Czech Philosophy of XXth Century in Context - AFSV00312

• Title: Czech Philosophy of XXth Century in Context
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (15)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Ondřej Švec, Ph.D.
• Class: Exchange - 08.1 Philosophy

Annotation

The course is intended as an introduction to the thought of major figures of Czech philosophy, with a special focus on Masaryk´s, Patočka´s and Kosík´s works. <br>
NB: the first lesson will be postponed and the course will start March 3rd!!!

Last update: Švec Ondřej, doc., Ph.D. (25.01.2020)

Literature

Primary Literature:

KOSÍK, Karel, Dialectics of the Concrete, Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1976

KOSÍK, Karel, La crise des temps modernes : dialectique de la morale, Paris: Editions de la Passion, 2003.

MASARYK, Tomáš G. The New Europe In : Modernism: The Creation of Nation-States  :  Discourses  of  Collective  Identity  in  Central  and Southeast  Europe  1770–1945:  Texts  and  Commentaries,  volume  III/1 [online]. Budapest : Central European University Press, 2010

PATOČKA, Jan. Body, Community, Language, World, trans. Erazim Kohák, Chicago: Open Court, 1999.

PATOČKA, Jan, Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History, trans. Erazim Kohák, Chicago: Open Court, 1999.

PATOČKA, Jan. Plato and Europe, trans. Petr Lom, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002

Secondary Literature:

GABRIEL, Jiří, KROB, Josef, PAVLINCOVÁ, Helena, ZOUHAR, Jan (eds.) Slovník českých filozofů (Dictionary of Czech Philosophers). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1998.

CHVATÍK, Ivan, Jan Patočka and the European Heritage,  in Studia Phaenomenologica 7, 2007

NOVÝ, Lubomír, GABRIEL, Jiří, HROCH, Jaroslav (eds.), Czech philosophy in the XXth century, Washington: Council for research in values and philosophy, 1994

KOHÁK, Erazim, Hearth and Horizon: Culture Identity and Global Humanity in Czech Philosophy, Prague: Filosofia 2013.

ZOUHAR, Jan. Dějiny českého filozofického myšlení do roku 1968 : stručný přehled. Brno: Academicus, 2008. 

Last update: Švec Ondřej, doc., Ph.D. (24.01.2019)

Requirements to the exam

The credits for the course will be delivered based on two categories of assessment:

(1) Engaged Involvement:

This is generally a matter of preparation, attendance, attention, and participation in the course.

and:

(2a) Oral presentation with critical assessment of strong points and weaknesses of presented texts

or:

(2b) Written Work:

A paper based on critical assessment of already exiting interpretations of Masaryk, Kosik and Patočka with regards to the primary texts. This means: You must consult primary sources and compare or critically assess their different interpretations. The deadline for sending papers to teacher´s official email address is May 30, 2020. 

Last update: Švec Ondřej, doc., Ph.D. (25.01.2020)