USESEC030 Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes in Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, 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
Course objectives
The effort of the course is to introduce historical connections and roots of origin of totalitarian and authoritative systems in central and southeast Europe in the 20th century. The issue is set into context of world and European history. The course is aimed at fundamentals of functioning of new political systems of totalitarian character founded both after World War I and World War II. The emphasis is put on understanding of ideological and ideological trends in given periods. The attention will be put on concept of viability of European fascist and communist totalitarian systems in the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Issue of totalitarian and authoritative regimes, basic concepts and literature
    2. Totalitarianism and authoritativeness as a phenomenon of modern era
    3. Problems of legitimacy in totalitarian and authoritative regimes
    4. Principal categories and political psychology of non-democratic regimes
    5. Totalitarian ideology as political religion and authoritative mentality
    6. Communism and fascisms between two world wars
    7. The power of example. Totalitarian and authoritative regimes in Europe between world wars
    8. The image of totalitarian states in World War II, holocaust and genocide as one of the feature of totalitarian regimes in specific situation
    9. Late Stalinism and pre-totalitarian regimes in central and southeast Europe (1944-1948)
    10. Soviet block as totalitarian sates in 1948-1956
    11. Post-totalitarian periods of Soviet block and way to decline or is liberalization in totalitarian systems possible?
    12. Current European totalitarian regimes - Albania (?)
Literature
    required literature
  • SNYDER, Timothy. Krvavé země: Evropa mezi Hitlerem a Stalinem. Praha: Paseka, 2013. info
  • GEYER, M., FITZPATRICK, S., (edd.). Za obzor totalitarismu: srovnání stalinismu a nacismu. Praha: Academia, 2012. info
  • Cabada, L. a kol. Komparace politických systémů : nové demokracie střední a východní Evropy. Praha: Oeconomica, 2008. info
  • BALÍK, S., KUBÁT, M. Teorie a praxe totalitních a autoritativních režimů. Praha, Dokořán, 2004. info
  • VYKOUKAL, J., LITERA, B., TEJCHMAN, M. Východ. Vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. Praha: Nakladatelství Libri, 2000. info
    recommended literature
  • VEBER, V. Komunistický experiment v Rusku 1917-1991. Malé dějiny SSSR. Praha: Nakladatelství Roman Míšek, 2001. info
  • REIMAN, M. O komunistickém totalitarismu a o tom, co s ním souvisí. Praha, Karolinum, 2000. info
  • COURTOIS, S., WERTH, N., PANNÉ, J.-L. et al. Černá kniha komunismu. Zločiny, teror, represe. I. Praha - Litomyšl: Paseka, 1999. info
  • Procacci, G. Dějiny Itálie. (Vybrané kapitoly). Praha Lidové noviny, 1997. info
  • ARENDTOVÁ, H. Původ totalitarismu I-III. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1996. info
  • Bullock, A.,. Hitler a Stalin. Paralelní životopisy. Plzeň, B.V., 1995. 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
Independent work, ability of discussion, gaining orientation in modern history. Comprehension of political connections, recognition of types of political systems and their characteristics.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018.
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