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Lecturer(s)
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Lužný Dušan, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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1. Religion as anthropological category; 2. Evolutionism in the study of religions (E. B. Tylor, J. G. Frazer, L. Lévy-Bruhl, B. Malinowski, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard); 3. Structrualism: totemism (C. Lévi-Strauss); 4. Symbolic anthropology (M. Douglas, C. Geertz); 5. Psychology and the study of religions (S. Freud, C. G. Jung), religions and cognitive approaches (P. Boyer, H. Whitehouse); 6. Myth and ritual I (M. Eliade); 7. Myth and ritual II (A. van Gennep, V. Turner, C. Bell, R. Rappaport), performance studies, ritual and theatre (R. Schechner, E. Fischer-Lichte); 8. Body in religious traditions of the world; 9. Death in religious traditions of the world; 10. Religions and social roles.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 20 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 12 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims at providing the introduction to the study of religions from the point of view of cultural and social anthropology. The course provides basic knowledge of how social sciences treat religious phenomena. It provides the overview of the most important theoretical contributions to the study of religions from the point of view of cultural anthropology. It alos treats some selected topics in the study of religions: the phenomena of the body, death, or the social roles in diverse religious traditions.
After the successful completion of the course students are able to demonstrate the knowledge of theoretical approaches towards studying religions from the point of view of cultural anthropology; discuss the application of selected theories to the concrete religious phenomena; evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of selected theoretical approaches toward religions form the point of view of the study of religions.
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisities.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
Students are required to attend the lectures of the course (the course cannot be completed succesfully, if you miss more than 25% of classes, this does not apply to significant life events or ducumented emergencies), participate on discussions, study the assigned readings, submit the final essay.
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Recommended literature
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BELL, Catherine M.:. Ritual :perspectives and dimensions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997..
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BOWIE, Fiona. Antropologie náboženství: rituál, mytologie, šamanismus, poutnictví. Praha: Portál, 2008..
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BOYER, Pascal:. Religion explained: the human insticts that fashion gods, spirits and ancestors. London: Vintage Books, 2002..
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DURKHEIM, Émile:. Elementární formy náboženského života: systém totemismu v Austrálii. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2002..
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FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika:. Estetika performativity. Mníšek pod Brdy: Na konári, 2011..
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GEERTZ, Clifford:. Interpretace kultur: vybrané eseje. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000..
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LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude:. Totemismus dnes. Praha: Dauphin, 2001..
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LÉVY-BRUHL, Lucien:. Myšlení člověka primitivního. Praha: Argo, 1999..
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PADEN, William E.:. Bádání o posvátnu: náboženství ve spektru interpretací. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002..
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SMITH, Jonathan Z.:. Imagining religion: from Babylon to Jonestown. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982..
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SOUKUP, Václav:. Dějiny antropologie (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004..
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VAN GENNEP, Arnold:. Přechodové rituály: systematické studium rituálů. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997..
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