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Czechoslovak Occultism and its Representatives during the First Republic
Šabek, Jiří ; Rákosník, Jakub (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
The bachelor's thesis Czechoslovakia Occultism and its Important Representatives during the First Republic copes the theme of modern occultism in context of western esoteric traditions and formation the modern society. It focuses on the methodological issues of new religion movements and secularization, and on the comprehensive typology of occultism. By processing the thesis a special emphasis was given on deeper culture and historical roots, which were the basics of the Czech modern occultism. Firstly there is the evolution and dynamics of individual occult movements in Czech country and subsequently its most important representatives are mentioned. The main concentration is on the directions, which achieved eminent organized forms during the First Republic such as the spiritism, the hermeticism or the mysticism. However other significant directions are also mentioned in the thesis for example the theosophy. Key words: social history, first republic, new religion movements, secularization, modernization, western esotericism, occultism, hermetism, spiritism, mysticism, theosophy, secret societies, religious societies, Universalia, Psyché
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Strike of Strakonice Textile Workers in 1933 - social-economy conflict during the great depresion
Melichar, Bohumil ; Rákosník, Jakub (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
The thesis, whose content is based on social history analysis of specific historical event which took place in Strakonice town at the turn of 1932 and 1933, is focused on the issue of strike as social- economical conflict with regard to catastrophe of the Great Depression 1929 significantly influencing political opinions of individual citizens. The main aim is to depict the dichotomy between anti system features of strike (strike as a political tool designated to control social tenses which can be used as weapon against government) and perceiving the strike clearly like a mutual conflict of interests between employer and employee without political aims. Afterwards, there will be interpreted several strategies and motivations of historical players (workers movement, political parties, other local elites of the town), which led to a competition for dominance. Substantial emphasis is placed on the analysis of ideology and strategy of Czechoslovak Communist party which struggled for hegemony over the local community of workers. Conclusions bring evaluation of social credit of historical players in the time of its entering and exiting the conflict and also the causes of its profits or loses.
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La Nation Tchèque: the construction of Czechoslovak nation in France
Krejčová, Jana ; Matějka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Bauer, Paul (referee)
During the First World War intense diplomatic efforts of T. G. Masaryk and his companions helped to create circumstances for the foundation of the Czechoslovak independent state. Extensive propaganda was an important element of the activities of the Czechoslovak National Council, the official organ of Masaryk's group, based in Paris. Revue La Nation Tchèque was a crucial communication channel targeting the French audience. By the means of thematic analysis and elements of historic-discourse analysis, this thesis aims to unveil crucial argumentative lines which were supposed to create the idea of Czechoslovak nation in the mind of the French people. The first chapter introduces the theoretical and methodological framework and deals with the different concepts of nations, it defines propaganda as a type of political communication and presents the approach of discursive creation of national community. In the second part, revue La Nation Tchèque is briefly characterised together with its redaction background. The last part of the thesis is dedicated to the thematic analysis which resulted in three main topics. The first topic focuses on the concept of national history, description of Czechoslovak national character and develops on the relationship with the West European history. The prevailing motive...
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Reflection of social experience in literary works of Ota Pavel
Vrchlavský, Tomáš ; Kubů, Eduard (advisor) ; Štolleová, Barbora (referee)
Bachelor thesis called Ota Pavel's Social experience reflection in his literature creation is about the personality and literature of Czech-jewish writer Ota Pavel. The goal of this thesis is to describe the picture of the social experience in a way how it was literary described by the Ota Pavel. In my thesis I observe following aspects. How it is the stance of the Jews to the major society reflected and vice versa. Further more on the example of the father of the Ota Pavel I follow up the relation of his family to the Czechoslovakia. I also describe an economy situation of the Ota Pavel and his family beginning with the first republic, following with the World War II, transitional period 1945-1948 up to the period of communism regime. Next part is about Ota Pavel's and his family experience with occupation power and anti-Semitic precaution during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. I also describe the Jew problematic in postwar Czechoslovakia in a way how the Ota Pavel reflected it based on his experience in his commemorative stories.
