Caucasus and Central Asia: Politics, Religion, Ethnicity 3600-ZIE-KAC-OW
1. Introduction: Caucasus and Central Asia in the Perspective of Anthropology of Politics.
2. Politics in Northern Caucasus: Perspective of reporter, political scientist, anthropologist.
3. Political Islam in Northern Caucasus.
4. Post-Soviet political transformation of Georgia – from Zviad Gamskhurdia to “Georgian Dream”.
5. “Frozen conflicts” in the South Caucasus – anthropological perspective. Abkhazia.
6. “Frozen conflicts” in the South Caucasus – anthropological perspective. South Ossetia.
7. Post-Soviet political transformation of Armenia – from Levon Ter-Petrosyan to Armenian revolution of 2018.
8. Post-Soviet political transformation of Azerbaijan – from Abulfaz Elcibey to Ilham Aliyev.
9. “Frozen conflicts” in the South Caucasus – anthropological perspective. Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian identity. Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani identity.
10. Radical Islam in Central Asia – perspective of political scientist.
11. Radical Islam in Central Asia – anthropologist’s perspective.
12. Democracy and human rights in the Caucasus and Central Asia regions.
13. Genocides and ethnic cleansings in Caucasus and Central Asia.
14. Current political processes in the Caucasus and Central Asia states.
15. Conclusions.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
K_W02 has organized general knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in the scope of anthropology of politics.
K_W05 has detailed and organized knowledge of literature and writings of chosen regions in Caucasus and Central Asia; can name and characterize most important phenomena/trends/literary texts/writings of chosen regions in Caucasus and Central Asia.
K_W10 can name and characterize basic cultural phenomena of a chosen region of Caucasus and Central Asia.
K_W16 demonstrates basic grasp of contemporary cultural life of a chosen region of Caucasus and Central Asia.
K_U02 can indicate sources of cultural differences between the countries of chosen regions of Caucasus and Central Asia.
K_U03 can use the basic terminology from the domain of philosophy and religion of a chosen region in Caucasus and Central Asia.
K_U04 can use the knowledge of history of chosen regions in Caucasus and Central Asia to analyze and interpret events taking place in the modern world.
Assessment criteria
The evaluation of student’s skills.
Written exam.
Attendance control.
Bibliography
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