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Lecturer(s)
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Kolářová Lucie, Mgr. Dr. theol.
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Course content
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COURSE ORGANIZATION: - semester teaching is conducted in a weekly mode (2 hours/WEEK) - 1 hour of lecture is always followed by 1 hour of seminar - the schedule and timetable of student papers will be agreed upon at the first seminar, and may be updated during the semester LECTURE CONTENT: I. Conceptualization of the topic 1. introduction to the issue (basic terms, concepts, approaches) 2. to the history of the relationship between man and nature (milestones: naturalism, anthropological turn, emergence of anthropocentrism, era of the Anthropocene) 3. environmental crisis and its anthropological basis (human freedom and creativity, question of knowledge and power, search for criteria, ethical relevance) II. Analysis of model "images of man" in the context of nature (in history and the present) 4. man as mixed being, as a creature (archaic holistic model: M. Eliade) 5. man as deficient being (Plato, J.G. Herder, A. Gehlen) 6. man as microcosm, man as an autopoietic system (stoicism, natural sciences) 7. man as rational creature (Plato, I. Kant, Enlightenment, functionalization of nature, postmodern skepticism) 8. man as animal (Ch. Darwin, D.J. Morris, J. Monod, R. Dawkins) 9. man as compassionate vs. man as killer (altruism and destruction as permanent human attitudes) 10. man as digital (change in the status of nature under the influence of technology) III. Nature in the Anthropocene 11. globalization of the technocratic paradigm - origins, manifestations, consequences 12. examples of good practice: the concept of voluntary simplicity (longitudinal research by H. Librová) 13. sustainability as an integral concept (limits of expertise, dialogue as a path to finding solutions, awareness of complexity, responsibility and the imperative to act, setting up systemic processes) SEMINAR CONTENT: (seminar content corresponds thematically to lecture content) - analytical work with text (reading and analysis of a specific assigned text - see study aids) - student paper
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), E-learning
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Learning outcomes
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- analyze relevant concepts and categories - nature, environment, environmental crisis, sustainability, sustainable development - in an anthropological perspective, the source of which for this course is Western philosophical thought, Judeo-Christian religious tradition and the discourse of ethics (working with primary texts) - analyze and interpret models of the relationship between humans and nature in a combination of diachronic and synchronic methodological approaches (working with primary texts) - beyond the description of the problem and recapitulation ot key milestones in cultural history, consider the topic of nature comprehensively, in context, critically, and creatively, bearing in mind that it cannot be reduced to a purely scientific, technological, or economic issue, particularly in light of the environmental crisis and sustainability issues (synthesis, systematization)
- ability to identify the topic of nature and environmental crisis in an anthropological context; ability to understand its anthropological connotations - the ability to distinguish between different levels of environmental issues and a perspective striving for a comprehensive approach to nature and sustainability issues - understanding the key concepts and categories needed to conceptualize an integral concept of sustainability
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Prerequisites
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- without further prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
a) regular attendance at lectures/regular active participation in seminars including familiarization with the text in advance b) presentation on the studied work: - students choose a book from the literature list (students will receive this at the first seminar) - students present their presentations at one of the subsequent seminars during the semester (the current schedule will be agreed upon at the first seminar and updated as necessary) c) colloquium - exam in the form of a dialogical debate - knowledge of the material from lectures and the assigned required reading is expected
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Recommended literature
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