B_MAST International Aspects of the Contemporary Terorism

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Eduard Gombár, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Eduard Gombár, CSc.
Department of Criminology and Forensic Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Tereza Švestáková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_MAST/pKPH: Wed 15:45–16:29 E128, Wed 16:30–17:15 E128, E. Gombár
B_MAST/vBSKPH: Fri 9. 12. 15:45–17:15 E126, Fri 16. 12. 15:45–17:15 E126, 17:30–19:00 E126, E. Gombár
Prerequisites
No preconditions.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Aim: Ideological and historical roots of Islamic terrorism.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of terorism 2. Terorismus in the 70 - Palestinian groops, extrem left. 3. Islam - monotheisti religion. 4. Sunni and shiite Islam. 5. Islamic universalismin international relations. 6. Geopolitical concept of Islam. 7. Jihad. 8. Wahhabism as ideological source of Islamic extremism. 9. Islamic fundamentalism and Islamism. 10. Al-Qaida. 11. Islamic State in Iraq and Levant. 12. Arab revolutions and migrant crisis.
Literature
    required literature
  • EICHLER, Jan. Terorismus a války vdobě globalizace. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1790-9. info
  • KROPÁČEK, Luboš. Islámský fundamentalismus. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996. ISBN 80-7021-168-7. info
  • MENDEL, Miloš. Džihád. Islámské koncepce šíření víry. Brno: Atlantis, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7108-316-0. info
    recommended literature
  • BAREŠ, Ladislav, Rudolf VESELÝ and Eduard GOMBÁR. Dějiny Egypta (The History of Egypt). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2009, 832 pp. ISBN 978-80-7106-971-3. info
  • GOMBÁR, Eduard. Islamistické organizace v Sýrii, Jordánsku a v Libanonu (Islamist Organizations in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon). Mezinárodní vztahy. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2002, vol. 37, No 3, p. 84-97. ISSN 0323-1844. info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Coloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2016, recent)
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