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Sadism and masochism in medicalization and culture during the last third of the long 19th century in the Czech and European context
Finsterschott, Theo ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Kopeček Šustrová, Radka (referee)
The primary focus of the thesis "Sadism and Masochism in Medicalization and Culture During the Last Third of the Long 19th Century in the Czech and European Context" is, firstly, to examine the distinctive notions of sadism and masochism in the works of Austro-German psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1903); secondly, to analyze how these two perversions came into being and took shape in the field of medicine, in literature and in society itself; and, thirdly, to explore how these concepts were then received and reinterpreted - namely in the study "Culilinctus et fellatio" by Czech forensic physician Václav Bělehradský (1844- 1896), which appeared in the Časopis lékařů českých journal and where the concepts of neronism and encolpism, counterparts to sadism and masochism, were first introduced. The thesis further explores the continuities and, more importantly, the discontinuities in sadism and masochism, starting with concepts prior to Krafft-Ebing's distinctions, focusing on their genesis as complementary perversions, and ending with their significance for the 20th century and the present day. The text is devised as an analysis of the position of erotic desire and practice, namely in their role as primary constituents of sadism, masochism and other related concepts; it is endogenous desire,...
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Life and everydayness of Prague burgher Karel Kyswein (+1621)
Finsterschott, Theo ; Holý, Martin (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This thesis focuses on the life course of the Prague burgher Karel Kyswein (1578-1621), his Nuremberg family linage, including his kinship with Tucher, Schlüsselfelder and Viatis families and non-material and material aspects of his everyday life. Family roots of the researched individual are inspected using Nurnberg registers. For the examination of Karel's later life, the Prague archive sources are utilized: testaments, probate inventories and others. Kyswein's probate inventory is also the main source for the examination of his library, furniture, and way of storing various objects, utensiles, objects of hygiene, clothes, jewels and valuables, paitings, musical instruments, children's objects, house fire-fighting equipment, and trading goods. The thesis emphasises the clothing component of the inventory, at the threshold between Reinessance and Baroque. The work also deals with some particular topics, such as the actual appearence of the Gößwein coat of arms, his religion and his role in the Old-town Lutheran community.
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