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Whose side are you on? Radical Left in postwar Finland - on the phenomenon of Marxism-Leninism outside the Eastern Bloc
Skálová, Barbora ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Masař, Tomáš (referee) ; LARMOLA, Heikki Markku (referee)
Barbora Skálová Whose side are you on? Radical Left in postwar Finland - on the phenomenon of Marxism-Leninism outside the Eastern Bloc Abstract The dissertation aims to explore the phenomenon of a radical left movement - Taistoists - which at the turn of the 60s and 70s for a short period of time dominated the student and cultural circles in Finland. The dissertation strives to shed light on the reasons for the uprise of the - in European context unique - pro-Soviet, Marxist-Leninist and "anti-anti- establishment" youth movement, and on its influence on home and foreign policy of Finland in terms of so-called Finlandization. The work also puts the movement into the Czechoslovakian context, mainly in relation to the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion. The dissertation discusses the theoretical anticapitalistic background of the movement and compares it to the theoretical background and political practice of coeval New Left movements in Europe and the USA. The experience of the members of the movement has been elaborated in the oral history part based on personal interviews. The oral history chapter aims to offer an explanation and a broader perspective of the taistolaiset phenomenon presented by direct witnesses and participants of the movement.
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"Hegelian movement" in Czechoslovakian philosophy in the nineteen-sixties. Probe into the Czechoslovakian marxist philosophy on the motif of work.
Hanovská, Lenka ; Benyovszky, Ladislav (advisor) ; Chavalka, Jakub (referee) ; Marek, Jakub (referee)
The thesis deals with the Czechoslovakian philosophy in the nineteen-sixties. It focuses not only to its historical description but intends to enter its philosophical thinking from inside and analyse its principal categories. Especially it focuses on the category of work and examines its various formulations, developed in different theoretical perspectives of Czechoslovakian philosophers. This allows distinguish these perspectives in their similarities on one hand and differences on the other. The thesis notably focuses on so called "Hegelian movement" and its evaluation of category of work. This movement, which is in fact the Czechoslovakian variation to the philosophy of praxis, formulates the category of work in its philosophical meaning, i. e. as an ontological category decisive for an origin of the reality and human being. It was originally Hegel, who developed this meaning of category, and Czechoslovakian Hegelian movement continued in developing his ontology adopted through Marx. The Czech philosophers enriched it with aspects of socialistic humanism. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part explains historical conditions of philosophical scientific performance in Czechoslovakia. The second interprets the texts of Czechoslovakian Hegelian philosophers and their expositions of category...
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Ethics of the Communist Era Journalist - Czechoslovakia after 1970
Ambrozek, Jakub ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
If there is a general precondition for "good" journalism in contemporary journalistic studies, it would be for the political environment to be a pluralist democracy. However, media and journalists were operating in non-democratic Czechoslovakia before the Velvet Revolution as well. This thesis explores the presence of "journalism ethics" in journalistic circles in 1967-1977. The most important one of such circles was the Czechoslovakian Union of Journalists, a voluntary- based social organization which united thousands of press, TV, radio and agency journalists. Based on heuristic research in the Union's archives, this thesis primarily describes two separate stages of formulation of the journalism ethics' principles that were done by the Union's committees. Their way of thinking about these principles is put into context of Marxism-Leninism with emphasis on the Czechoslovakian interpretation of Marxist-Leninist media theories. The Czechoslovakian regime's systemic control of media proved to be an affiliated topic to the one of journalism ethics, and from the described process we are also able to draw some conclusions considering the seeming autonomy and the degree of professionalism of the communist era journalists.
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Nationalities policy of the KSČ during the period of the First Republic
Čučela, Roman ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the development of the nationalities policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, from the foundation of the party in 1921 until the signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938. The objective of the thesis is to describe the ways the nationalities policy of the KSČ developed, and the reasons why it has developed in certain ways. The thesis begins with a description of views on the nationalities question of the two approaches that influenced the nationalities policy of the KSČ, the Marxist-Leninist view and the view of Bohumír Šmeral, a significant social democratic representative before the foundation of KSČ and subsequently a founder of this party, and the ethnic situation in the newly created Czechoslovak Republic. The thesis continues with a chronological analysis of the party's nationalities policy, its criticisms and incentives for its change and the changes in the policy. The thesis covers the history of the party only during instances where its nationalities policy was either directly or indirectly influenced. The bachelor thesis is also concerned with the outcomes of KSČ parliamentary elections to the Chamber of Deputies, in electoral districts based on their ethnic composition, and how these electoral outcomes changed along with the shifts in the...
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"Hegelian movement" in Czechoslovakian philosophy in the nineteen-sixties. Probe into the Czechoslovakian marxist philosophy on the motif of work.
Hanovská, Lenka ; Benyovszky, Ladislav (advisor) ; Chavalka, Jakub (referee) ; Marek, Jakub (referee)
The thesis deals with the Czechoslovakian philosophy in the nineteen-sixties. It focuses not only to its historical description but intends to enter its philosophical thinking from inside and analyse its principal categories. Especially it focuses on the category of work and examines its various formulations, developed in different theoretical perspectives of Czechoslovakian philosophers. This allows distinguish these perspectives in their similarities on one hand and differences on the other. The thesis notably focuses on so called "Hegelian movement" and its evaluation of category of work. This movement, which is in fact the Czechoslovakian variation to the philosophy of praxis, formulates the category of work in its philosophical meaning, i. e. as an ontological category decisive for an origin of the reality and human being. It was originally Hegel, who developed this meaning of category, and Czechoslovakian Hegelian movement continued in developing his ontology adopted through Marx. The Czech philosophers enriched it with aspects of socialistic humanism. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part explains historical conditions of philosophical scientific performance in Czechoslovakia. The second interprets the texts of Czechoslovakian Hegelian philosophers and their expositions of category...
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The Development of Mozambique After the Declaration of Independence
Šváb, David ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Development of Mozambique After the Declaration of Independence" studies events and links, that have happened in this country since the declaration of the independent state in 1975 up to the present and possible future evolution of the state. The fundamental topic is the civil war between the ruling and former marxist-leninist party FRELIMO and opposition rebel movement RENAMO, lasting 17 years and determining the development of Mozambique for the coming decades. The thesis covers not only the course of the internal conflict, but also its roots, its reflection on the international scene and also the role of international community, especially the one of the UN and the ONUMOZ peacekeeping mission in the process of democratisation and the transition to the multiparty system. In the last chapters, the thesis deals with the own consequences of the war on many levels and predicts a possible future evolution of the country. This text covers many topics and is dedicted to both the international relations experts and the public interested in the course of events in the region of southern Africa.
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