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Rebellious intellectual in changing times - Dominik Tatarka and its involvement in the dissident movement
Kriššáková, Dominika ; Doskočil, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to give the most objective and comprehensive view of the personality of Dominika Tatarka primarily from the historical perspective, but also from a literary critical perspective. The view of the creation will, as far as possible, be done in cross-section, with an accent on the autobiographical features of the work, demonstrating a radical view of the communist regime. Emphasis will be given, in particular, to the period of the 70s and 80s of the 20th century with relevant time transitions. The historical perspective will seek to bring the role of the writer's community in the reform movement of the sixties of the 20th century in a wider context and to clarify the specifics of Slovak dissent, with emphasis on the position of Dominika Tatarka in it.
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The Helsinki process and it's impact on the regime oposition in GDR and ČSSR
Jeřábková, Anna ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kučera, Jaroslav (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the opposition movement in the former Czechoslovak Socialistic Republic and the German Democratic Republic and aims at their comparison after signing the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. This Helsinki Accords committed both states to the observance of human rights. In the first part of the thesis the approaches of different authors to use the term of opposition and dissent are defined. The second part primarily outlines the international situation after the World War II and mentions the need for a European Security Conference, which after all led to the CSCE. In the third part, the opposition movements in both states are presented, and it is investigated how the situation of the opposition in both countries was influenced by the Helsinki process. The Charter 77 was quickly formed in Czechoslovakia. It referred to the commitments made in the Helsinki Final Act in its statement. The development was slower in the GDR. There was a stable opposition from the circle of the Evangelical Church, and mainly addressed was the peace question. The Human Rights Movement was inspired by the Czechoslovak Charter 77 and it began to emerge only in the second half of the eighties. This indicates that the development of the opposition movement...
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The Ethical Aspects of Literary Production of the Czech Dissidents
Labudová, Zuzana ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Fulka, Josef (referee) ; Havelka, Miloš (referee)
Dissertation thesis focuses on the ethical aspects of literary production of the Czech dissidents. Literature is viewed primarily as a means to legitimation; it works as a legitimizing or delegitimizing agent. A good example is the Czech dream-book by Ludvik Vaculik which shows how it is possible through the written word to (de)legitimize and to (de)mythologize themselves and others and what ethical issues such behavior brings. It works with concepts of the proliferative effect of fiction and the author's reputation as symbolic capital; postulation of the authenticity of the literary testimony; the theory of collective authorship; describing the process of silencing; and the concept of the last dictionary and the solidarity based on a revision of this dictionary. It seeks to contribute to a new approach to dissent by showing the (de)legitimizing efforts in the samizdat's literature and the literature about the dissent and thus to undermine the mainstream homogenization of this multifaceted phenomenon.
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Everyday Persecution. Secret Police and the Opposition in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 1980s.
Hošek, Jakub ; Pullmann, Michal (advisor) ; Vilímek, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with clashing of Secret Police and opposition in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 1980s. The aim of this thesis is to plastically take down different forms of this collisions and also strategies, which were chosen by both involved sides and to suggest when creation of personal relations among members of both sides could occur. Submitted thesis bears on sources from the Secret Police provenance, materials and texts, which originated in inside of opposition and interviews with participants as well. All of it is supported by research and quoting of secondary literature. The first part consists of description of strategies, which the Secret Police applied against opposition. The description of how these strategies were projected into lives of opposition members is given in the second part of this thesis. In the third part defence mechanisms, which were created by opposition against repressions from the Secret Police are explained and the fourth part deals with human relations among members of Secret Police and dissidents. Key words: Secret Police, opposition, dissent, Charter 77, everyday life, persecution
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Václav Havel, Politician and Intellectual: The Idea of Non-Political Politics
Jelínek, Jiří ; Franěk, Jakub (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
Non-political politics, ergo an alternative approach to the classical politics of power engineering, is one of the major philosophical themes of Václav Havel. Havel is placing this concept against the communist post-totalitarian regime, which forces the society to live in ideological lies. This post- totalitarian regime claims the absolute control over the society, its behavior and thinking, by which it suppresses natural identity of every man. Solution to this situation is the life in truth, integral part of the non-political politics. The life in truth is a defence against lies of the regime and it allows people to preserve their identity. Post-totalitarian regime in its core seek to control everything and cannot ignore such existential mutiny. It attempts to suppress it and thus making dissidents its political oposition. Dissidents only declare truth by which they obtain respect of western countries and consequently some influence over the communist regime. Havel is further developping this concept since 70's into separate approach to the politics in general, which makes it still current even nowadays. Although the possible naivety, this concept definitely played its role as we can see on Charter 77, which became the first swallow of freedom in the normalization Czechoslovakia.
