Online course

Civilisation code: identity

FORMAT
Online


LECTURER

Josef Zissels

COST

1500 UAH

‘Civilisation Code: Identity is an online recorded course consisting of 8 topics.
Participants have 6 months to complete the course from the moment of registration, which allows them to study at their own pace. Upon completion of the course, you will receive an electronic certificate. Access to the programme is open for 3 months from the date of registration.
The online course ‘Civilisation Code: Identity’ is an intellectual journey into the depths of individual, national, political and civilisational identity. The focus is on how the idea of self and ‘others’ is formed, how values and culture influence political preferences, and how global processes – wars, shifts in ideologies, migration – transform the collective consciousness.

* By proceeding with the purchase, you agree to the terms of the public offer

BUY

During the eight sessions, participants will:

1) get acquainted with the main approaches to understanding identity as a multidimensional phenomenon;

2) consider the example of Jewish identity as a historically flexible but deeply rooted phenomenon;

3) dive into the concept of civilisational identity and its ‘energetic’ manifestations in value systems;

4) master Ronald Ingelhart’s methodology for analysing the cultural map of the world;

5) learn about the nature of the division between ‘right’ and ‘left’ in contemporary politics and the global shift towards right-wing conservative narratives;

6) analyse how the war affects personal and national identity, changing social ties, the image of the enemy and the future.

8 recorded online sessions:

  1.  Introduction to the topic of identity.
  2.  Paradoxes of Jewish identity.
  3. Civilisational identity: types, aspects, ‘energy’.
  4.  Civilisational identity and the system of values.
  5.  Research of value systems of different countries of the world by the method of Ronald Ingelhart.
  6.  Primary political science: ‘right’ and ‘left’.
  7.  The global right-conservative shift.
  8.  War and identity.

LECTURER

Josef Zissels

Civilisation code: identity

Josef Zissels

Dissident. Former political prisoner. Human rights activist. Co-president of the Association of Jewish Organisations and Communities (Vaadu) of Ukraine. Executive Vice President of the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine. Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress. Member of the First of December Initiative Group. Member of the Strategic Council of ROK. Deputy Chairman of the National Commission for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression. Since the early 70s, he has worked with Jewish and general democratic dissident movements in the USSR. In 1978, he joined the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. He was twice sentenced to three years in prison for ‘slanderous fabrications that would defame the Soviet state and social system’. In 1988, he founded the first Jewish organisation in Ukraine in Chernivtsi. In 1989, he continued to take an active part in the creation of the People’s Movement of Ukraine. In 1990, he initiated and created the Council of Nationalities of the Rukh.

We recommend this course to those who want to:

  • better understand how individual, national and civilisational identities are formed;
  • understand the nature of cultural and political differences in the world;
  • study contemporary theories of values and political ideologies;
  • explore the impact of war, migration, and global crises on human and societal identity;
  • examine the global conservative turn and its roots in value systems;
  • deepen understanding of the historical and cultural paradoxes of Jewish identity as an example of multidimensional identity;
  • improve analytical skills in a humanitarian, social or political context;
  • integrate this knowledge into professional activities in various fields, including education, media, politics, diplomacy, and culture.

 

* By proceeding with the purchase, you agree to the terms of the public offer

BUY

After completing the course, participants will:

  1. explain the key concepts of individual, national and civilisational identity;
  2. understand the paradoxes and historical dynamics of Jewish identity as an example of a complex cultural construct;
  3. recognise the different types of civilisational identity and their impact on worldviews, politics and intercultural interactions;
  4. understand the logic of classifying values according to Ingelhart’s model and be able to apply it to the analysis of societies;
  5. distinguish between political ideologies (‘right’ / ‘left’) in the historical and contemporary context;
  6. be able to analyse global political and identity trends, in particular the right-conservative shift, with arguments;
  7. deepen their understanding of how war, crisis or mobilisation affect the identity of communities and individuals;
  8. acquire analytical tools for working with identity issues in their professional activities.