Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Atelier Interdiszciplináris Történeti Tanszék
- Kód
- BMI-KOMA21-24
- Cím
- National tradition, national identity,
- Tervezett félév
- Őszi
- Meghirdetve
- 2023/24/2
- ECTS
- 4
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- Modern national identity and cultural heritage are organically linked. During the course, students will get acquainted with the different perceptions of the nation, the historical processes of nation-building, and the role of cultural heritage in shaping national identity. They acquire the historical and other background knowledge necessary for the preservation and transmission of the values of the national heritage.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- The course provides a detailed overview of key theories and debates on nationalism and the formation and nature of the modern nation. It presents the objective and subjective, primordialist, modernist and constructivist, ethnosymbolist, and postmodern approaches of the nation. It discusses the modern nation-building processes and the role of cultural heritage in this processes in a broader historical context. In addition to the more general theoretical models, some specific cases will be discussed in more detail (primarily the English, American, French, German and Central European regions - with a special emphasis on the Hungarian case) and thus examine with a comparatist approach the formation of nations and that of national traditions.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- University exam. The basic frame for evaluating student performance of the course determined by the university's code of conduct. According to this document, the instructor can determine the means of evaluation of the course depending on the nature of the field of knowledge and skills presented at the course. The university exam can take the form on an actual oral exam or a combination of various forms of oral, written and performed performances.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Benedict Anderson: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Verso, London, 1991. David Boswell, Jessica Evans (eds.): Representing the Nation: a Reader. Histories, Heritage and Museums, London – New York, Routledge, 1999, 471 p., ISBN 978-0415208703 Anthony D Smith: National identity. Reno:University of Nevada Press, 1991.