FVP:USESEN026 Comparative Analysis of Politi - Course Information

USESEN026 Comparative Analysis of Political Persecusions in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century II

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies 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

• Central European Studies (programme FVP, N6702-MTS)

Course objectives

The course characterizes the role of political persecutions and repressions in non-democratic forms of government, their typology and periodization. Comparative analysis of forms and mechanicals of political justice, criminal law, forced work as well as prison and camp formations in totalitarian but also in authoritative and post-totalitarian regimes of central and eastern Europe in the 20th century is based on published as well as results of own long-term researches not yet published. The students will be then presented possibilities and boundaries of comparative analysis in synchronic and diachronic comparison and typology creation of central and eastern Europe in the 20th century on concrete materials.

Syllabus

• 1. Terror and repression in non-democratic regimes
  2. Criminal law, prison system and political justice
  3. Forced work in modern period
  4. Century of camps - origin, development and typology of camp systems
  5. Soviet criminal law and prison system as an instrument of political repressions
  6. History of GULAG (1918-1960)
  7. Nazi extermination centres, concentration camps and prisons (1933-1945)
  8. Communist and Nazi camps (comparative)
  9. Development of criminal law in central Europe after 1945
  10. Political repressions and prison system in central Europe after 1945
  

Literature

required literature
• GEYER, M. - FITZPATRICKOVÁ, S. (eds.). Za obzor totalitarismu. Srovnání stalinismu a nacismu. Praha: Academia, 2012. info
• JANÁK, D. Českoslovenští občané a Češi v sovětských věznicích a táborech (1918 - 1956). In: Perzekuce československých občanů v Sovětském svazu (1918 - 1956). Část I. Opava: Slezské zemské muzeum a Slezská univerzit, 2007. info
• SOFSKY, W. Řád teroru: koncentrační tábor. Praha: Argo, 2006. info
• JANÁK, D. Kapitoly o československém vězeňství 1945 - 1955. Opava: Slezské zemské muzeum, 2002. info
• COURTOIS, S. et al. Černá kniha komunismu. Zločiny, teror, represe. I. Praha, Litomyšl: Paseka, 1999. info

recommended literature
• SNYDER, T. Krvavé země. Evropa mezi Hitlerem a Stalinem. Praha - Litomyšl - Praha: Paseka - Prostor, 2009. info
• FIGES, O. Šeptem. Soukromý život ve Stalinově Rusku. Praha - Plzeň: Pavel Dobrovský - BETA s.r.o. a J, 2009. info
• SPOERER, M. Nucené práce pod hákovým křížem. Zahraniční civilní pracovníci, váleční zajatci a vězni ve třetí říši a v obsazené Evropě v letech 1939 - 1945. Praha: Argo, 2005. info
• APPLEBAUMOVÁ, A. GULAG. Dějiny. Praha, Plzeň: Pavel Dobrovský - BETA a Jiří Ševč, 2004. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Written seminar paper, written exam - the first part in a form of a test with closed questions, the second in a form of comparative essay (comparison of two phenomena)

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