Course: The emergence and development of the Czech extreme right

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Course title The emergence and development of the Czech extreme right
Course code KPF/B067
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Charvát Jan, Mgr. Ph.D., M.A.
Course content
1. General definition of the extreme right 2. Fascism and Nazism 3. Formation of Czech Far-right in the twenties 4. Red-and-white group and other radical nationalist characters 5. National Fascist Community in the second half of the twenties 6. Personality of R. Gajda 7. National Fascist Community in the thirties 8. The Flag and shift from the integral nationalism to Nazism 9. National League 10. Another fascist groups 11. The Sudeten German question 12. Protectorate, collaboration and Exile 13. The international context of the development of the political spectrum region

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the development of far-right political parties in a separate Czechoslovakia, over the period of the Second Republic and the Protectorate to the end of the II World War. The course will focus on the dynamics of development, background and ideology of the far right, as well as its international dimension and continuity.
Students will acquire knowledge in the course of development of the Czech far-right scene, its main organizations and manifestations. At the same time learn to analyze texts extreme Right in the context of this ideology.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the functioning of the political system and ideological division of the political scene.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Seminar work on a selected topic. Written test based on lectures and compulsory literature.
Recommended literature
  • Gellner Arnošt. Národy a nacionalismus. Praha, 1993. ISBN 80-900892-9-1.
  • Klimek, A. Vítěz, který prohrál. Praha, 1995.
  • Pasák T. Generál Alois Eliáš a odboj (Slovo k historii č. 27). Praha, 1991.
  • Pasák, T. Zápasy JUDr. Klapky. Praha, 1991.
  • Pasák Tomáš. Český fašismus 1922-1945 a kolaborace 1939-1945. Praha, 1999. ISBN 80-7252-017-2.
  • Paxton Robert. Anatomie fašismu. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7106-811-2.
  • Pejčoch Ivo. Fašismus v českých zemích. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-200-1919-6.
  • Rychlík Jan. Český fašismus v meziválečném období a po roku 1938. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-85615-26-6.
  • Sullivan Noel. Fašismus. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7325-001-2.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -