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Czechs and multicultural society? Analysis of the current anti-Islamism in relation to anti-Semitism
Hvězda, Martin ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
The Czech nation, like the other, is characterized by many historically conditioned stereotypes that indicate possible reactions to certain impulse. The turbulent development of the last years in the world and especially the refugee crisis coming to Europe has caused many hate reactions and islamophobic pronouncement in Czech society. Some authors and scholars have begun to point to the possible similarities and analogies of contemporary anti-Islamism with the phenomenon of anti-Semitism, typically for the Czech atmosphere in past times. This bachelor thesis aims to analyse the theme with regard to the topicality. At the beginning is necessary to define the theoretical concepts of individual approaches and after that is text mainly focused on the specific parallels in the discursive level. The thesis attempts to point out the similarity of the argumentation logic of earlier anti-Semitism with the current wave of Islamophobia. At the same time, it is clear that, despite many criticisms, such comparison is possible and the rhetoric of both xenophobic approaches shows particular similarities. In addition, the thesis puts the whole issue in the context of Czech political culture, and in the concrete among the stereotypical qualities of the Czech nation. It defines the causal cause in the form of myth...
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National Stereotypes: The Case of Czechs in the 19th Century
Neugebauer, Petr ; Rak, Jiří (advisor) ; Konrád, Ota (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to explore the birth, the use and the disappearance of national stereotypes on the example of Czechs in the 19th century, focusing on the formation of Czech national autostereotypes. To this end, it utilizes a combination of classical study of literature dealing with said subject and with use of caricature. In the first chapter of the thesis basic terms such as the nation, the stereotype and the national stereotype are defined with the help of sociological knowledge mainly. Then the relation between autostereotypes and heterostereotypes is described. The first chapter thereby constitutes a theoretical framework for the whole thesis. The second chapter deals with Czech national stereotypes in the 19th century and is further divided in two parts. In the first part the history of Czech national movement is briefly introduced. Then the national stereotypes based on historical myths are examined, the main subjects being the relationship to the Catholic Church and Protestantism (especially the Hussites), the rejection of aristocracy, the sacralisation of plebeianism and the heterostereotypes about Germans, Slavs and the Habsburg monarchy. The second part focuses on the use of national stereotypes in the tense 1890s from the point of view of the Young Czech Party, the...
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The historical background and current relations of the Polish towards the Czechs
Leix, Alicja
Czechs are currently the most favorite nation in Poland. It has not always been like this. The article starts with a brief historical introduction of the most important facts which used to influence Czech-Polish relationships, including the role of their neighbours – Slovakia, Germany, Russia and Hungary. The biggest attention is devoted to the current situation when the popularity of the Czech culture in Poland is constantly growing. The article points to the most popular books about the Czech Republic and its people written in Poland, it also explains the term „czechofilie“(„Czechophilia“). It introduces results from an international project Intergroup Attitudes and Contact in Central Europe as well as relevant statistics data and outcomes of severeal Czech and Polish studies devoted to various aspects of the Polish-Czech relationships.
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Slovak Tango: Perception of Slovak Personality Characteristics
Hřebíčková, Martina ; Kouřilová, Sylvie
The study focuses on national stereotype of Slovaks and its comparison with Czech, German, Austrian and Polish stereotypes. Over 4,136 Czech university students and 100 adults in eight subsamples from different parts of the Czech Republic rated five “typical country representatives” on National Character Survey Results indicated that the typical Slovak is perceived the same way across groups of respondents. The second goal of our study was to compare Slovak auto- (ratings by Slovaks) and heterotereotypes (ratings by Czechs). We found no correspondence between perceptions of a typical Slovak from an ingroup and outgroup perspective. Our third goal was to compare stereotypical profiles of the five countries’ representatives based on ratings from Czech respondents. We found that the profile of a typical Slovak corresponds with the profile of a typical Pole, while profile of a typical German corresponds with the profile of a typical Austrian.
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