Course: Analysis of far-right texts

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Course title Analysis of far-right texts
Course code KPOL/B301
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)
  • Charvát Jan, Mgr. Ph.D., M.A.
Course content
1. The period before 1989 and the first racist and nationalist texts 2. Creation of the Orlík group 3. The transition from racism to neo-Nazism (until 1993) 4. New bands (Bulldog, Vlajka, Excalibur) 5. Leaflets, printed matter and statements of informal organizations of the far-right 6. Texts of official organizations (SPR-RSČ) 7. Analysis of November 17 by M. Dolejší (anti-Semitism, etc.) 8. The second wave of new bands (Conflict 88, Impérium) 9. Web and internet presentation of official and semi-official organizations (VF, National Idea, Altermedia, etc. 10. National Alliance, National Social Bloc 11. Web presentations - new wave - free nationalism, autonomous nationalism 12. Extreme right populism (National Party, etc.). 13. Workers 'Party, Workers' Party of Social Justice.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The course focuses on the lyrics of musical groups, as well as on the texts of statements and general public speeches of political organizations of the far-right. The course pays attention to the development of opinions that have been taking place in the Czech far right since the early 1990s, especially the shift from nationalism to racism and further to neo-Nazism or neo-fascism. One of the aims of the course is to identify the "variables" that can be identified during this process and which can thus serve as an indicator of the changes that generally occur in groups tending to the far right. In addition, the course also serves to clearly distinguish the individual currents within the far right (reactionary populism, neo-fascism, neo-Nazism) and to determine their mutual differences and the consequences thereof. Of particular interest is the phenomenon of the "hidden message", which often appears in far-right texts. It is a matter of identifying topics (but also of procedures in general) that can be used in a hidden or indirect way or follow the program of open (and legally punishable) political extremism.
The student is able to use professional terminology. The student will learn to identify the key postulates associated with neo-fascism and neo-Nazism. The student will gain a basic overview of ways to decipher "hidden messages" in far-right texts.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to prepare a seminar paper on the selected topic. The student chooses a specific text, which he then analyzes.
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