Fundamentalisms and Extremisms - course description

General information

Course name	Fundamentalisms and Extremisms
Course ID	05.5-WP-Poli2D-FaE-21
Faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study	WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Politologia
Education profile	-
Level of studies	Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester	winter term 2022/2023

Course information

Semester	1
ECTS credits to win	6
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	english
Author of syllabus

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Tutorial	15	1	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the issues of fundamentalism and extremism and related aspects. These issues will be presented on the basis of political and religious examples. We will also discuss aspects related to terrorism.

Prerequisites

None.

Scope

The concept of fundamentalism and synonymous terms; Political extremism - explanation of the concept and its relativity; Religious and political fundamentalism - concepts and typology;

Selected examples of religious fundamentalism; Selected examples of political fundamentalism; Political Islam at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Fundamentalism and terrorist attacks; Types of terrorism: left-wing, right-wing, national liberation, religious; Major contemporary terrorist organizations; Counteracting terrorism; Contemporary fascist and right-extremist movements; Religion and politics in a globalizing world.

Teaching methods

Lecture, self-study, conversation.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Examination.

Notes

None

Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 25-04-2022 13:03)

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