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The Holocaust in Jewish American Fiction
SENKOVÁ, Anna
The aim of this thesis is to use the analysis of nine literary works to identify distinctive features of Holocaust fiction. The theoretical part of the thesis considers the various approaches of society towards the Holocaust, as well as the way Judaism perceives fiction, Holocaust fiction in particular. The analytical part operates with the individual stories of the following American authors: Rebecca Goldstein, Bernard Malamud, Gordon Lish, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, Rebecca Makkai and Budd Schulberg. The analysis focuses on the position of the characters as well as the significant aspects of each story separately. The final part points out the differences and similarities, as well as the most prominent aspects of the Holocaust fiction.
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The Intractability of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Comparing The Delegitimizing Discourse in Political Speeches by Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas from 2015 until 2018
Shin, David ; Oberpfalzerová, Hana (advisor) ; Záhora, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor's thesis views and analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict through the lens of Louis Kriesberg's intractable conflict theory (Kriesberg, 1998) and Daniel Bar-Tal's theory of delegitimization (Bar-Tal,1998). This work compares mutual delegitimization and the discourse of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas by using a thematic discourse analysis. This work builds specifically on the theory of delegitimization of Neta Oren and Daniel Bar-Tal (Oren, Bar-Tal, 2007), which consists of five dimensions of delegitimization: dehumanization, trait characterization, outcasting, political labels, and group comparison. A sample of speeches of Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas from the years from 2015 until 2018 has been analyzed. The delineation is chosen in this way since in 1994, peace accords between Israel and Palestine broke down. Also in this period character of conflicts changed to so-called Third intifada, which consists of series of smaller frequent conflicts. Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas as political leaders of both countries play significant roles in the Israel-Palestinian conflict development. Their discourse and the contents of their speeches played an important role in society, because it gives it a direction. Both...
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Motive of dehumanization of a man in the contemporary mexican drama: Edgar Chías, Jaime Chabaud.
Melicharová, Tereza ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Kazmar, Vít (referee)
(in English) This thesis concerns of motive of the dehumanization in two contemporary pieces of mexican drama, play Rashid 9/11 of playwright Jaime Chabauda and play Crack o de las cosas sin nombre of Edgar Chías. First part of the thesis is concerned with the concept of dehumanization, as it is percieved by contemporary thinkers as K. P. Liessmann, K.P. Lorenc, M. F Foucault, J. F. Lyotard and others. The thesis investigate causes of phenomena, that a lot of sociologist and philosophers call "dehumanization" or "vanishing of humanity" and try to investigate it's traces in contemporary hypermodern society. Second part of thesis is dedicated to introducing studied plays in the context of world's dramatic creation of 20 and 21. century with the emphasy on the inspirational sources, that are meanted by authors of the plays. Third part of the thesis concerns of categories of dramatic space, time and characters with the accent on the analysis and interpretation of the theme of the dehumanization in all levels of the plays. Key words (in English): mexican drama Edgar Chías Jaime Chabaud Dehumanization Political theatre
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The Intractability of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Comparing The Delegitimizing Discourse in Political Speeches by Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas from 2015 until 2018
Shin, David ; Oberpfalzerová, Hana (advisor) ; Záhora, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor's thesis views and analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict through the lens of Louis Kriesberg's intractable conflict theory (Kriesberg, 1998) and Daniel Bar-Tal's theory of delegitimization (Bar-Tal,1998). This work compares mutual delegitimization and the discourse of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas by using a thematic discourse analysis. This work builds specifically on the theory of delegitimization of Neta Oren and Daniel Bar-Tal (Oren, Bar-Tal, 2007), which consists of five dimensions of delegitimization: dehumanization, trait characterization, outcasting, political labels, and group comparison. A sample of speeches of Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas from the years from 2015 until 2018 has been analyzed. The delineation is chosen in this way since in 1994, peace accords between Israel and Palestine broke down. Also in this period character of conflicts changed to so-called Third intifada, which consists of series of smaller frequent conflicts. Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas as political leaders of both countries play significant roles in the Israel-Palestinian conflict development. Their discourse and the contents of their speeches played an important role in society, because it gives it a direction. Both...
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Dehumanization as a risk factor for the use of digital technologies in the context of social work
Brezina, Lukáš ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee)
The thesis deals with the threat of dehumanization when applying digital technologies and robotics into social work. The work focuses on the history and origin of digital technologies within the context of social changes. It explores the basic rules governing elementary functioning and development of digital technologies and robotics. The thesis describes and summarizes basic information about the possibilities and risks of using digital technologies and robotics within social work. Towards the end it also includes opinions of several professional and political authorities who are active in this topic. This thesis aims to trigger the debate over the possible threats connected to dehumanization of social work and the use of digital technologies and robotics, respectively make it more intensive.
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Motive of dehumanization of a man in the contemporary mexican drama: Edgar Chías, Jaime Chabaud.
Melicharová, Tereza ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Kazmar, Vít (referee)
(in English) This thesis concerns of motive of the dehumanization in two contemporary pieces of mexican drama, play Rashid 9/11 of playwright Jaime Chabauda and play Crack o de las cosas sin nombre of Edgar Chías. First part of the thesis is concerned with the concept of dehumanization, as it is percieved by contemporary thinkers as K. P. Liessmann, K.P. Lorenc, M. F Foucault, J. F. Lyotard and others. The thesis investigate causes of phenomena, that a lot of sociologist and philosophers call "dehumanization" or "vanishing of humanity" and try to investigate it's traces in contemporary hypermodern society. Second part of thesis is dedicated to introducing studied plays in the context of world's dramatic creation of 20 and 21. century with the emphasy on the inspirational sources, that are meanted by authors of the plays. Third part of the thesis concerns of categories of dramatic space, time and characters with the accent on the analysis and interpretation of the theme of the dehumanization in all levels of the plays. Key words (in English): mexican drama Edgar Chías Jaime Chabaud Dehumanization Political theatre
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Causes of genocide in Rwanda: Psychological aspects
Burešová, Jana ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Peterková, Jana (referee)
Ethnic discrimination has deep roots in Rwanda. For many dozens of years, Tutsis have been marked down as those whose task it is to rule the country and Hutus have been treated as those who have to submit to it. As time moved on, Hutu hatred had been growing steadily and resulted in coup d'état in 1959 and consequent persecutions of Tutsis. However, hidden grudge lingered on. The pretext for its revival was the RPF incursion into the country at the beginning of nineties. The invasion also became one of the major preconditions of the fastest genocide in history. This thesis aims to pinpoint actors with direct and also indirect influence, to specify their motives, to assess implications of their decisions and on the grounds of this all to divide them into groups of perpetrators, bystanders and rescuers. The identification of psychological aspects of Hutu perpetrators was made with intent to analyse the process of Us-Them thinking with its typical features and consequences and the process of dehumanization with particular emphasis on its linguistic forms. In connection with that, this thesis points out crucial importance of Rwandan media of hate which determined anti-Tutsi propaganda to a considerable extent.
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