Geopolitical Thought - JPM620

• Anglický název: Geopolitical Thought
• Český název: Geopolitical Thought
• Zajišťuje: Katedra politologie (23-KP)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2020
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: 30 / 15 (30)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses for incoming students

Anotace

čeština

Kurz je vyučován v AJ, nikoliv v ČJ

Kurz představuje přístupy k chápání politických procesů v prostoru. Bližší informace v AJ verzi.

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.08.2020)

angličtina

The aim of the course is to present the students with main streams of thought inside the geopolitical thinking. The course will be structured as to give an overview of the main schools and different understandings of the political processes in space. This will help students to apply different theoretical approaches to the analysis of international politics.

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.08.2020)

Cíl předmětu

Students will receive a wider understanding of approaches to geopolitics from geographic deterministic to analytical to critical. They will be capable of applying these frameworks to their study of concrete processes and events.

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.08.2020)

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Short paper - 50%

Students will prepare 4 short papers (1.300 - 2.000 words each) applying a concrete approach to geopolitics on a contemporary issue of international politics. The papers will follow the division of the course into 4 main blocs and students will choose one concrete approach from each bloc. The deadline for each paper is a week after the whole block was covered in lectures.

Oral exam - 50%

The oral exam will be based on lectures and readings. 

 

Evaluation is performed in accordance with the Dean’s Provision.

 

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.08.2020)

Literatura

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Required readings (available in Moodle):

Agnew, J. - Globalization and Sovereignty (Chapter 1) 

Brzezinski, Z. - The Grand Chessboard (Introduction, Chapter 1, 2)

Cohen, S. B. - Geopolitics (Chapters 1,2,3)

De Seversky, A. - Victory Through Air Power (Chapters 1, 12)

Dolman, E. C. - Astropolitik (Chapters 1,2)

Dussuoy, G. - Systemic Geopolitics (article)

Huntington, S. P. (Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7, 11)

Kaplan, R. D. - The Revenge of Geography (Chapter 2)

Kaplan, R. D. - The Coming Anarchy (article)

Luttwak, E. N. - From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics (article)

Khanna, P. - Connectography (Chapter 1,2)

MacKinder, H. J. - The Geographical Pivot of History (article)

Mahan, A. T. - The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (Introductory, Chapter 1)

Ó Tuathail - Critical Geopolitics (Introduction, Chapter 1,2)

Rosiere, S., Jones, R. - Teichopolitics (article)

Routledge, P. - Anti-Geopolitics IN: Agnew et al. - A Companion to Political Geography.

Stogiannos, A. - The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel (Chapters 1,2,3)

Tilly, C. - The Formation of National States in Western Europe (Chapter 1)

Tilly, C. - Coercion, Capital and European States (Chapter 1)

Wallerstein, I. - World-System Analysis: An Introduction (Chapter 1,2,3,4)

 

Recommended literature (list of readings in Moodle)

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (17.08.2020)

angličtina

Required readings (available in Moodle):

Agnew, J. - Globalization and Sovereignty (Chapter 1) 

Brzezinski, Z. - The Grand Chessboard (Introduction, Chapter 1, 2)

Cohen, S. B. - Geopolitics (Chapters 1,2,3)

De Seversky, A. - Victory Through Air Power (Chapters 1, 12)

Dolman, E. C. - Astropolitik (Chapters 1,2)

Dussuoy, G. - Systemic Geopolitics (article)

Huntington, S. P. - The Clash of Civilizations (Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7, 11)

Kaplan, R. D. - The Revenge of Geography (Chapter 2)

Kaplan, R. D. - The Coming Anarchy (article)

Luttwak, E. N. - From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics (article)

Khanna, P. - Connectography (Chapter 1,2)

MacKinder, H. J. - The Geographical Pivot of History (article)

Mahan, A. T. - The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (Introductory, Chapter 1)

Ó Tuathail - Critical Geopolitics (Introduction, Chapter 1,2)

Rosiere, S., Jones, R. - Teichopolitics (article)

Routledge, P. - Anti-Geopolitics IN: Agnew et al. - A Companion to Political Geography.

Stogiannos, A. - The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel (Chapters 1,2,3)

Tilly, C. - The Formation of National States in Western Europe (Chapter 1)

Tilly, C. - Coercion, Capital and European States (Chapter 1)

Wallerstein, I. - World-System Analysis: An Introduction (Chapter 1,2,3,4)

 

Recommended literature (list of readings in Moodle)

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.08.2023)

Sylabus

Introduction

Bloc I - Geopolitics as an extension of geography:

a) Geographic determinism - from German school to Dugin

b) Domination through domains - from Mahan to Dolman

c) Anglo-Saxon tradition - MacKidner and Spykman

 

Bloc II - Geopolitics as an extension of the environment:

a) Anglo-Saxon School - Brzezinski, Cohen, Kaplan, and others

b) Evolutionary school - Tilly and Wallerstein

 

Bloc III - Geopolitics as an extension of language:

a) Critical geopolitics and anti-geopolitics - turn to language and activism

b) Geopolitics and perceptions - actors´ perception of space

c) Systemic geopolitics - combination of critical and classical

 

Bloc IV - Geopolitics and networks:

a) Geo-economics and post-colonialism - economy, space and power

b) Connectography vs. Teichopolitics - networks and borders in the 21st century

 

Geopolitics and practice

 

 

Poslední úprava: Doboš Bohumil, Mgr., Ph.D. (31.08.2020)