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Plastic in Nature: Understanding Plastic in its Sociohistorical Context
Morell, Ian ; Černý, Karel (advisor) ; Novák, Arnošt (referee)
for-Understanding Plastic: Plastic and its Socio-historical Context Ian Francisco Morell This article explores the proliferation of plastic in the modern era, especially as it relates to nature. Using the text The Ecological Rift along with Capitalism in the Web of Life, this article first attempts to understand the nature-society dialectic and how capital relations have produced changes in natural systems and vice versa. Then, using the texts Land of Desire along with American Plastic: A Cultural History, this article contextualizes the productive and cultural relations which underpin plastic production and its eventual fate as pollution. Finally, this article concludes with an attempt to synthesize these texts to understand plastic pollution as a world-transforming phenomenon with long-term, uncertain effects.
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Identity and Euroscepticism at odds with EU institutions and Grand Strategy
Azzaoui, Oumaima ; Černý, Karel (advisor) ; Minářová, Markéta (referee)
Identity and Euroscepticism at odds with EU institutions and Grand Strategy. Abstract: During a very volatile time in which uncertainty ranks high, the EU faces a multitude of challenges in pursuit of maintaining its hold with the state members, promote and overlook the continuity of its interests both continentally and on an international level, all while overlooking the constituent members' economic, diplomatic and political sectors. Under such pretense, many questions arise on how the EU handles all of this, for that specifically I composed this thesis that combines different topics in different fields to have a better understanding at where the EU is heading as an international organization. Identity is a driving factor in identifying and self-categorizing with the EU for all of elites, citizens and even corporate bodies. Another phenomenon that can be brought up when speaking of identity is Euroscepticism where identity can have unbalanced grounds after a streak of crises that the EU has gone through, and last Grand Strategy as an academic field is most interesting to understand the EU's strategic initiatives. All of these can be looked at through the EU's institutional framework that provides a compelling basis to understand the EU as a whole. Keywords: EU - Union - Euroscepticism - Identity - Grand...
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The role of the IDF in socialization and the creation of an individual's national identity.
Studená, Silvie ; Černý, Karel (advisor) ; Coman, Adam (referee)
This master thesis examines, using the method of unique case study, the causes of the specific Israeli militaristic mentality and the influence of the Israeli Armed Forces on the socialization of the individual. Another topic is the role of compulsory military service in creating a collective identity and shared values and the cohesion potential of the army on Israeli society. Finally, it will also mention the socio-economic implications of the absence of this service for individuals in the context of Israeli civic society.
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Stalin: useful and dangerous. Stalinism in a historical policy of Putin's Russia.
Ivonina, Natalia ; Marková, Alena (advisor) ; Černý, Karel (referee)
The paper is dealing with the changes in the place of Stalinism in the historical policy of the Russian government after the year 2012, that have taken place due to the mass protests, declining state's legitimacy, and emerging need to create a new official unifying narrative. The challenges for historical policy and the ways it reacted to them are examined by analyzing speeches of the politicians and influencers supported by the state, activities of state organizations, and evolution of memorial legislation, as well as the influence of the historical policy on the schoolbooks. The conclusion is made, that two main challenges with including Stalinism in the official narrative were the problematic role of Stalin in the Second world war and its relation to the Soviet state and Soviet ideology. Change in the official reaction to these challenges was connected to the changes in the place of Stalinism in official rhetoric. Key words: historical policy, Stalinism, Putin's Russia
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Islam in the service of politics, politics in the service of Islam
Matysová, Barbora ; Černý, Karel (advisor) ; Suša, Oleg (referee)
The objective is a theoretical analysis of mixing politics and religion in Islam, a description of the functions of political and religious institution in Islamic society, and comparison with the Occidental concept of the relationship of religion (extension of the Church) and politics. The reality is mediated by the media quite often through the confusion of terms (such as Islam and Islamism, Islamist or Muslim and Arab and Islamic world) misinterpreted. Very easy it is based on generalization and inappropriate metaphor to create an unfavorable opinion about the culture and the people with whom the author did not even have personal experience. In this thesis should be separated by "West" view of the Islamic religion and politics and perceptions of the Islamic religion and politics through the lens. Part of the thesis is devoted to comparing the performance and Iran and Turkey in relation to the topic, i.e. how these two countries have religion and politics and what is between these two components of the relationship. The issue is the compatibility of Islam with democratic type of society and intercultural dialogue between the "Occident" and Islam.
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Invasion of Phytophthora alni in Europe
Pecka, Štěpán ; Černý, Karel (advisor) ; Kolařík, Miroslav (referee)
Species complex Phytophthora alni s. l. (Peronosporomycetes: Stramenopila) is a group of invasive pathogens of alder trees. It spreads mainly via water and causes root and collar rot often resulting in the death of attacked trees. Especially in riparian stands it often causes significant losses of alder and therefore remarcable changes of ecosystems and watercourses. The species complex is very polymorphic and divided into three species - P. ×alni, P. uniformis and P. ×multiformis. The most widespread in Europe and in the Czech Republic is the P. ×alni species. The aim of this thesis is to summarize information about P. alni complex (and especially of the most important taxon P. ×alni), to describe history of its spread and development of its area in Europe, genetic variability and inner structure of its populations, ecology and pathways of spread and, based of the known results, decribe the current situation of the invasion. Key words: Phytophthora alni, Peronosporomycetes, Alnus, pathogen, hybridization, area, riparian stands
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Russia in a context of a globalization: specificity of historical development and it's alternative models by A. S. Panarin
Kargin, Evgeny ; Marková, Alena (advisor) ; Černý, Karel (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the analysis based on the Panarin's creation Russia's position in the conditions of globalization and the intensification of intercultural, inter- civilizational relations. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is devoted to Panarin's critics of globalization. Among the global problems, which Panarin studies, belongs deepening of the global inequality (between developed countries of the so-called First World (USA, Western Europe, Japan and others), shaping of consumer society, environmental issues, westernization of non-Western societies, exterritorialisation of elites, weakening of states etc. In the second part goes about the possibilities of solving the global problems. Panarin sees these options in more closely familiarization with the cultural heritage of non-Western civilizations. In this part in this context goes about the Panarin's vision of relations between the West and the East in the course of human history and about which potential for their mutual dialogue exists at the beginning of XXI century. The third part will discuss Russia located in the border position between East and West, from which follows according to Panarin special cyclic course of the Russian history. This part talks about "Atlantic" and "Eurasian" path of development of...
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