FPF:FPFVA007 Constructing Identities in 19t - Course Information
FPFVA007 Constructing Identities in 19th Century Central Europe
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D.
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Course objectives
- The main idea of the course is that identities are not a primordial heritige, on the contrary, they can be constructed actively. The 19th century as the "prehistory of today" means a turn in European History in the process of substitution premodern identities by modern ones. Some traditional identities are instrumentalized, but new ones have to be invented in order to grant the population a satisfying orientation in the rapidly changing world. The course aims at showing that the modern identities have a different quality than the pre-modern ones. The main focus is on state/national identities which were pivotal to the 19th century Europe. Geographically, the course focuses on Central Europe, i. e. Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose complicated ethnical, confessional and social structure provides a high number of examples of construction of modern identities.
- Syllabus
- 1. Changing Identities in the Age of Modernization
2. Europe as a Cultural Construct and the "Others"
3. German Nation and German State
4. Austria-Hungary: An Empire Without Identity?
5. Language and Modern National Identity
6. Historiography and Modern National Identity
7. Representing Nation
8. Constructing National Identities: The Czech Case
9. Constructing National Identities: The Jewish Case
10. Constructing National Identities: European Comparation
11. Modern Social Identities in Central Europe
12. Discussing other modern identities
- 1. Changing Identities in the Age of Modernization
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- " 80% attendance in classes
" active participation in discussions
" critical essay of 5-10 pages debating a chosen modern myth
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2014, recent)
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