Culture Wars in today's Central Europe - APOV3029E

• Title: Culture Wars in today's Central Europe
• Guaranteed by: International Office (21-ZO)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: winter
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: APOV30292
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Zora Hesová, M.A., Ph.D.
• Class: Exchange - 14.1 Political Sciences

Annotation

Last update: Zora Hesová, M.A., Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

So called “culture wars” have become a feature of populist politics in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the last ten years. CEE publics regularly polarise in confrontations on moral, identity and memory issues. The course will focus on the interpretation of the phenomenon of what is now openly called “culture wars”.

The course will be opened by a few examples. In the first we will analyze the various meaninfs of the concept, starting with Kulturkampf and culture wars in its original context of Bismark's Germany and the USA of the 1980s. Subsequently, key texts on the concepts of culturalization, civilizationism and identity will be read. In the third part, the course will deal with contemporary manifestations of so-called culture wars in Europe based on texts on the policies of memory, politics of morality and politics of identity. The course will close with a debate about the specifics of Central European manifestations of so-called culture wars.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Zora Hesová, M.A., Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

- active participation,

- presentation in class

- essay (10000 words)

Literature

Last update: Zora Hesová, M.A., Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

CHIANTERA-Stutte, Patricia; and PETÖ, Andrea. "Cultures of Populism and the Political Right in Central Europe." CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 5.4 (2003)´

HUNTER James Davidson: Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America. Basic Books, 1992

BRUBAKER, Rogers: Between nationalism and civilizationism: the European populist moment in comparative perspective, Ethnic and Racial Studies. 2017

KUHAR, R, PATERNOTTE D. (eds). 2017. Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe. Mobilizing against Equality. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

MARZOUKI, N.,  MCDONNELL, D., ROY, O.,: Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion. Cadmus 2018

MULLER, Jan-Werner, Comprehending conservatism: A new framework for analysis. Journal of Political Ideologies (October 2006)

NORRIS, P.; INGLEHART, R.: Cultural Backlash. Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism, Cambridge University Press. Online publication date: February 2019

RUPNIK, Jacques. (2018). Explaining Eastern Europe: The Crisis of Liberalism. Journal of Democracy 29/3, pp. 24-38

TRENCSÉNYI, Balázs. Beyond Liminality? The Kulturkampf of the Early 2000s in East Central Europe. boundary 2 41:1 2014