OPF:EVSNPDEC History of European Civilizati - Course Information

EVSNPDEC History of European Civilization

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Lubomír Nenička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lubomír Nenička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Lubomír Nenička, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová

Prerequisites

None.

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

• European Integration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The course aim is to provide students a broader orientation in European history, changes of European society mentality of aspect of the multinational and transregional structures, concepts and projects of Europeanism. Students will meet with outlined chapters in the history of culture.

Syllabus

• 1. European Identity
  2. Formation and difficulties of multinational civilizations in antiquity
  3. Feudal Europe of the Christian Middle Ages (11th-13th centuries)
  4. Times of crisis and finding solutions of European equilibrium (14th-17th centuries)
  5. Relationship of Europeans to other civilizations in the Middle Ages and at the time of overseas discoveries
  6. From absolutist states and the Enlightenment to the ideas of social freedom and fight for Napoleonic Europe (17th-18th centuries)
  7. Modernization of Europe in the 19th century
  8. On the road to self-destruction of Europe 1900-1918
  9. A quarter century of European disintegration 1918-1945
  10. The division of Europe after the Second World War (1945-1955)
  11. Finding ways to build post-war Europe (50th-60th years)
  12. The crisis of European systems of 70th and 80th years and reaction to it
  13. New situation for building European integrity after 1990

Literature

required literature
• NENIČKA, L. Dějiny evropské civilizace. Karviná, OPF SU, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7248-525-3. info
• VEBER, V. Dějiny sjednocené Evropy: od antických počátků do současnosti. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004. ISBN 80-7106-663-X. info
• CARBONELL, Ch. O. Evropské dějiny Evropy I- II. Praha: Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0411-6. info
• KOL. AUTORŮ. Dějiny evropské civilizace. I.-II. díl. Praha-Litomyšl: Paseka, 1999. ISBN 80-7185-218-X. info
• BURNS, E. Mc. N. Etc. Western civilizations: Their History and Their Cultur. Volume I, 1984. ISBN 0-393-95319-X. info

recommended literature
• KULHÁNEK, I. Klopýtání přes budoucnost. Dějiny Evropy od Vídeňského kongresu 1815 do roku 2005. Evropa 19. a 20. století v politických a sociálně-ekonomických souvislostech. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1608-9. info
• WIESNER, M. E. Early modern Europe: 1450-1789. 2006. ISBN 978-0-52100521-0. info
• DAVIES, N. Evropa. Dějiny jednoho kontinentu. Praha: Obzor, 2005. ISBN 80-7260-138-5. info
• GILBERT, F., LARGE, D. C. Konec evropské éry: dějiny Evorpy 1890-1990. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003. ISBN 80-204-0887-8. info
• GONĚC, V. Evropská idea. Brno, 2002. ISBN 80-210-2355-4. info
• FONTANA, J. Evropa před zrcadlem. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2001. ISBN 80-7106-395-9. info
• HONZÁK, F. A KOL. Evropa v proměnách staletí. Praha: Libri, 1997. ISBN 80-85794-06-9. info
• DELOUCHE, F. A KOL. Dějiny Evropy. Praha: Argo, 1995. ISBN 80-85794-06-9. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Written exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

attendance in seminars 50 %, seminar paper, final written exam

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	37
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zkouška	40
Summary	116

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