|
| |
|
|
Mikveh: the phenomenon of Jewish solemity (notes about ritual baths in Moravia)
Šedivec, Ivana ; Krupková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav etnologie Rigorózní práce Praha 2013 Ivana Šedivec Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav etnologie Rigorózní práce Ivana Šedivec Mikve: fenomén židovské obřadnosti (poznámky k rituálním lázním na Moravě) Mikveh: the phenomenon of Jewish solemity (notes about ritual baths in Moravia) Praha 2013 Ivana Šedivec Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Jaroslava Krupková, CSc. Ústav etnologie Fakulta filozofická Univerzity Karlovy v Praze Poděkování Ráda bych poděkovala za podporu a konzultace PhDr. Jaroslavě Krupkové, CSc a PhDr. Daně Veselské Ph.D. Neméně tak všem mým respondentům. Děkuji za poskytnutí materiálů od uvedených obcí a měst, cenných rad a připomínek. Prohlašuji, že jsem práci zpracoval(a) samostatně a použil(a) jen uvedených pramenů a literatury. Praha, leden 2013 podpis Klíčová slova: voda, rituál, čistota, ženy, intimita Klíčová slova anglicky: water, ritual, purity, women, intimacy Anotace Tato rigorózní práce se zabývá rituální očistou židů v mikve. Mikve je židovská rituální lázeň, která musí splňovat určitá náboženská nařízení, aby mohla být vnímána jako rituálně způsobilá. Veškerá nařízení a zákony týkající se provozu, konstrukce a vody, která smí být použita v lázni, jsou popsány v Mišně v traktátu Mikva'ot. Základem pro rituální způsobilost...
|
|
|
Last plague epidemic in the Czech lands, especially in Prague (1713-1714)
Koubová, Markéta ; Foltýn, Dušan (advisor) ; Charvátová, Kateřina (referee)
The main part of the thesis mentions last plague epidemic wave, that hit our country in the years 1713-1714, here I focus specifically on the city of Prague. The Czech lands, Moravia and Silesia are mentioned only briefly to show little differences between lands and their plague rules. I also describe medical facilities and hospitals, where were sick and dying people placed, and personnel which took care of these people. Divine services were important for people at that time, society was very religious and people thought that plague is a divine punishment. Even though society was very religiously based, cities and streets were filthy and full of mud.People in cities had very poor hygienic standards and habits, that helped to faster spreading of the disease. At last, places of final rest for terminally ill people, plague cemeteries are mentioned.
|
|
|
Mikveh: the phenomenon of Jewish solemity (ritual baths in Bohemia)
Žahourová, Ivana ; Krupková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Korecká, Zuzana (referee)
Resumé This diplom work is devoted to the ritual purification of the Hebrew in mikva. Mikva is a Hebrew ritual bath which must fulfull certain religious regulations to be understood as properly religious. All the regulations and order regarding the functioning, construction and water, which is allowed to be used, are stated in Misna in the tractate Mikwa'ot. The basis for the ritual adequacy of mikva is water which should have inflow and outflow. Mikva serves to renew ritual cleanliness of a person who became ritually unclean. This ritual dates back to the times when Desater made a commandment to Sinaji. The first people who practiced the ritual were supposedly priests. Those were impurified after the contact with a dead body, carrion of an animal or a snake; after emission of semen or spermatorrhoea. During the times of the first Church the whole population including children cleaned themselves from different impurities. After the deconstruction of the Church the law regualting cleanliness and impurities changed. Today mikva is visited by women firstly before wedding, then after each menstruation period and after giving birth. Men are no longer obliged to practise the ritual after the deconstruction of the Church however even today orhodox Hebrew and chasids clean themselves before important Hebrew...
