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The Concept of Revolution in the Czech Historiography of the 20th Century
Kindl, Martin ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to describe the changes in the ways in which the Czech historiography of the 20th century reflected the subject of social conflicts, especially the concept of revolution. Therefore, consideration is given to used terms, argumentation and explanatory strategies, ideologies or interpretation of sources. The consideration is also given to common and distinct features, possibilities of development or continuity.
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Modernization of the countryside connected with the establishment of collective farms in the Strakonice region
Jirsa, Jiří ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
(in English): The subject of this thesis is the modernization of rural areas. I use the case studies of three villages (Třebohostice, Mečichov, Chrášťovice), with similar amounts of owned land and population sizes, to analyze this process. I approach the study as a micro-historical probe. The main sources of empirical material are the local chronicles and archival documents from the local governments (MNV and largely ONV Strakonice and OV KSC Strakonice). I supplement this "history from above" with oral history interviews, which I use to glean how collectivization was evaluated retrospectively and the ways in which it was seen as having contributed to the local communities. I map the impact of the emerging collective farms, whether positive or negative, on the development of the individual villages, and describe the changes that took place in them.
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Reprezentation of Master Jan Hus Being Burned in Contemporary Czech Society
Chládková, Kateřina ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The presented bachelor's thesis is concerned with the topic of the portrayal of Jan Hus in the connection with the 600th jubiliee of his death, which was commemorated in year 2015. It is focused primarily on the way particular media perform the story of Jan Hus and on the influence of the nature of the media to the resulting image of Hus. There are three types of media which serves for this thesis as the main source: an exhibition of the Hussite museum in Tábor called Jan Hus 1415/2015, a movie by Jiří Svoboda also called Jan Hus, and a novel by Vlastimil Vonduška called The Hussite's Epopeia I. The character of contemporary commemorative practice is here analyzed by way of comparation with the older representations. This thesis also observes mechanisms which are used by particular representations in order to push through within the commemorative culture. The analyses of the sources in this paper is based on the concept of Cultural Memory Studies (Jan Assmann, Astrid Erll, Aleida Assmann) and on the concept of Memory Sites by Pierre Nora. Key words: Jan Hus, cultural memory, memory site, new media, politics of memory, historical culture Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The Origins of Consumer Society in Czechoslovakia 1945-1970 Trade, Consumption and Advertising
Táborský, Ondřej ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Pullmann, Michal (referee) ; Rákosník, Jakub (referee)
Dissertation "The Origins of the Mass Consumption Society in Czechoslovakia 1945-1970. Trade, Consumption and Advertising" deals with the process of establishing consumption as a new category of human life in the communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia. Through the analysis of the discourse the author shows how a network of specialized institutions and professionals producing thinking about consumption emerged in the milieu of the Ministry of Internal Trade. This network manifested itself in the planning of the trade infrastructure and in the adoption of a more subtle approach to the problem of consumption in an effort to maintain the legitimacy of the communist rule. The commerce as a sphere of economy was in the communist discourse initially reduced to the transmission lever between production and the consumer. This perception was accompanied by the pursuit of the social justice through the transformation of the consumer's experience, underpinned by a strong moral appeal. The key tools used in this process were the democratization of the access to the goods, the attempts to adapt the services to broad sections of the society, the chance given to the consumers to raise their own demands and also the "new language" of the trade practices. Political thaw after Stalin's death led to the...
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Towards new Prague! Traditions, visions and constructing the city and its image after 1945
Kurz, Michal ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Činátl, Kamil (referee)
The thesis focuses on the construction and symbolic encoding of Prague from 1945 to the late 1950s, with emphasis on the Stalinist era. Based on an analysis of historical texts and architectural projects, the thesis studies the motivations and tactics, which the post-war political and professional elites sought to manifest their own values and ideological principles in the area of the capital city. Through the analysis of historical concepts of "old" and "new" Prague examines the thesis the changing relationship between tradition and modernity in the image of the city. The sociocultural phenomenon of Stalinism is thematized as a specific part of the long process of modernization, which passes through Prague during the first half of the 20th century. The thesis deals also with the attributes that should characterize the "new" socialist Prague and with the ways of using the Soviet patterns and local historical traditions. Keywords: Prague, city, image of the city, architecture, urbanism, memory, heritage, socialist realism, stalinism, 1950s
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Czechoslovak antifascist resistance in Culture of Memory in 1945-1948 in regional context. The Case of Kolín Region.
Blümel, Tomáš ; Vojtěchovský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
(in English) This thesis deals with the aspect of culture which reminds us of the second revolt in the years 1945 to 1948 which focussed on the region of Kolínsko. The region featured a scene of Czech antifascist resistance which was of national importace. Likewise there had been important attempts to organize a resistance movement locally. Studies show that contemporary press and archival sources were monitored using implanted memory (memorials, monuments, commemorating the anniversary in a public space, activity clubs) in the early postwar years. It contains an analysis of content, symbolism and langure resources in the contemporary press and archival sources. The work focuses on the question whether, after the coup in 1948, there was a semantic shift the perception of antifascist resistance, and whether the memorial culture in local context became a subject of political disputes.
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The Massacre of Aussig in Sudeten German memory culture
Mareš, Jan ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Spurný, Matěj (referee)
(in English): Bachelor Thesis "The Massacre of Aussig in Sudeten German memory culture" describes the role the so called "Massacre of Aussig" had in the memory culture of the Sudeten Germans from Ústí region, organized arround the Aussiger Hilfsverein This developement is delimitated by the years 1945 - 1973. In this time period, the major forms of rememberance used until this day had established themselves. This description of developement of memory culture, especially the graudal of communicative memory into collective and cultural memory as well as methods of instrumentalisation and actualization of these events is based on theoretical works of Aleida Assmann, Jörn Rüsen and others.
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Drug Issues in Czechoslovakia 1918 - 1960
Šinkovec, Pavel ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Kolář, Jan (referee)
(in English): This thesis describes the development of the Czechoslovak drug issue between years 1918 and 1960. This period is divided into three parts, which contains an image of the drug scene, drug users, public view on the issue, the reaction of officials on the problem and connection with foreign scenes. The first part deals with the First Czechoslovak republic and its drug abuse within the upper class and demimonde. The second part describes the nearly disappeared drug issue in the 1940's. Lastly the third part deals with the drug scene in the 1950's, that was officially gone, while it just took the form of latent abuse of medicaments. The main focus is on changes of the drug scene and their causes.
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The image of history in film
Váňa, Martin ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
(in English): The thesis focuses on therelationbetweenhistory, philosophy and film. Ituses film and TV seriessourcesproduced in the Czech Republic in the last fewyears. The thesis comprisesfrominterpretationof these sourceswiththe use ofappropriatemethodology as well as itdevelopsitsownmethod to beused to workwithhistorical film. Methodofthe thesis isdefinedaboveall by: the film thinkingofGillesDeleuze, theworks on history, time, art and ideology by Slavoj Žižek and Henry Bergson's Matter and Memory. Author uses concepts of Gilles Deleuze such as movement-image, time-image, time crystal and other, in order to describe the relation between history, memory and time, all that on the background of following audiovisual material: Czech Century, It's Gonna Get Worse, Lost in Munich, Burning Bush.
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Archeology of the legionnaire's myth of the first republic of Czechoslovakia
Mláka, David ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Michela, Miroslav (referee)
The subject of this thesis is to trace the existence of a legionary myth in various media resources from the years between 1918-1938. In the introduction of this thesis I will be talking about situation in September 1938 and new Government appointment, led by Gen. Jan Syrovy, a former legionary. At the same time I will try to describe origins of the Czechoslovak army in Russia, France and Italy. As addition there is a chapter about foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic and its need to defend borders against aggression of Poland and Hungary. Next part is a comparison of the novels written by Jaroslav Hasek and Gen. Rudolf Medek. Also there is an analysis of movie epic Zborov. I would like to conclude this thesis with a chapter about the Castle guard,the organizational structure and the tomb of the Unknown soldier. Keyword: legion, legionnaires, myth, Czechoslovak Republic, 1918-1938
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