Theory of Civilizations

Course: international Relations

Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations

Title
Theory of Civilizations
Code
OK11
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 4. Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of international communications, the problems of development of states and international regions in global, regional and local contexts. PLO 23. To speak foreign languages at a professional level.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know the basic theoretical approaches and content of modern scientific views on the study of civilizations in world scientific thought, general principles, stages of development and components of the theory of civilizations. To understand the Yankee factors determine the preservation of the specifics of the modern world and the prospects of civilizational interaction or confrontation. To understand the relationship between the main components of society, especially the state, culture and religion. To know the basics of civilizational taxonomy, civilizational dynamics and civilizational comparative studies. To be able to generalize and systematize the main provisions and conclusions of civilization on the role of civilizations in world politics, to have the skills to use them. To understand the general, universal principles of civilization theory and civilization of comparative studies, determine the specifics of the structure of different societies of East and West.
Course content
Module 1. Epistemology of civilizations 1. Theory of civilizations as a discipline. Methodology and categorical apparatus. 2. Civilizational paradigm of global development research. 3. Dynamics of civilizations. Formation of a multidimensional geocivilization model of the modern world. 4. The main stages of development of the theory of civilizations. 5. Civilization and the state. Civilization and religion. Civilization and culture. Civilization and ethnicity. Module 2. Civilization taxonomy and civilizational comparative studies. Civilizational discourse in world politics.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Глобальні тренди міжнародних відносин. Монографія. Київ: Вадекс, 2020. 2. Кіссінджер Генрі. Світовий порядок. Роздуми про характер націй в історичному контексті / Кіссінджер Генрі. Пер. с англ. Надія Коваль. – К.: Наш формат, 2017. 3. Міжнародні системи і глобальний розвиток. /підручник кер. авт. колективу О.А.Коппель; за ред. Л.В.Губерського, В.А.Манжоли. Київ.: Видавничо-поліграфічний центр «Київський університет», 2008. 4. Міжнародні відносини та світова політика: підручник за ред. В.А.Манжоли; Київ, нац. ун-т ім. Т. Шевченка, К.: Знання, 2014. 5. Павленко Ю. Історія світової цивілізації: Соціокультурний розвиток людства. – К.: Либідь, 2017. 6. Сравнительное изучение цивилизаций: Хрестоматия.: Учеб. пособие для студентов вузов / Сост., ред. и вступ. ст. Б.С.Ерасов. – М.: Аспект Пресс, 2019.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lections, seminars, presentations.
Assessment methods and criteria
For students who have not reached the minimum level of assessment during the semester (60% of the maximum possible number of points) is the final semester test, the maximum score for which may not exceed 40% of the final grade (up to 40 points on the stem scale).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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