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The aim of the course is to present the last four decades of development of the Eurasian world in a historical-sociological perspective, especially the end of the Cold War, the post-communist transformation, the advent of neoliberalism and globalization, the conflicts in the Middle East and the crisis of the Western world since 2008 in the context of civilizational changes (the advent of information technology, environmental crisis, postmodern culture, demographic change). Poslední úprava: Holubec Stanislav, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. et Ph.D. (17.02.2025)
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*Requirements Active participation at the class, regular reading, passing the written exam.
Classes: 1) The Last Decade of the Cold War: The Crisis of the Soviet Bloc 2) The rise of neoliberalism in the West 3) Attempt to reform Soviet systems: Deng Xiaoping and Mikhail Gorbachev 4) The crisis of governance in the Middle East: the rise of Islamism 5) The collapse of the Soviet system in Eastern Europe 6) The collapse of federations in post-Soviet countries (CSFR, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia) 7) Civil wars in post-Soviet countries (Yugoslavia, Caucasus) 8) The 1990s in the West: European integration, the end of history, globalization and the clash of civilizations 9) Integration of Central Europe into Western structures, shift of post-Soviet countries towards authoritarianism, oligarchization, privatization 10) The information revolution of the 1990s and 1990s, global warming and cultural cooling 11) The economic crisis of 2008 and the rise of populism 12) EU disintegration (Greek crisis, migration crisis, Brexit), rise of China and Y2K
Readings of cc 20 pages will be sent electronically for each seccion. Poslední úprava: Tvarůžková Renata, Ing. (25.03.2026)
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