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Cultural Policy of the United States and the USSR after World War II.
Vorlová, Tereza ; Reiman, Michal (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
After the Second World War the United States and the Soviet Union started off with almost opposite models of cultural policy, eight years later in the midst of Cold War their cultural policies were as close as they ever would get. Cultural policy had changed; this thesis analyzed the quality and direction of this change. In the Soviet Union the post-war ideological campaigns have changed the nature of Soviet cultural policy in the sense that punishment was no longer lethal. The purpose of these campaigns had become redefining what Soviet culture should look like. This policy, however, was not practical, but rather rhetorical. The ultimate goal was not to affect culture, but rather to demonstrate what it should and should not look like. Cultural policy proper was overshadowed completely by cultural policy as display. In the United States the House Un-American Activities Committee attacked the most prominent and loud center of American culture - Hollywood. In this case again, the purpose of this policy has not been to exert actual influence on culture, but rather to insist, that there are parts of culture that can be "un-American". In the American case this policy was even more "as display" than in the Soviet Union, simply because the HUAC could not be the source of actual restrictive cultural policy. Overall...
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Cultural policy in the USA and the USSR after WWII
Vorlová, Tereza ; Reiman, Michal (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
Diploma thesis "Cultural Policy of the USA and the USSR after WWII deals with the developments of post-war approach of the two states towards culture. The historical understanding of cultural policy in both countries is outlined, which explains the different models of cultural policy, is followed by a detailed analysis of post-war development of policy towards culture in the USA and the USSR, which reveals the main trends. Comparison of the two makes clear to what extent are the post-war phenomena in cultural policy analogous. The aim of this thesis is to offer a conceptual and methodological foundation for the comparison of cultural policy after the Second World War. The concept of cultural policy "as display" by Raymond Williams is offered to explain the extent of similarities between the events taking place in cultural policy of the two superpowers in the first post-war decade.
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Problem of the Cult of personality at XXth Congress of the Soviet Communist Party in February 1956: the reasons of establishment of this question and its consequences
Zákoucká, Jitka ; Reiman, Michal (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
The Thesis deals with the problem of Stalin's cult of personality. This question was presented to the Closed Session of the Twentieth Congress of Soviet Communist Party on 25th February 1956. This statement known as "The Secret Speech" was delivered by the First Party Secretary N. S. Khrushchev. In his speech he denounced Stalin's crimes mainly during the Great Terror in late 1930s. Khrushchev and other Stalin's successors had tried hard to deny their own responsibility for the bloody purges during Stalin's era. The Thesis concentrates on effects forming content of the Secret Speech paying attention to instant power struggles in Kremlin. Rehabilitation process and investigation of Stalin's crimes is also an important part of The Thesis. In the conclusion I tried to answer the question whether the Secret Speech was a real turning point and if the changes and reforms made by Khrushchev were fundamental, permanent and stable. Another thing is how far the Secret Speech influenced the Soviet Union, its communist legacy and the world in general. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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