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Masaryk and Nietzsche in the Thoughts of F. X. Šalda
Kostrbová, Lucie
The paper examines impact of the philosophy of T. G. Masaryk and Friedrich Nietzsche on thoughts of Czech eminent critique F. X. Šalda. Despite of Masaryk's rejection of Nietzsche's philosophy the modernist literary generation of 1890s perceived his personality and thinking through prism of Nietzsches´s ideas and understood Masaryk in Nietzschean way as a great "destructor" and "creator". The later Šalda's criticism of Masaryk refers to Nietzsche again when he arguments that the notion of life can´t be deprived of subconscious and chaotic realms. After 1918 Šalda criticised the way the Masaryk´s conception of democracy was turned into the politic reality.
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State-Nation, Collective Memory and Nationalism (State of Research and the Possibilities of its Development)
Olšáková, Doubravka
Paper is treating the problems of relations between State-Nation and collective memory. The first part gives a systematic review of theories of nacionalism and the State-Nation theories (E. Gellner, K. W. Deutsch, P. Brass, B. Anderson, etc.), the second part submits a brief characteristic of collective memory according to Maurice Halbwachs and his works. In the last part of text the collective memories and its formative relations to the State-Nation are analyzed by the help of school-books, the State-Nation army formation, the commemorations, etc. A special attention is paid to France and Germany.
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Masarykiana in Bloomington
Hájková, Dagmara
The author presents a collection of documents regarding Masaryk family kept by the Lilly Library in Bloomington (part of the Indiana University). Valuable documents were donated to this library by social worker Ruth Crawford-Mitchel in 1963. In 1919, she helped to establish the Czechoslovak Red Cross in Prague and met Alice Masaryk there. Given, so far not arranged part contains namely a part of personal archives of Alice Masaryk (personal documents, manuscripts, press documentation), and Olga Masaryk-Revilliod (correspondence).
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Shared Views of Czech Woman´s Movement with Views of Berta Suttner
Neudorflová, Marie L.
Peace movement, developing in the Czech woman’s movement in the last decade before World War I, was represented by a number of women, most important being Pavla Moudra. They appreciated that Berta Suttner had a courage to revolt against the glorification of war and she published articles on horrors of a war, based on her own particular experince. The essay deals with relevant articles in Czech woman’s jounals between 1905 and 1913, follows important anti-war argumentation, which included anti-war stands of most of great history personalities, inhuman impact of wars on women and children, as well as criticism of power elites, including the Catholic Church, which viewed the war as necessary but used it often as an escape solving social problems and for expansion. The most valuable results of these struggles were a Peace Reader (1914) and efforts to influence politics.
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Relationships of Eduard Albert and Marie Červinková-Riegrová
Kokešová, Helena
The contribution deals with the relationships between Marie Červinková-Riegrová and Eduard Albert, the Professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Vienna and the Head of the first surgical clinic. The main sources of information were the correspondence between both protagonists and Marie Červinková's notes. The correspondence was related to their political development and to the progress of Czech political development, science and literature. Special attention is paid to self-reflection of M. Červinková as a novelist and a charity worker. The Albert’s attitude towards the woman question is presented in the specific example of his reception of M. Červinková as a writer. Albert had problems with woman’s emancipation. He appreciated activities of women only in the field of literature, theatre and charity. It seems, that M. Červinková was the only Czech woman, whom he respected, particularly her charity and literary activities. He also admired her talent, her diligence and her sense of duty.
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Tereza Svatová and Marie Červinková-Riegrová
Kokešová, Helena
The contribution deals with the relationships between M. Červinková-Riegrová and Tereza Svatová, younger sister of Eduard Albert. She wrote sketches describing the social life and a number of reminiscent articles. Svatová considered Marie Červinková-Riegrová as an unquestioned authority and appreciated her friendship. This statement is well documented not only in numerous items of correspondence, but also in Marie Červinková-Riegrová`s memoirs. The friendship of both women was strengthened by their common interest - writing activity. They wrote about literature, encouraged each other and informed about their own work. They also sent each other their manuscripts and published works. They met only several times, but they were close friends. Their friendship was ended by the early death of Marie Červinková-Riegrová.
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