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Lecturer(s)
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Jetmarová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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10-3: The formation of political anthropology as an specific sub-discipline of social anthropology. Basic paradigms 10-10: What is politics? Beginnings of political institutions and their development. Reading: Balandier, G. Politická antropologie, s. 83 - 120 (37s., 6h) 10-17: Authority, power and violence in society Reading: Balandier, G. Politická antropologie, s. 121 - 147 (26s., 5h) 10-24: Politics and religion. Reading: Lewellen, T. Political Anthropology, s. 65 - 80 (15s., 5h) 10-31: Government, leadership, social control. 11-7: Politics in non-centralised societies,centralisation: chieftancy . 11-14: Foundation of state and its archaic forms. Reading: Lewellen, T. Political Anthropology 43 - 64 (21s., 7h) 11-21: Anthropology of law. Reading: Pospíšil, L. Etnologie práva, s. 14 - 53 (39s. 6h) 11-28: Modern state (including post-colonial and post-communist states), nationalism. Četba: Gellner, A. Národy a nacionalismus, s. 30 - 74 (44s., 8h) Četba:Lewellen, T. Political Anthropology, s. 159 - 180 (21s., 7h) 12-5: War, peace and diplomacy. Revolution, contra-revolution, uprising, terrorism. Reading: Četba:Lewellen, T. Political anthropology, s. 111 - 130 (19s., 7h) 12-12:Political power and ideology in the post-industrial society Reading:Laclau, E. Emancipation, s. 36 - 47 (11s., 4h) Reading:Žižek, S. Jednou jako tragédie, podruhé jako fraška, s. 15 - 111 (96s., 16h) 12-19: "De-politisation", postmodernism and the waves of "liquid anger" Reading: Hauser, Michael: Depolitizace a soumrak liberální demokracie, s. 97 - 111 (14 s., 3h) 1-2: Revision of basic topics, discussion 1-9: Test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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- 26 hours per semester
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- 50 hours per semester
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- 74 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to provide the students with general overview of political anthropology as a sub-discipline of social (cultural) anthropology. Students will acquire basic knowledge of the problems of power, authority and violence in the society. Students will be able to understand the processes of formation and development of political institutions and to understand different types of social control, leadership and government. They will learn to use appropriate terminology. The students will be able to analyze current political ideologies from anthropological point of view.
The students will be able to evaluate political relations in an intercultural framework.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KSKA/UAN2
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination, Creative work analysis
Attendance at the lectures and study of literature (including texts assigned during the course). 1 analytical essay (range 2500 words) - problems of direct and indirect democracy - the problem of "civilisation clash". Are the Islamic countries a threat for Europe and the European-Atlantic civilisation? - democracy vs. corporate capitalism (political power of multinational corporations, privatisation of public space, mediocracy) - Migration Written test minimally 75% of 100%, the results will be accesible on-line.
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Recommended literature
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BALANDIER, G. Politická antropologie. Praha: Dauphin, 1999.
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Gellner, E. Národy a nacionalismus. Paraha: Hříbal, 1993.
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GIRARD, R. Obětní beránek. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1995.
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GLEDHILL, J. Power and Its Disguises. Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto, 2000.
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Hauser, Michal. Depolitizace a soumrak liberální demokracie. In: Kritika depolitizovaného rozumu. Paraha: Grimmus, 2010.
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Hertzová, N. Plíživý převrat: globální kapitalismus a smrt demokracie. Paraha: Dokořán, 2003.
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Keller, J. Tři sociální světy. Praha: Slon, 2010.
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Kleinová, N. Bez loga. Praha: Argo - Dokořán, 2005.
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KRADIN, N. N. Političeskaja antropologija. Učebnoe posobie. Moskva, 2003.
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KURTZ, D. V. Political Anthropology. Paradigms and Power. Boulder: Westview Press, 2001.
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Laclau, E. Emancipation. London: Verso, 2007.
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LEWELLEN, T. C. Political Anthropology, 2nd ed.. Westport, Conn., 1992.
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Pospíšil, L. Etnologie Práva. Teze ke studiu práva z mezikulturní perspektivy. Praha: Set Out, 1997.
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SKALNÍK, P. ed. Politická kultura: antropologie, sociologie, politologie. Praha: Set Out, 2004.
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VINCENT, J. Anthropology and Politics: Visions, Traditions, and Trends. Tucson: University of Texas Press, 1990.
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VINCENT, J. ed. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
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Žižek, S. Jednou jako tragédie, podruhé jako fraška - aneb proč musela utopie liberalismu zemřít dvakrát. Praha: Rybka Publishers, 2011.
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