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Kulturní reprezentace rozdělené společnosti; Případová studie - Izrael v ČR
Pánek Jurková, Jitka ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Budil, Ivo (referee) ; Klimeš, Ondřej (referee)
MSc. Jitka Pánek Jurková CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF A DIVIDED SOCIETY: The Case of Israel in the Czech Republic Abstract: The thesis explores the cultural representation of the State of Israel in the Czech Republic from an anthropological perspective, depicting how the topic of the state is appropriated and represented by different actors. Among its key theoretical statements, the thesis differentiates between cultural diplomacy-governmentally facilitated communication with a foreign audience through whatever is considered as culture-and the cultural representation of a state-the resulting picture of a state that depends on a multiplicity of narratives that emerge when various actors use the topic of the state to publicly assert their self-understanding. In an actor-oriented analysis, based on events observation, the thesis deals with the Israeli foreign policy institutions, artists engaged in cultural diplomatic activities, the Diaspora, audiences, various Czech non-governmental actors including pro-Israeli support groups, BDS movements, and others. The thesis analyzes Czech-Israeli bilateral relations and their impact on current Israeli cultural representation, concluding that while formerly close, the contexts of the two countries are drifting apart, creating "false familiarity" in cultural...
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The Political Thought of Karl Jaspers
Bojda, Martin ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Šebek, Jaroslav (referee) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
The Political Thought of Karl Jaspers - Abstract The aim of the dissertation was to interpret the thinking of Karl Jaspers as an endeavour to clarify the connecting lines between the basic characteristics of human being and its historical and political dimensions. In the book we reconstructed Jaspers' spiritual development from systematic-theoretical research to the engagement of a public intellectual. As his main legacy are shown the importance of the inseparability, of a mutual cultivation and prove of philosophical foundation and historical being as well as exploration. Jaspers is presented as an important participant in the discussions about the problems of German society from the 1930s to the 1960s, whose contribution laid not in a philosophically "more abstract" analysing of problems, but in discovering that social and political being cannot do without philosophical self-reflection of man, of the structure of human existence and knowledge and of the principial values derived from it. In his confrontations with the situation of German culture, politics and society, Jaspers enriched the public debate by cultivating the philosophical and methodical consciousness. He emphasized the distinctions between the nature and instruments of the different spheres of human spirit (of sciences, religion, philosophy...
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Cyclic architecture of the Nýřany Member (Pennsylvanian) in the central part of the Kladno-Rakovník Basin
Páchová, Helena ; Opluštil, Stanislav (advisor) ; Pešek, Jiří (referee)
This master thesis studies cyclic pattern of the Nýřany Member (Middle Pennsylvanian, Moscovian) in the Slaný coalfield situated in the Kladno-Rakovník Basin. The main objective is to identify laterally persistent cycles and to find out their possible origin. Set of cross-sections constructed from boreholes proved lateral stability of 40 - 60 m thick units called the mesocycles. In all, eight mesocycles were identified (N0 - N7), of which the mesocycle N7 was newly defined. Maps of thickness and sand content constructed for each mesocycle provided additional information on subsidence rate and distribution of clastic sediments by fluvial processes. Lateral stability of the mesocycles suggests their allocyclic character and regionally operating mechanism responsible for their formation. Regularity in repetition of the mesocycles as indicated by their similar thicknesses and architecture may suggest that the mechanism could be periodic, possibly of climatic origin. This hypothesis is supported by calculated mean duration of the mesocycles to be ~ 400 ky, based on previously published high-precision CA-ID-TIMS radioisotopic ages of intercalated tonsteins. This "periodicity" approaches 413 ky periodicity of the long eccentricity, one of the Milankovitch orbital cycles, which, in turn, is considered here...
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The Image of Czechoslovakia in the British Press 1918 - 1922
Bajerová, Adéla ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Köpplová, Barbara (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the reception of the newly established Czechoslovakia by the British press from 1918 to 1922. My task was to find out how often and in what context did Czechoslovakia appear in the press and what was the difference between the image of the republic in each newspaper. Secondarily, my task was to evaluate the success of the Czechoslovak propaganda in Britain. The thesis consists of two parts. The first part presents the context of the emergence of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak-British diplomacy aims and cultural propaganda in the given period. One chapter is dedicated to the history of the British press and includes profiles of the journals examined. The practical part incorporates both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Four broadsheets in total were analysed; The Times, The Manchester Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and a Sunday newspaper The Observer. Quantitative content analysis of The Times was used to determine the frequency, the length and the interest of the mentions of Czechoslovakia as well as the theme of the articles. Based on the quantitative analysis, sample time periods were selected for the qualitative section. The qualitative analysis further deepens the quantitative part and presents the explicit and implicit attributes that Czechoslovakia was...
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