UVSRPVN119 Questions of Ancestry Identity

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Zdeňka Kalnická, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Zdeňka Kalnická, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeňka Kalnická, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – 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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to apprise students with selected chapters from the history of women, but mainly with forms of theoretical reflectionof the mythology, philosophy, religion and psychological concepts. In a lesser extent, there will be history of the women's movement in the world and in the Czech republic. The seminars will be focused on development of lectures and discussions on current social problems in terms of "gender" especially in the Czech Republic or in comparison with other countries. The aim of the course is to develop the ability of students to reflect the issue from the point of view of the gender aspect, both in theory and in everyday life and cultivate their ability to perform an own opinion on present problems and their solutions, based on theoretical argumentation.
Syllabus
  • 1st Woman in mythology, female symbols
    2nd Opinions of the Greek philosophers on a woman: Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates School
    3rd Opinions on the woman in the Bible
    4th Witch-hunting
    5th Opinions of J. J. Rousseau on a woman and the reaction of M. Wolstonecraft
    6th Freud's views on a woman, feminist response
    7th Women and knowledge (forgotten women-philosophers)
    8th Formation of feminist philosophical reflection in the work of S. de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
    9th Some contemporary forms of feminism, the male study
    10th Short history of feminism in the world
    11th History of feminism in the Czech Republic, contribution of T. G. Masaryk
    12th Feminist art, particularly fine art
Literature
    required literature
  • KALNICKÁ, Z. Úvod do Gender Studies. Otázky rodové identity. Slezská univerzita v Opavě: Fakulta veřejných po, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7248-528-4. info
  • BOCKOVÁ, G. Ženy v evropských dějinách od středověku po současnost. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7106-494-7. info
  • RENZETTI, C., CURRAN, D. Ženy, muži a společnost. Praha: Karolinum, 2005. ISBN -246-0525-2. info
  • Abc feminismu. Brno: Nesehnutí, 2004. ISBN 10-80-903228-3-2. info
  • VODÁKOVÁ, A., VODÁKOVÁ, O. Rod ženský. Praha: SLON, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-18-0. info
  • Společnost žen a mužů z aspektu gender. Společnost žen a mužů z aspektu gender. Praha: Open Society Fund, 1999. info
    recommended literature
  • Ennenová, E. Ženy ve středověku. Praha 2002. info
  • SKÁLOVÁ, H. (ED.). Genderovou optikou: zaměřeno na český vzdělávací systém. Praha: Gender Studies, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86520-28-5. info
  • KNOTKOVÁ-ČAPKOVÁ, B., et al. Obrazy ženství v náboženských kulturách. Praha: Paseka, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7185-890-4. info
  • KALNICKÁ, Z. Filozofky v dějinách evropské filozofie. Ostrava, Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakul, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7368-324-5. info
  • OAKLEYOVÁ, A. Pohlaví, gender a společnost. Praha: Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-403-6. info
  • BADINTER, E. Identita muža. Aspekt, 1999. info
  • HORSKÁ, P. Naše prababičky feministky. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1999. ISBN 978-80-7368-324-5. info
  • OATES-INDRUCHOVÁ, L. (ed.). Dívčí válka s ideologií (Klasické texty angloamerického feministického myšlení),. Sociologické nakladatelství Praha, 1998. info
  • Muž a žena v médiích. Praha: Nadace Gender Studies, 1998. info
  • LEVACK, P.B. The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. 2. ed. London and New York: Longman,, 1995. ISBN 978-0-582-08069-0. info
  • DE BEAUVOIR, S. Druhé pohlaví. Praha: Orbis, 1967. 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
During the course of the semester students will prepare one presentation on a selected topic.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022.
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