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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KFR
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BAOKN
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Abolitionism and Slavery in Culture and
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Long Title
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Abolitionism and Slavery in Culture and Religion
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Course objectives:
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The seminar is focused on the history of thought. It is not a description of the historical development of slavery. The topic is the argumentation in favor or denial of slavery in human history and the concept of man related to it. The relationship of religion to the phenomenon of slavery is also emphasized.
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Requirements on student
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Aktivní účast na hodinách; ústní zkouška, která zhodnocuje orientaci a vlastní schopnost výkladu v probírané látce; povinná docházka nejméně 80 %.
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Content
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1. The Definition of Slavery, Orlando Patterson, Social Death. Distinction of types of slavery. The slave as an object of law, the language of slavery, hierarchical thinking applied to human beings, slavery as part of the political system and the freedom of citizens. Slavery as a universal phenomenon.
2. The concept of slavery in ancient philosophy. Social dimension. Metaphors. The slavery of the passions, the contrast between the unconscious body and the guiding reason. Overlap with social and political argumentation.
3. Aristotle, Politics. Hierarchical and purposive thought in relation to slavery. Overlap with the evaluation of women, participation in the ration as a criterion. Rational justification of phenomena "common" in society.
4. Slavery and rights in ancient Rome. Social and political reasoning.
5. The relationship to slavery in Christianity. Theological argumentation. Paul, Hippolytus of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, Gregory, Ambrose of Milan, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas.
6. Slavery in Islam. Arguments, concepts, history to the beginning of the 19th century. The end of slavery in the Mediterranean.
7. Papal encyclicals on slavery, Valladolid 1550-1551. Bartolomé de las Casas, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. Real impact.
8. French thought in relation to slavery. Charles Louis Montesquieu On the Spirit of the Laws. The French Revolution, abolition by way of law.
9. British abolitionism. Clapham sect, motivations, Wilberforce, Thorton. Social consensus, linking British abolitionism to wider social issues, including status of women. Unitarians, Methodists, Quakers, Abolition Society. Sierra Leone.
10. Abolitionism in the United States. Baptists, Quakers, John Woolman. Arguments in favor of abolitionism. Abolitionism in A. Lincoln.
11. Forced labor in the 20th century. The Third Reich and the USSR in terms of the concept of forced labour. Robert Conquest.
12. Slavery in today's world. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1956 UN Convention. Forced labour today, sex slavery, forced marriage, child soldiers.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Garnsey P. Ideas of slavery from Aristotle to Augustine. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Basic:
Křížová M. Otroctví v Novém světě. Praha: NLN, 2013.
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Recommended:
Davis B. D. Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World. Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Recommended:
Patterson O. Slavery and Social Death. Harvard University Press, 1982.
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Recommended:
Davis B. D. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution 1770?1823. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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Teaching methods |
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Assessment methods |
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