praha. 1990.
  • Freud, S. Pocit stísněnosti v kultuře.
  • Freud, S. Proč válka?.
  • Freud, S. Totem a tabu. Vtip (Praha. 1991.
  • Freud, S. Výklad snů.
  • Fromm, S. Anatomie lidské destruktivity.
  • Girard, R. Lež romantismu a pravda románu. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1968.
  • Girard, R. O původu kultury.
  • Girard, R. Oběť, in: Reflexe, 1993, č. 4, s. 1-13..
  • Girard, R. Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World.
  • Girard, R. Violence and the Sacred.
  • GIRARD, René. Obětní beránek. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997. ISBN 80-7106-255-3.
  • Kennedy, R. Témata psychoanalýzy II.


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