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Čin magazine in years 1929-1939
Bokotejová, Helena ; Sekera, Martin (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
The master's thesis Čin magazine in 1929 - 1939 deals with the cultural-political magazine Čin, which was issued in Prague in between the world wars. This left-wing and democratically orientated weekly, later a fortnightly, magazine focused on current cultural and public issues within former Czechoslovakia. The thesis aims to provide a thorough profile of what was an important and distinctive periodical in its time. Firstly, the thesis deals with outlining the notion of the magazine within the mass media, further on it describes the characteristics of the media landscape in the period of the first and second republic, where the printed media and their related area of problems are dealt with in detail. A subchapter on the cultural and political standing of Czechoslovakia in the 20s and 30s of the 20th century is also included, the focus is also on the position of the Čin magazine in the array of magazines of that time. The ensuing parts of the thesis already deal with the periodical itself, firstly in the period from 1929 to 1936, when the magazine was under the leadership of Marie Majerová, and secondly in the period of leadership of Bohumil Přikryl, that is from 1937 to 1939. These separate chapters inform about the publisher of the Čin magazine, the eponymous press and publishing cooperative of...
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How we have lived. Everyday Life in the Region of Kladno in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Niekurzáková, Kateřina ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Pavlorek, David (referee)
Bachelor thesis focuses on the everyday life of one family from the early 19th century to the eighties of the 20th century. Its aim is to document and provide closer look at everyday life and family relationships in a peasant, artisan, clerical and merchant family in the region Kladno and assess what has been considered here typical or different. The thesis attempts to trace what has changed and what has persisted in the lives of the most families between the early 19th and mid-20th century. Bachelor thesis will focus on the effects of industrialization and urbanization, the First and the Second World War and the advent of the Communist regime. Key words family, Austria-Hungary, World war 1., first republic, Word war 2., education, children, woman, everydayness
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Czech film advertisin during the first republic
Zima, Tomáš ; Vošahlíková, Pavla (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The thesis is aimed on film advertising in the period of the Czechoslovak First Republic, which is often a neglected, but extremely interesting chapter in the study of advertising history. The origin of film advertising is examined from the point of view of the advertiser, creators, but also the technical possibilities and available technical background, which was often a limiting factor for the development of film as such. The possible reach of the film advertising at the time is then illustrated by the development of the number of cinemas in Czechoslovakia, their total attendance, as well as the number of these films and the average attendance per show.
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Conspiracy Theories during the First Czechoslovak Republik (1918 - 1938)
Tesárek, Vojtěch ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
The thesis entitled Conspiracy Theories during the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918- 1938) deals with conspiracy theories, both in general and also specifically about those that were spread in the period from 1918 to 1938, known as the First Czechoslovak Republic. The author first characterizes conspiracy theories, divides them, introduces the readers to their main characteristics and describes why this theories are trusted by a large number of people. In the second part of this thesis the author deals specifically with periodicals from the First Czechoslovak Republic. These newspaper (Lidové noviny, Národní listy a České slovo) are examined by historical-comparative analysis and it is shown how on three specific cases (the mysterious death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, the Gajda's affair and the alleged infection of Jiří Stříbrný with syphilis) conspiracy theories were spread during the First Czechoslovak Republic, what was the outcome, what was the motivation of those who spread them and how the state either opposed those theories or used them. In addition, for better understanding, this whole part is set in the historical context of the events. In the final part, the author examines whether the mentioned affairs and cases hold the characters of conspiracy theories or not.
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Nationalities policy of the KSČ during the period of the First Republic
Čučela, Roman ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the development of the nationalities policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, from the foundation of the party in 1921 until the signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938. The objective of the thesis is to describe the ways the nationalities policy of the KSČ developed, and the reasons why it has developed in certain ways. The thesis begins with a description of views on the nationalities question of the two approaches that influenced the nationalities policy of the KSČ, the Marxist-Leninist view and the view of Bohumír Šmeral, a significant social democratic representative before the foundation of KSČ and subsequently a founder of this party, and the ethnic situation in the newly created Czechoslovak Republic. The thesis continues with a chronological analysis of the party's nationalities policy, its criticisms and incentives for its change and the changes in the policy. The thesis covers the history of the party only during instances where its nationalities policy was either directly or indirectly influenced. The bachelor thesis is also concerned with the outcomes of KSČ parliamentary elections to the Chamber of Deputies, in electoral districts based on their ethnic composition, and how these electoral outcomes changed along with the shifts in the...
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