|
|
|
Ritual Purity and Impurity among the Gypsies
Krčková, Anna ; Řezáčová, Vendula (advisor) ; Martinová, Marta (referee)
In this thesis author deals with theme of the ritual purity and impurity among the Gypsies. Concept of ritual purity and impurity brought to anthropology Mary Douglas. Her approach became important tool to research Gypsy groups. Ritual impurity represents specific irrational quality, which influences social status of the individual or group and social relationships. It creates fundamental border between Gypsies and non-Gypsies and inter-communal hierarchy. Ritual im/purity these borders define clearly, but Gypsies cross and shift them. Within the families, this concept maintains inequality between men and women. Following chapter shows examples that go against mainstream interpretation of im/purity. Ritual purity is being kept by three instruments - Gypsy court, social control and fear of dead souls. Finally author compares Douglas's theory with concrete concept of purity and impurity among Gypsies.
|
|
| |
|
|
White
Rosinová, Liana
The identity of modern architecture seems inseparable from the whiteness of its surfaces. But why white? Why do we surround ourselves with white walls? The doctoral thesis deals with the phenomenon of white as a framework for portraying the social and cultural development of whiteness throughout history. It outlines a new critical interpretation of the privileging of the colour white in architecture, which distorts the image of white as the peak of purity, morality, evolution, sublime, silence, etc. The main body of the text is devoted to the ideas and performances of selected historical facts and figures like asceticism of J. J. Winckelmann, Le Corbusier´s Law of Ripolin, elimination of ornament of A. Loos, white supremacy of A. Ozenfant, or B. Mussolini´s bleached Rome that address the issue of white. The task continues on the academic research which examines the social construction of the „white race“ as possessing a privileged social status in reference to race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and to a fact, that modern architecture was never simply white. Overleaf, white is somewhere between. It is connected to birth and death at the same time. White looks like the deadlock after erasing of all degenerated, and sometimes as a stimulus for imagination and more sensitive perception. In such a dichotomy of white we have created a presumption of looking at the white from assertoric or aletheic gaze. It means the narrow, intolerant, and dogmatic attitude on the one hand, and contextual, incorporated, and democratic on the other hand. The text also takes some viewpoints on the topic of whiteness to gauge the current understanding of white. The aim is to explore cultural-historical-social preference of white, and depending on the results of research to formulate the meaning of white.
|
|
|
Ventilation of a clean room in electronic industry
Tichý, David ; Štětina, Josef (referee) ; Charvát, Pavel (advisor)
The work describes an air conditioning and circulation system of a clean room environment in of a semiconductor production site. It is based on given requirements for air cleanness, temperature preasure and relative moisture. The first half of the work describes the way the system should work, classification of construction and operation of the site. The second half describes the calculations of the given parameters on which the system is designed. The calculations deal with - Air exchange and maintaining the required parameters - Designing the muti stage air filtration system - Designing the air flow speed, intake and outlet parameters of the air conditiong distribution system - Desingning the air conditioning units and their possitioning in the utility room
|
|
|
Problems of the Lechery and Adultery in the Pentateuch
BOROVKOVÁ, Blanka
The work deals with exegetic-ethical analysis of sexual motives in the Pentateuch. It aims to analyse as well as to systematize the issue of human sexuality in the Five Books of Moses, and to create a compact illustration of the problem. The major part of the work includes an analysis of sexual motives in significant legal regulations - the Ten Commandments, the Covenant Code, the Holiness Code and the Deuteronomic Code. However, the other parts of the Pentateuch must not be left out of consideration and are covered in a separate chapter. The final part tries to synthesize the obtained findings and evaluate systematically the basic sexual questions appearing in the Five Books of Moses.
|
|
|
Japanese mythology - choice myths, legends and deities
NEUBAUEROVÁ, Kristýna
This thesis, which focuses on the japanese mythology, is divided into four chapters. First part describe oldest cultural and religious development in Japan. Secound chapter have as one´s task to define japanese religion and fundamental terms connected with it. Semifinal part is devoted mythology, let us say mythological trends in Japan. Part of this chaps are oldest legends from chronicle Kodziki and adumbration of other documents which treat of mythology. Four part is concerned with contemporary comprehension of religious tradition. At the close work is lumped opinion of contemporary religious practice.
|
guest ::
