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Lecturer(s)
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Horák Petr, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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The modern and contemporary political thoughts inspired by the criticism of liberalism and liberal democracy; the tentation of totalitarianism, the democracy conceived anew as universal model, the welfare state, the criticism of the european universalism, the crisis of politics.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The history of philosophy as a history of political thought IV The political thought motivated by the doubts about the humanism and liberty of the liberal capitalistic society and its democratic form [Marx, Nietsche, Freud]. Contemporary liberal critics of this nihilism and utopia [Popper, Roepke, Hayek, Aron]. The theory of the open society as a critique of the utopian ideas and totalitarian reality. The fall of totalitarianism and the the end of history in the self-confident democracy [Francis Fukuyama], globalisation of the technocratic societies, the end of the nation state and so called contra-democracy.
Students will study those trends of the newer and contemporary philosophy which discredited the idea of the liberal democracy, the idea of human rights and the ideal of humanism and those which, on the contrary, contributed to their renewal.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Discussion
To be present at lectures, thorough study of literature, one essay on a subject of political thought.
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Recommended literature
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Albert Camus. Člověk revoltující.
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Emilio Gentile. Politická náboženství. Brno, 2008.
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Emmanuel Wallerstein. Evropský univerzalismus. Rétorika moci. Praha, 2008.
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F.A.Hayek. Cesta do Otroctví.
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Hannah Arendtová. Totalitarismus; Esej o revoluci.
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Isaiah Berlin. Eseje o svobodě. Praha, 1999.
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Jan Patočka. Kacířské eseje.
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K.R.Popper. Otevřená společnost a její nepřátelé.
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Max Horkheimer-Theodor W. Adorno. Dialektika osvícenství. Praha, 2009.
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MichelFoucault. Zrození biopolitiky. Brno, 2009.
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Ralf Dahrendorf. Hledání nového řádu. Praha - Litomyšl, 2007.
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Raymond Aron. Opium intelektuálů.
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T.G.Masaryk. Rusko a Evropa.
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T.G.Masaryk. Světová revoluce.
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