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Top hat for everyone: The image of Britain in the newspaper discourses of Czechoslovak exile and its Third Republic afterlife
Kłusek, Johana ; Smetana, Vít (advisor) ; Brenner, Christiane (referee) ; Cornwall, Mark (referee)
The thesis focuses on the image of Britain in newspaper discourses of Czechoslovak exile during the Second World War and describes how it affected the post-war development of the country. It argues that the exiles saw Britain as the appelative Other, into which they projected their visions and fears. Anglophilia, born out of lived experience as well as objective needs of the discourse's producers, brought both benefits and detriments. It meant discursive liberation from Germans as the old referential Others and finding a safe discursive space in the severely brutalized world. Yet the hope that Czechoslovakia could adopt both "conservative" and "socially progressive" qualities of Britain proved naïve in the face of the post-war geopolitical reality. Communists appropriated the image of Britain to fit their own needs after the war. While Britain of former exiles, now democratic socialists, was still portrayed as superior to Czechoslovakia, communist Britain was depicted as an equal partner with virtues as well as flaws. The "equalization" of Britain contributed to the preservation of illusion that Communists were devoted to the principles of democracy.
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Czechoslowak-British Relations 1945-1948 using the Documents of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lehečková Neumannová, Jana ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Koura, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis examines the Czechoslovak-British relations between 1945 and 1948 primarily by analysing documents found in the Archive of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The thesis focuses on the politico-diplomatic relations and describes their evolution with regards to events of major importance to both involved countries; such as parliamentary elections, the question of German population transfer, or the attitude of Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom towards the Marshall Plan. The thesis is divided into six chapters and spans the conception of the Czechoslovak foreign policy, based on cooperation with the East, as well as the West; the evolution of the bilateral relations, which were influenced by, inter alia, parliamentary elections in both countries; and the mutual foreign visits. The post-war period is being examined until February 1948 when the change in political regime resulted in deterioration of the bilateral relations between the two countries.
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The Self-Representation of Bretons in the Regionalist Discourse between the late 19th Century and the First World War.
Reiterová, Martina ; Hajdinová, Eva (advisor) ; Ozouf Marignier, Marie Vic (referee)
Résumé Ce mémoire de master II se concentre sur le régionalisme breton de la fin du XIXe siècle jusqu'à la Première Guerre mondiale représenté par deux organisations régionalistes, l'Union régionaliste bretonne (URB) fondée en 1898 et la Fédération régionaliste de Bretagne (FRB) créée suite à la scission de l'URB en 1911. Au-delà de leurs activités régionalistes visant à acquérir des droits d'autonomie de la Bretagne à l'égard de l'Etat français, leurs membres menaient des activités communes avec les élites galloises sur la base du passé commun « celtique » supposé et de l'existence des langues « celtiques » similaires parlées dans les deux pays. Cela nous a amené à nous interroger sur le rapport de ces activités « celtiques » avec le mouvement régionaliste breton, et ainsi sur la manière dont les régionalistes voulaient que les Bretons et la Bretagne soient perçus et pourquoi. Bref, notre recherche consiste en une étude de l'ensemble des caractéristiques de ce qu'on appelle ici l'auto-représentation des Bretons dans le discours régionaliste afin de découvrir les formes des stratégies discursives que les régionalistes utilisaient pour atteindre leur but d'autonomie. Cette recherche s'appuie sur l'analyse du discours dans les bulletins officiels de l'URB et de la FRB. Pour les besoins du contexte et en étant...
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Comparison of the Czechoslovak 1st and 2nd republic from the point of view of the theory of authoritarian regimes by Juan J. Linz
Svoboda, Ladislav ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kubát, Michal (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with pair of domestic regimes known as the second and third | Czechoslovakian republic. The choice of these periods of the national history was conditioned by a relative absence of comparative political scientific works on these periods and by timelessness and topicality of the studying of domestic regimes, that refused the idea of a liberal democracy twice in ten years. The goal of the diploma thesis is to analyze, compare and categorize the second and the third Czechoslovakian republic in the framework provided by the theory of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes by Juan J. Linz. In the first part the thesis describes the theoretical framework of the theory of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes with stress on the theory of authoritarian regimes, as it is the assumption of the thesis, that both the second and the third republic were cases of authoritarian regimes. The other parts of theory which deal with totalitarian and sultanistic regimes are only briefly mentioned. In the second part of the thesis there is an analysis and comparison of both regimes based on three research questions. In this part the thesis deals with the relationship of both studied regimes with the first republic and their relationship with a liberal democracy, then it deals with the very analysis in...
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Postwar purge of czech cinematography in 1945-1946.
Černá, Zuzana ; Klimeš, Ivan (advisor) ; Czesany Dvořáková, Tereza (referee)
This thesis concerns the process of Postwar purge, a purge which was being carried out by the Disciplinary Board of the Union of Czech film workers, in film industry after the Second World War. Even before establishing the Retribution Decrees, revolutionary denazification commissions came into being in many areas of public life. These commissions tried workers co-operating with invaders with absolutely no legal basis. The film industry, a kind of mass media which was on the front burner, also underwent this process under the supervision of a new cinematography leadership. The new leadership's aim was to nationalise the film branch. The aim of this thesis is to make clear who was tried by the commission and under what conditions, how the commission arbitrated and who were its members. Another goal is to imply how they influenced the next course of post-war Czechoslovak cinematography.
