USESE0009 Germany in the Modern Era

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Staněk, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The main aim of the interpretation of the subject is to give complete outline of fundamental phases and the most important facts of economic, social, political and cultural development in the area of present Germany stressing selected issues of modern history. The students will gain basic findings about development tendencies and inversions which have marked history of historically changing companies living in our nearest neighbourhood. The questions regarding issues of older German history will be dealt with respect to highlighting a role of more general civilisation factors in dynamics of social structures, institutions and ideas in German settlement territory, more detailed attention will be paid to individual thematic circles from the verge of 18th century and especially then in 19th and 20th century. The course enable students to learn key events and paradigms of modern and current German history and understand why and how in different intensity and various forms they project to attitudes, behaviour and culture of German society. The work in tutorial forms space for deeper and more concrete evidence of some important facts of German history and opinions which refer to them, especially with regard to separate periods of development of Czech-German relations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Selected periods and issues of older German history 1
    2. Selected periods and issues of older German history 2
    3. Germany between two revolutions (1789-1848/1850)
    4. Origin of modern history (1850-1890)
    5. Germany among superpowers and World War I (1890-1918)
    6. The Weimar republic (1918-1933)
    7. German national socialism and the Third Reich (1933-1945)
    8. Division of Germany, "German question" and cold war" (1945-949-1961)
    9. German states and their relations (1961-1972)
    10. FRG and GDR in the second half of the 70´s and the first half of the 80´s
    11. On way to union of Germany (1985-1990)
    12. Federal Republic of Germany after union (1990-present day)
Literature
    required literature
  • MÜLLER, H. , KRIEGER, K.F. a VOLRATH, H. Dějiny Německa. 2. vydání. Praha: nakl. Lidové noviny, 2004. info
  • KOSTLÁN, A. , MORAVCOVÁ, D. a VANÍČEK, V. Encyklopedie dějin Německa. Praha: nakl. Ivo Železný, 2000. info
  • BOK, V. Přehled německých dějin. 2. vydání. České Budějovice: nakl. Jihočeská univerzita, 1994. info
    recommended literature
  • NÁLEVKA, V. Druhá světová válka. Praha: Triton, 2003. info
  • SEIBT, F. Ta stará ošklivá melodie. Několik ohlédnutí za německou historií 1900-1945. Praha: Prostor, 2003. info
  • DEJMEK, J. Československo, jeho sousedé a velmoci ve XX. století (1918-1992). Vybrané kapitoly z dějin čs. zahraniční politiky. Praha: CEP, 2002. info
  • MORAVCOVÁ, D. Evropská politika sjednoceného Německa 1990-1999. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a po, 2000. info
  • JÄCKEL, E. Hitlerův světový názor. Praha-Litomyšl: Paseka, 1999. info
  • Eds. J. Křen a E. Broklová. Obraz Němců, Rakouska a Německa v české společnosti 19. a 20. století. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. info
  • Vztahy Spolkové republiky Německo ke státům střední Evropy od roku 1990. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. info
  • Seibt, F. Německo a Češi. Dějiny jednoho sousedství uprostřed Evropy. Praha: Academia, 1996. info
  • BRADLEY, J.F.N. Dějiny třetí říše. Německo v období nacismu. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995. info
  • HAFFNER, S. Od Bismarcka k Hitlerovi. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995. info
  • MANN, G. Dějiny Německa 1919-1945. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1993. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
Test
Oral exam
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Seminar paper dedicated to important event or personality of modern German history
Oral exam aimed at verification of knowledge of both general context (terminology, chronology) and concrete events and processes.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014.
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