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BALTIC RUSSIAN INSTITUTE

Title of the course: SOCIALLY CULTURAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA
The course is a constituent part of the professional BA program in Cultural Administration, part C.
Course compiled by: Tatiana Kuzmina, lect.

Course abstract:

Within this discipline it is planned to give the systematic description of the Russian social and cultural history beginning with the estern Slavic pagan culture till the modern situation. the course is dedicated to the description of particular periods of the Russian history of culture. Special attention is paid to the description and analysis of the mechanism which regulates the cultural paradigma changes, which stipulates for the general logic of the development of Russion history of culture. The course consists of two independent parts, chich can be chosen by the students as the free choice courses (Block C).

Aims and tasks of the course:

1. 
   To show the regularities of the origins and development of the Russian culture. To highlight typological features which make the nationalRussian culture so peculiar and stipulates for its place in the context of the world’s culture.
   
2. 
   To acknowledge the typologically similar cultural and historic situations in the discrete periods of the Russian history.
   
3. 
   To teach the students to use the method of analogy, historically typological analysis, and culturally comparative studies to master the course and prepare the reports.
   
4. 
   To develop the students’ analytical thinking and improve their information baggage in the field of the theory of culture and history.
   

Credit value: 1 CP
Assessment: test
Requirements: 100% studies attendance, preparation and presentation of a report.
Course content:

	Part I
1.	Introduction. The history of Russia as the cosially cultural entity.
2.	Main trends of the Russian cultural idea.
3.	Arch-type of the Russian culture. Binary and ambivalent character of the Russian culture.
4.	Pagan Russian and its culture.
5.	Process of Christianisatiny of the Russian land in the socially cultural aspect.
6.	“Juku times” as the world’s picture in the 17^th – 18^th century.
7.	Contradictions in the Russian social life and culture in the 18^th century.
8.	Dictotomy of the Russian culture in the 19^th century.
	Part II
1.	Culturally social schism in the beginning of the 20^th century.
2.	Lenin’s “cultural revolution”.
3.	Soviet totalitarian society and its cultural origins and development.
4.	“United bifurcation” in the Russian culture in the 20^th century.
5.	Essesce and meaning of the Soviet culture.
6.	Russian post-modernism and changes of socially cultural paradigMA

Course literature

1. 
   Аверинцев С.С. Византия и Русь: два типа духовности// Новый мир. 1988. № 7,9.
   
2. 
   Ахиезер А.С. Социокультурная динамика России// Политические исследования. 1991. № 5.
   
3. 
   Бердяев Н.А. Судьба России. М. 1999.
   
4. 
   Вехи. Интеллигенция в России. Сборник статей 1909-1910. М. 1991.
   
5. 
   Данилевский Н.Я. Россия и Европа. М. 1991.
   
6. 
   Ерасов Б.С. Россия в евразийском пространстве.// Общественные науки и современность. 1994. № 2.
   
7. 
   Кара-Мурза С. Интеллигенция на пепелище России. М. 1997.
   
8. 
   Ключевский В.О. Краткое пособие по русской истории. М. 1992.
   
9. 
   Кондаков И.В. Введение в историю русской культуры. М. 1997.
   
10. 
    Кочетков А.П. Россия на пороге XXI века. М. 1998.
    
11. 
    Красильщиков. Вдогонку за прошедшим веком: развитие России в XX веке с точки зрения мировых модернизаций. М. 1998.
    
12. 
    Лихачев Д.С. Великий путь. Становление русской культуры XI – XVII вв. М. 1987.
    
13. 
    Лосский Н.О. Характер русского народа. М. 1990.
    
14. 
    Марков А.П. Отечественная культура как предмет культурологии. СПб. 1996.
    
15. 
    Мигранян А. Россия в поисках идентичености (1985-1995). М. 1997.
    
16. 
    Модернизация в России и конфликт ценностей. М. 1993.
    
17. 
    Новая волна: русская культура и субкультуры на рубеже 80-90-х гг. М. 1994.
    
18. 
    О России и Русской философской культуре. Философы русского послеоктябрьского зарубежья. М. 1990.
    
19. 
    Ожиганов Э.Н. Сумерки России. М. 1996.
    
20. 
    Розанов В.В. Pro et contra. СПб. 1995.
    
21. 
    Русская идея. М. 1992.
    
22. 
    Уткин А.И. Запад и Россия. М. 2000.
    
23. 
    Федотов Г.П. Судьба и Грехи России: в 2 т. СПб. 1991.
    
24. 
    Фортунатов В.В. Россия в мировой истории. СПб. 1998.
    
25. 
    Шульгин В.С. и др. Культура России IX-XX вв. М. 1996.
    
26. 
    Яковенко И. Православие и исторические судьбы России.// Общественные науки и современность. 1994. № 2.
    

Title of the course: History of religion

The course is a constituent part of the professional BA program in Cultural Administration, part C.

Credit value: CP, 64 contact hours (49 hours – lectures, 15 hours– seminars)

Course compiled by: Valdis Svirskis, MA phil.
Course abstract: the course gives a chronological and systematical overview of religion as the origin of the fundamental culture, dynamics and modern condition. The special attention is paid to the mastering of the notion and elements of the religion research, as well as the possibilities to apply it when analysing the media information and social opinions.

Within the course the most common interpretation of religion in the 19^th, 20^th century is studied to reveal the heterogenious character of the religion.

Aims of the course:

1. 
   to get the students acquainted with the place and role of religion in the culture and its processes.
   
2. 
   to give a systematical overview of the main ancient and modern religious traditions.
   
3. 
   to develop the students’ skills in independent analysis of the processes and phenomena connected to the religion.
   

Course tasks:

1.to create an idea about the specific character of the phenomena of religion, heterogenious character of interpretation and manifestation in the context of the world’s culturally- historial processes.

2. to introduce those religious ideas which seriously influenced European civilizations, as well as creation of the Latvian cultural environment.

3. to develop the students’ analytical and critical thinking by getting acquainted with different sacred texts on the religious traditions and important texts on the religious reseaches.

Assessment: test with the mark (at the end of each semester). The writing tests is divided into two stages: terminology test and answer on two questions.

40% of the test is determined by the work during the seminars, and 60%- by theoretical test.

Course plan

1. heterogeneity of religion, theory of origins and reseach methods. 2 lect.;1 sem.;

2. Structure of religion. 2 lect.;1 sem.;

3. Myth and ritual.Cult. Magic. Sacred (mythical) time and space. 4 lect.; 2 sem.;

4. forms of archaic religious beliefs (animism, totemism, fetishism). Shamanism. 1 lect.;

5. Religion of Ancient Egypt. Solar cult. “The book of the dead”. 2 lect. 1 sem.;

6. Religion of Ancient Mesopotamy. Cosmogony and anthropogony. 2 lect. 1.sem.;

7. Religion of Ancient Greece and Rome. Public cults and mysterias. 2 lect.

8. Zoroastrism. Modern parcism. 2 lect.

9. Religious traditions of China and Japan: Daoism. Confusism. Sintoism. 3 lect.

10. Veda religion. Brahmanism. Hinduism.

4 lect.; 2 sem.;

11. Judaism: from Ancient Israel till modern times. 4 lect.; 1 sem.;