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Samuel Huntington and multiculturalists approache to immigration
Kný, Daniel ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Kotábová, Věra (referee)
Author of the thesis attempts to describe and compare the theoretical backgrounds of Samuel Huntington and Charles Taylor (as a representative of multiculturalism) affecting their fundamentally different views on the problem of immigration in the west democratic societies. On the basis of the theoretical concept of identity and dichotomies of universalism - particularism or liberalism - communitarianism the premises of the authors are interpreted and the differences are explained in their approaches to the role of immigration in the west democracies. The sceptical look of Samuel Huntington at the process of immigration and from it resulting culturally plural character of society is tried to be interpreted by the author of this bachelor thesis as a result of the Hunington's negative notion of identity and his shift to particularism. Relatively more positive approach of Charles Taylor to the process of immigration and its results is then explained by his tendency to the positive notion of identity and to the universalistic ideal of authenticity. This thesis is purely placed at the theoretical level and it expends both to area of political philosophy and international relations. The conclusion of this thesis is then the formulation of relevant hypothesis, which can be in the future operationalized and...
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The Development of Orientalism and its Form in the Contemporary World
Přibáňová, Tereza ; Balon, Jan (advisor) ; Horák, Vít (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with problems of orientalism, which is considered primarily in Edward Said's definition as a power discourse in which knowledge about the Orient is created. Even today, Westerners have to rely solely on mediated information about Orient, which can be quite misleading. The thesis first defines different meanings of orientalism and the categories of West and East. The thesis presents development of orientalism in its pre- modern and modern or academic form, including criticism of Said's concept. Critique of orientalism is currently included in postcolonial criticism, therefore there is a chapter on postcolonial criticism as well, which includes part about relationship of sociology to this issue. In conclusion is discussed occidentalism, which is often seen as the opposite of orientalism, but it isn't entirely accurate. Also is analyzed the contemporary form of orientalism, which is associated mainly with attitude of the Western world (mainly U.S.) to the Islamic countries.
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Samuel P. Huntington and his contribution to the historical sociology
Mrázek, Jaroslav ; Černý, Karel (advisor) ; Maslowski, Nicolas (referee)
This graduation thesis is trying to examine the work of the American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington and refers to his contribution to the historical sociology. This work presents the most important theses, sets them into the context, possibly compares them with ideas or works of another social scientists. The first part of the work deals with this author as a person, with his professional life and makes clear a selection of the studies, which forms a skeleton of this thesis. The work is trying to describe concepts, which are in some relation with social change. First of all it means modernization, democratization, civil-military relations, civilizations analysis, multiculturalism, crisis of democracy and crisis of american identity. The work follows the chronology, in which author's books were being out. This is a reason, why the themes are presented in order, in which Huntington was focusing on them. The chronological aspect falls back, when the themes are mentioned by author in another books. The end of the work points out the contribution of Samuel Huntington to the historical sociology and in general adverts to importance of his work. Keywords: civil-military relations, modernization, democratization, civilization, identity, political order, multiculturalism, uni-multipolar system, islam
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Conceptualizing Eastern Europe: Past and Present
Mačkinis, Vilius ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee) ; Gordy, Eric (referee)
The ideas presented in the dissertation are based on the premise that the concept of Eastern Europe is a construction, which received its meaning(s) trough events and shifts, which also shaped the idea of Europe. To analyze these influences several labels and aspects of history, which constructed the concept of Eastern Europe can be recognized. The author argues that there can be five important aspects, forming the concept and providing meanings, discerned and considered: (1) geography associated with the Eastern border of the European continent and its flexibility; (2) cultural trends, mainly provided by the ideas of the Enlightenment, which present the eastern part as wild, barbaric and uncivilized; (3) political formations, which by military and political means conquered or lost the region, alienating it with the West or making it a 'buffer zone'; (4) Economic aspects of backwardness and the constant try to catch-up with the West; and (5) the discourse about the region itself, historiography depicting the formations and ascribing labels to discourse. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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History of Botanic Gardens in Relation to the Influence of Population Planning on the Environment
Šuglová, Darina
The process of developing botanical gardens and buildings is done in liaison with the state of knowledge in the fields of natural sciences. Since the beginning of the history of civilized society people protected themselves against natural influences by the formation of appropriate conditions in artificial environment of buildings. With the development of civilization, the ratio of natural and man-made environment is changing and protection of nature from human influence is getting increasing importance. In this context, there is an increasingly important role in scientific knowledge of nature. The content of the paper is the mapping degree of fytosfera interventions in different historical stages, the developing of botanical gardens.
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Information as a cultural phenomenon
Pham, Quoc Loc ; Řepa, Václav (advisor) ; Sedláček, Lukáš (referee)
Goals of this work are to introduce readers with basic characteristics of information and point on influences of information on culture and civilization and show how different cultures and civilizations might have different point of view on information. This work is focused on information ontology where religion is chosen as the main symbol of civilization in which it plays very important role. A questionnaire is used to reach defined goals and to find out similarities among examined civilizations.
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Samuel Huntington's Conception and its Critics
Ščetinkinová, Natálie ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Jeníčková, Martina (referee)
This Master's Thesis deals with the famous work of a Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington. The topic is described to full extent. First of all, there are defined basic terms connected with culture. Afterwards, the conception of a Clash of Civilizations is described in its basic concepts, whereas there are not omitted consequences connected with the author's other works as well as his life. A special chapter is dedicated to the impact that this work caused. This chapter is devided into two parts. In the first part, there are presented general references of several authors. In the other part, there are discussed comprehensive conceptions of certain authors. Concretely, they are represented by Francis Fukuyama, Immanuel Wallerstein, Alvin Toffler and Michael Novak. After description of basic ideas of these big thinkers, there is made a comparison of their conceptions, which is based on the following terms -- universalism, democracy a capitalism, world order and modernization. In the last part of this Master's Thesis, there are deduced conclusions from the comparison of these conceptions that deal with the international system, which makes this issue more clear for both public and academic people.
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Culture in Postmodern Society
KUČEROVÁ, Radka
The paper aims at giving analytic picture of postmodern culture in its various demonstrations in mass society and in its influence upon man{\crq}s individuality and their lifestyle.The beginning of the paper deals with terminology and with description of the western culture development. The main part of the paper analyses (gradual compilation) main works of important authors with various views and approaches (G. Lipovetsky, M. Maffesoli, Z. Bauman). An interesting contribution to this topic represents futurological vision of A. and H. Tofflers spouses, who describe mankind development and creation of new forms of democracy. The last chapter deals with comparing the similarities and the differences between the works of the above mentioned authors.
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Railway Station
PETRÁŠOVÁ, Jitka
The theoretical part of this work refers to the presence and approach to the technical element in former and current Czech art. It closely inquires into this theme in the work of the outstanding contemporary Czech artists and it also mentions the graffiti phenomenon and its influence on the present artistic production. Furthermore it explains my intention and technical method in the course of creating the practical part of the work - a cycle of six thematic paintings.
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Civilization´s problematic in the 21st Century
STRAKA, Jakub
The thesis consists of theoretical and practical parts. The practical part represents a series of paintings in which the author is engaged in transcription of personal experiences and impressions of the world marked by a human phenomenon. The theoretical part discusses the quest for the ultimate artistic output and initiatives, which led the author to comment on this topic. In the context of finding appropriate means of expression for the final artistic output, the author reflects on the diversity of artistic approaches and methods used in the presentation of issues of civilization in the world of art.
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