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Information on Charter 77 (1978-1990)
Suk, Marek ; Pullmann, Michal (advisor) ; Vilímek, Tomáš (referee)
This Thesis is focused on the samizdat periodical called Information on Charter 77, which belonged to the important sources of spreading the informations within the dissent and publicizing the key thougts and concepts of Charter 77. The periodical was publishing the Charter documents, communiques of the Comittee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted, brief messages about represion of the normalisation regime, dissident's letters adressed to the state organs, critical reviews and annotations of other samizdat periodicals and books and rarely the reflections on the economy. Topic of the research are personality profiles of the protagonists, functioning of the "independent" editing, preparing and distribution of texts, forming of the distributional net, conspirative milieu (using codes, pseudonyms, conspirative apartments, konfidence etc.), financing and sending abroad.
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Civil Movements between 1977-1989 in Czechoslovakia
Hoznour, Šimon ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Machart, Filip (referee)
The thesis deals with selected civic movement in Czechoslovakia. Main goal is if the dissent had any impact on the end of the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia. I examine the gradual development of selected civic movements, change in their support among ordinary population and whether personalities had significant role opposition. The first part provides a theoretical framework opposition in non-democratic regime, which helps to divide the opposition movements, and examining their organizational structures. The second part deals with selected opposition movements. For each movement I proceed chronologically, so it's best to present any changes in time. I list all protest events, meetings and other activities organized by a movement aimed to mobilize the population. I always add up the number of participants and the people involved. The last part deals with two lawsuits that were politically motivated. It's called Prague process and process with Pavel Wonka. On these examine the reaction of the population, foreign and dissent. The result of my work is to understand the opposition movement in Czechoslovakia and determining the role that dissent had played at the end of the regime.
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Charter 08 and the Status of Public Intellectuals in Contemporary People's Republic of China
Košková, Zuzana ; Klimeš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Lomová, Olga (referee)
CHARTER 08 AND THE STATUS OF PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS IN MODERN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ABSTRACT Bachelor Thesis "Charter 08 and the Status of Public Intellectuals in Modern People's Republic of China" is desribing contemporary Chinese dissent associated with manifesto Charter (2008) as public intelectualls who are standing for democratic and liberal values. The thesis is describing historic and social development of Chinese intellectuals stressing their relationship to the system and status of public intellectuals. The thesis describes activities of public intellectuals and ilustrates their status on examples of selected signatories of Charter 08. Particular attention is paid to Liu Xiaobo the main author of the Charter 08. Despite the fact that China is classified as an authoritarian regime that does not allow any opposition, it seems that public intellectuals in China are able to organize themselves and be active in public. This contradicts the concept of vanishing of public intellectuals in postmodern society. The thesis also deals with Charter 77, a manifesto of the Czechoslovak dissidents who inspired the authors of the Chinese Charter. The comparison shows that though both documents were created in a socially and historically distant conditions, both documents and historical situations have many...
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Public life of woman: Two life stories from the period of normalization
Počárovská, Petra ; Havlůjová, Hana (advisor) ; Míšková, Alena (referee)
This thesis aims to set a complex view on women in public life, which means in politics and dissent during the period of so called normalization (1969-1989). The thesis concentrates on the women in the federal legislature, national councils, in the lead positions in the Communist party and on the other hand on the women involved in the most famous opposition activities. The main contribution is to compare a percentage share of women in these two groups, their everyday reality and it is going to focus on the women's issues and their solution. Using the analysis of two interviews, there will be a comparison of two women's life stories , first of a politician's and second of a dissident's, also with their attitude to life and an experience of representatives of the female sex during the normalization. The first chapter defines the normalization period, functioning of the newly established regime and it sets feminine question into the historical context. The second one describes women's involvement in politics and dissent and for that it uses the third and also last chapter. This chapter is an analysis of the two interviews about lives of politician Anna Kretová and dissident Dana Němcová. Key words: women, socialism, normalization, politics, dissent
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