Historical Sociology of Global Politics and International Relations - YMH546

• Anglický název: Historical Sociology of Global Politics and International Relations
• Podoba výuky: přednáška
• Zajišťuje: Program Historická sociologie (24-HS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta humanitních studií
• Platnost: od 2026 do 2026
• Počet semestrů výuky: 1
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
• Rozsah za akademický rok: 26 [hodiny]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (20)
• Maximální kapacita předmětu: 20
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Forma uskutečňování: prezenční
• Úroveň: specializační
• Možnost opakovaného zápisu: 1 (2) / 1 / 1 / 1
• Garant: Mgr. Marek Německý, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses available to incoming students

Anotace

Traditional sociology was based on so called methodological nationalism, as when it non-reflectively identified the society with the national state. The aim of the lecture is to exceed this narrow conception and introduce a historical sociology of politics in a global context. The lecture is methodologically based on a theory of international relations and mainly on historical-sociological approaches toin the theory of international relations.

Poslední úprava: Šedivcová Karolína, Mgr. (04.06.2019)

Literatura

Obligatory:

• Watson, Adam. The evolution of international society : a comparative historical analysis. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge, 2009, 384 s. ISBN 1-134-05610-9.

Poslední úprava: Baláž Picková Monika, Mgr. (26.02.2026)

Sylabus

Structure of Lessons:

1. Theory of international relations (realism, liberalism, constructivism)

2. Geopolitical theories (Ratzel, Mahan, Mackinder, Spykman, etc. - polarity of land versus naval power)

3 Hobbesian, Kantian and Grotian conceptions of the international order.

4. Pre-international systems according to Buzán and Little Bands of hunters and gatherers- interaction capacity)

5. Plurality of international systems in the ancient world according to Buzán and Little (city-states, empires, nomadic tribes, nomadic empires)

6. Ancient systems according to Adam Watson (Sumer, Akkadian Empire, an international society of Greek city-states, interaction with Persia, royal peace).

7. The emergence of the European society of states according to Adam Watson (Medieval Societas Christiana, Renaissance, and Reformation, Habsburg efforts for hegemony.

8. European society of states in the early modern period (Westphalian system), the policy of balance of power in the 18th century, Napoleon's attempt at empire, the Congress of Vienna.

9. Interaction of the European society of states with Asian systems: (Ottoman Empire and capitulations, integration of Russia into the system, integration of Turkey into the system, integration of Japan into the system).

10. Disintegration of the European concert of great powers, the First World War, the Versailles system and the League of Nations, the Second World War, the bipolar world, decolonization.

11. International relations and social theory

12. Summary and reflection

Poslední úprava: Tvarůžková Renata, Ing. (25.03.2026)

Výsledky učení

Students are able to:

• Analyze political and social processes in a global and supranational context using the main theories of international relations (realism, liberalism, constructivism) as well as historical and sociological approaches.
• Explain the emergence, transformation, and plurality of international systems from pre-state entities to the modern international society of states, and interpret key concepts from authors such as Barry Buzan, Richard Little, and Adam Watson.
• Critically assess the development of European society of states and its interaction with non-European systems (e.g., the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Japan), analyze the transformations of the international order from the Westphalian system through the concert of great powers to the bipolar order of the 20th century and decolonization.

Poslední úprava: Baláž Picková Monika, Mgr. (26.02.2026)