Violence and the Sacred in European Political Culture - YMH068
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This course brings sociological and anthropological theories of violence and the sacred to bear on the evolution of
European political culture over the past six centuries. Linking violence and the sacred are their relationship to the
“webs of significance” that, according to C. Geertz, constitute culture. Despite claims of “secularization,” the sacred
arguably remains as important in sociopolitical life today as it was when Jan Hus was burned at the stake, and
despite the eradication of certain forms of violence from everyday life, recourse to violence as a response to shaken
meaning has not ceased. This course will examine why.
Poslední úprava: Tvarůžková Renata, Ing. (22.01.2026)
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A short paper (4 pp.) applying the theoretical approach of the seminar to a problem of each student’s choosing and a final, oral examination based on readings and class discussions. Poslední úprava: Tvarůžková Renata, Ing. (22.01.2026)
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Schedule of seminars 1. Sacrality and symbolic systems 2. Violence and the sacred 3. The Hussite reformation 4. Lutheran and Calvinist reformations 5. Revolution as divine intervention in the seventeenth century 6. The French revolution, 1789–1799 7. Nineteenth-century nationalism 8. Revolutions in the Ottoman Empire, 1908–1923 9. Revolutionary Russia and Stalinism 10. Fascism 11. The revolutions of 1989 12. Violence, the sacred, and shaken meaning today Poslední úprava: Baláž Picková Monika, Mgr. (25.02.2026)
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