Master
2021/2022
Luther and the West
Type:
Elective course (Philosophical Anthropology)
Area of studies:
Philosophy
Delivered by:
School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
12
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Roman Gulyaev
Master’s programme:
Philosophical Antropology
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
In this course we will discuss the history of some ideas that have been hugely influential in the modern west and that were taken out to the rest of the world. The discussion centers on an extraordinary and historically important figure, a sixteenth century German man named Martin Luther. Luther is recognized today as the originator of many of the most significant ideas that continue to affect and shape who we as modern people are and how we see the world and ourselves for better and for worse.
Learning Objectives
- : In the first section, we will explore why Luther thought the Bible was the most important volume for everyone to have and read. Included here will be a careful consideration of Luther's anti-Judaism, which contributed to western antisemitism and some of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century. In the second section, we will talk about the idea of freedom and how Luther's understanding of freedom in Christ affected the way modern thinkers understood what it means to be human in community. Important in this section is the consequential contradiction between freedom and slavery in western thought and their co-existence in western societies. The third section will be all about the many complicated relations between religion and politics
Expected Learning Outcomes
- - Знает основы лютеранского учения о свободе воли. Понимает и может воспроизвести основные аргументы спора Лютера и Эарзма о свободе воли.
- Знает основные этапы работы Лютера над переводом Библии
- Понимает концепцию двух мечей; знает основные политические доктрины средневековья; знает ключевые идеи реформы М.Лютера
Course Contents
- Luther, the Bible, and Antijudaism
- Freedom: Self and Community
- Religion and Politics: The Two Swords
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 3rd module0.7 * Online-course grade + 0.3 * Interview with academic supervisor
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Davide Cantoni. (2015). The Economic Effects Of The Protestant Reformation: Testing The Weber Hypothesis In The German Lands. Journal of the European Economic Association, (4), 561. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12117
- Eire, C. M. N. (2016). Reformations : The Early Modern World, 1450-1650. New Haven: Yale University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1241129
- Martin Luther : a very short introduction, Hendrix, S. H., 2010
- Культура Нидерландов в XVII веке; Эразм; Избранные письма; Рисунки, Хейзинга, Й., 2009
- Политические и общественные теории XVI века : схоластика, Макиавелли и Томас Мор, реформация: Лютер, Кальвин, анабаптисты, Жан Боден, Жуковский, Ю. Г., 2012
- Священная Римская империя: эпоха становления : сб., , 2008
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- The personal Luther : essays on the reformer from a cultural historical perspective, Karant-Nunn, S. C., 2018