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Local Brand Communication during Third Republic - Case Study of Rudolf Poborsky's Distillery
Rieger, Matyáš ; Klimeš, David (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
Private local brand promotion during "Third republic" period: Rudolf Poborsky's distillery Summary This thesis targets to explore how the uprising communist power impacted corporate communication. Although communists declared allowance of small business existence, they have destroyed it later. Communication investigation reveals hot topics of the era and - in this small local scale - entrepreneurs' approach. The case study of a family distillery delivers the story in a very human way and shows owners' personal journeys rather than deep analysis of the current political situation as such. The thesis aims to show how owner's attitude contributes to the communication with customers and in what situation these small businesses found themselves during Third republic. In this particular case; I aimed to generalize thesis' conclusions by demonstrating other businesses in the same field. I've performed the research using mainly own family's private archive, which contains a comprehensive collection of both company and private communication documents. I've used the books "Proměny české společnosti 1948-1960" by Karel Kaplan to support those historical parts and "Kapitalismus na kolenou" by Jakub Rákosník to explore economic situation of the period. Investigation proved these businessmen managed to embed their...
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Childhood and youth in the Third republic, Czech Lands in 1945 -1948 in memories
Sobotová, Anna ; Franc, Martin (advisor) ; Moravcová, Mirjam (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on a time period between 1945 and 1948 also known as the Third Republic. The main aim is to describe life of children and teenagers in this particular time through old-timers' narration. The thesis is focused on people's everyday life after the Second World War. Narrators - people who experienced that time - were chosen from clients of Rezidence Rosa. There is also a short overview of Czechoslovakian history at that period. Various technics of oral history and literature have been used for this thesis. It is based on the interviews with old-timers as well as the topics come from the stories of these narrators. The topics cover culture, politics and social life described from children's and teenagers' point of view. Merit of this thesis is to record their unique stories. A result might be a possible way to understand contemporary seniors' behaviour and to describe narrators' everyday lives in Prague at the time of the Third Republic.
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The elections in the České Budějovice region in 1946 and 1948, comparison from the perspective of economic and social history
VÁLKOVÁ, Jana
This thesis deals with the situation in the České Budějovice region after World War II. from 1945 1948. It is focused on the post-war economical and social situation of the region and on the elections in 1946 and 1948. In the first part, the state of post-war Czechoslovakia in 1945 1948 is described. This part deals especially with economical and social development of Czechoslovakia. It describes the establishment of the National Front of the Czechs and Slovaks and its the system of its working. And portrays the allowed political parties (the communists, national socialists, social democrats and the People's Party) a their programmes. The second part introduces the České Budějovice region in the 20 th century. It deals with the postwar difficulties of econimical and social situation of the region, especially the transfer of the German population. The third part is focused on the elections. It describes election order of the Third Republic and deals with the elections' results a compares them with the results in Bohemia. And pursues the possible cause of these results.
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The Self-Representation of Bretons in the Regionalist Discourse between the late 19th Century and the First World War.
Reiterová, Martina ; Hajdinová, Eva (advisor) ; Ozouf Marignier, Marie Vic (referee)
Résumé Ce mémoire de master II se concentre sur le régionalisme breton de la fin du XIXe siècle jusqu'à la Première Guerre mondiale représenté par deux organisations régionalistes, l'Union régionaliste bretonne (URB) fondée en 1898 et la Fédération régionaliste de Bretagne (FRB) créée suite à la scission de l'URB en 1911. Au-delà de leurs activités régionalistes visant à acquérir des droits d'autonomie de la Bretagne à l'égard de l'Etat français, leurs membres menaient des activités communes avec les élites galloises sur la base du passé commun « celtique » supposé et de l'existence des langues « celtiques » similaires parlées dans les deux pays. Cela nous a amené à nous interroger sur le rapport de ces activités « celtiques » avec le mouvement régionaliste breton, et ainsi sur la manière dont les régionalistes voulaient que les Bretons et la Bretagne soient perçus et pourquoi. Bref, notre recherche consiste en une étude de l'ensemble des caractéristiques de ce qu'on appelle ici l'auto-représentation des Bretons dans le discours régionaliste afin de découvrir les formes des stratégies discursives que les régionalistes utilisaient pour atteindre leur but d'autonomie. Cette recherche s'appuie sur l'analyse du discours dans les bulletins officiels de l'URB et de la FRB. Pour les besoins du contexte et en étant...
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Czechoslowak-British Relations 1945-1948 using the Documents of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lehečková Neumannová, Jana ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Koura, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis examines the Czechoslovak-British relations between 1945 and 1948 primarily by analysing documents found in the Archive of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The thesis focuses on the politico-diplomatic relations and describes their evolution with regards to events of major importance to both involved countries; such as parliamentary elections, the question of German population transfer, or the attitude of Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom towards the Marshall Plan. The thesis is divided into six chapters and spans the conception of the Czechoslovak foreign policy, based on cooperation with the East, as well as the West; the evolution of the bilateral relations, which were influenced by, inter alia, parliamentary elections in both countries; and the mutual foreign visits. The post-war period is being examined until February 1948 when the change in political regime resulted in deterioration of the bilateral relations between the two countries.
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