Course: Philosophical and Ideological Roots of a Racism

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Course title Philosophical and Ideological Roots of a Racism
Course code KPF/B214
Organizational form of instruction 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)
  • Musil Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction 2) Historical and philosophical condition of formation of racism 3) Arian myth 4) Arthur de Gobineau 5) Reception of A. de Gobineaus works 6) Huston S. Chamberlain 7) Antisemitism 8) Jewish conspiracy theories (The Protocols of the Elders of Zion) 9) Eugenics, Race hygiene, Lebensborn and T4 10) Racism as a political ideology (example of Nazi Germany: Adolf Hitler and Alfred Rosenberg, NSDAP political program and Nuremberg Laws) 11) Diskussion and atest

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
  • unspecified - 2 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 12 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This Seminar is focused on birth of racism during modern history. Main attention going to be paid to the historical and scientific assumptions of the development of racial theories and literary racism (Count Arthur de Gobineau and Huston S. Chamberlain). At the end of this course there going to be some historical excursions to specific forms of racist ideology, e. g. Nazi Germany (focusing on the issue of eugenics and the Holocaust) and South Africa (apartheid policies).
Students will have knowledge about origins of a racism and race ideologies. They will be able to understand respective primary and secondary sources.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Student will be assessed according to his/her active participation in seminars ( max.10 points), acc.to his/her essay ( max. 30 points) and participation in a final colloquium ( max. 20 points). For credit it is necessary to receive at least 35 points out of 50.
Recommended literature
  • Budil, Ivo. Jitro Árijců. Praha, 2009.
  • Budil, Ivo T. Za obzor Západu. Praha, 2007.
  • Fredrickson G. M. Rasismus- stručná historie. Praha, 2003.
  • Kryl, Miroslav (a kol.). Rasismus, antisemitismus, holocaust. Ústí nad Labem - Brno, 2011.
  • Sussmann, Robert W. The Myth of Race. The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea. Cambridge-London, 2014.
  • Tazbir, Janusz. Protokoly sionských mudrců: pravda nebo podvrh?. Olomouc, 1996.
  • Turda, Marius. Modernism and Eugenics. New York, 2010.


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): 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): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (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: -