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New research methods in transport geography
NEJEDLÁ, Eva
The concept of the study of transport geography is not uniform. The aim of the diploma thesis is to evaluate and characterize development of research topics, main paradigms, concepts and research methods of transport geography since its establishment as an independent discipline, furthermore, to define new research methods. In ´90s the geography turns to mobility, to the one of the main concept of transport geography. Mobility has always been at the centre of an interest of transport geography, however, its conception and the approach to mobility has been changed throughout the time, as well as conception of accessibility. Research topics of transport geography have been significantly changed in last decades. Geographical research shifts from one-sided focus on the transport and transport system to the more various and more specific relationship where a man and his perception of space and movement plays the main part.
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The Concept of Self-Definition: Emersonian Principles in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Richard Wright's Native Son
Piňosová, Alžběta ; Robbins, David Lee (advisor) ; Ulmanová, Hana (referee)
The works of the nineteenth-century American thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson continue to be inspiring particularly due to their empowering effect on the individual. It is especially Emerson's concepts of the sovereignty of the individual, the importance of self-definition, the view of life as a transitory flow, and the relationship between freedom and fate which can be practically and usefully applied in the life of an individual. It is possible, then, to understand and evaluate Emerson's works through the practical effects of his concepts, in other words through the prism of pragmatism. Emerson's empowering philosophy can be of use especially to disempowered groups such as African Americans. The Emersonian themes which are to be found in the works of various African-American non-fiction writers such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr. and Cornel West testify to the relevance of Emerson for this minority group. In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Richard Wright's Native Son, two African-American novels, Emersonian principles are shown to be of utmost importance for the positive development of the protagonists.
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The Importance of Myth for Modern Man
Najbrt, Tomáš ; Balabán, Milan (advisor) ; Hošek, Pavel (referee)
"The Importance of myth for modern man" is a study which deals with myth and its importance for modern man. It describes several essential views on myth and indicates different types of myth and its interpretation. It tries to define modernity, modern society and modern man as a part of this society. There is a concrete example of historical myth: cosmogonic myth. It demonstrates context with conception of creation in general in different mythologies which work with theme of water and world formation from waters. This study evaluates importance of this myth for modern man. Example of unhistoric myth was defined and termed as "myth of Man". It tries to document, modern man needs myth as much as man of archaic society. Comparing of historical and unhistorical myth displays, that it is still a myth on principle, which has only different form. This work continues with general valuation of importance of myth for modern man. Study evaluates this importance as very serious and interprets myth as an integral part of human way of thinking about world and human being in this world. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The application of ethical principles in relation to clients in social institutions run by church organizations or non-church organizations
CHMELOVÁ, Pavla
This thesis deals with the application of ethical principles in social work and comparing denominational and non-denominational social facilities. Great emphasis is put on the relationship between social worker and client. It is divided into a total of 6 chapters. The first chapter deals with the explanation of basic ethical concepts related to the work, which makes an easier reference to the following chapters. The second chapter involves the division of church and non-church organizations concerned with social care and describes their organizational structure and comparison. The third chapter is devoted to human rights, along with a related code of ethics and its importance as well as criticism. The fourth chapter refers to the values in social work and the values in the relationships between social workers and clients. The fifth chapter defines the concept of quality of life, human dignity and the related social work. The final chapter about the relationship of man to himself, to the client and the Christian concept of man.
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Myself Picture's Design in the Virtual Reality
Průchová, Andrea ; Fišerová, Michaela (advisor) ; Marcelli, Miroslav (referee)
Diploma work Self-portrait's construction within virtual reality works on theoretical base on the topic of man's digital photography displaced at the profile's web sites of internet social networks. The text evolves ontological concepts of the virtual reality and the rhizomatic antistructure in order to point out to the contemporary problem of the "new" media thinking transformation as well as the changing of visual perception of the digital portrait photography coming with new media. The unsolved situation of this transformation leads to the process of web site man's digital photograhies politisation, which the recipient ascribes the role of politician agent to. The work explains the process of photography politisation as a specific kind of co-acting of two types of visuality, that bring a new discussion and a new menace connected with digital photography online exposing to the society. The text's support in psychoanalysis and social constructivist way of thinking allows present the explorational theme as the interdisciplinary problem with the roots much further than there, where is discussed the question of safe online data sharing.
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Application of the basal stimulation in nurcisg care
JILEČKOVÁ, Zuzana
Basal stimulation is a pedagogically-nursing concept, based on the knowledge of pedagogy, development psychology, anatomy, physiology and nursing. The basic elements of the basal stimulation concept are movement, communication and perceiving. The concept enables to clients with changes in the field of perceiving, movement and communication the integration into the present life with the maximum usage of their former life habits and experience, it respects the preserved abilities and moreover accepts their future life needs. The correct integration of basal stimulation elements into the nursing care enables to intermediate to the man the perceptions from his body and the stimulation of perceiving organism enables him to perceive better the surrounding world and to establish the communication with it. Hereby the total development of the individual is supported.
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Meditation and its impact on quality of life
KREJZOVÁ, Dagmar
The thesis evaluates on the impact of regular meditation practice on the quality of hu-man life. The theoretical part describes the historical development of meditation, meditation from the perspective of science, and the key philosophical and religious trends where the phenomenon of meditation appears. Furthermore in this part, the concept of "quality of life" is described from different angles along with addressing the correlation between meditation and quality of life. The practical part presents the qualitative re-search that analyze regular practice of meditation and its impact on quality of life of respondents.
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The crisis of manhood from perspective of contemporary sociological literature
RAUŠEROVÁ, Jana
Initially the bachelor thesis "The crisis of manhood from perspective of contemporary sociological literature" deals with development of the crisis of manhood and further it focuses on field of designing of the man?s identity with emphasis on identifying theories. The work also surveys theme of social statuses and gender stereotypes. Likewise the concept of the absent father and description of particular patterns of the juvenile men are presented in the thesis. Another part of the work is noticing more closely the question of the new paternity. Not least the thesis is concerned with characterization of the new man and in the end of the work it perceives theme of the male group. The bachelor thesis introduces basic lines of the crisis of manhood.
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Man´s Position In Family Planning
CÁPOVÁ, Adéla
The participation of men in family planning appears to be a suitable tool for the improvement of relationships between couples and their children. This thesis studies the attitudes of men towards family planning questions. The theoretical part of the thesis is divided into three main chapters: Family planning, The Male Indentity and the Social Roles of Men. The research methods which were chosen were based upon the collection of data. Twenty semi-structured interviews with early adult men were processed by means of grounded theory. Interview questions involved the definition of family planning and seven categories were created upon that basis: the association of the concept of family planning, images of family, attitudes towards the meaning of children in life, male attitudes regarding men{\crq}s role in child care, paternity leave, contraception as well as solutions regarding fertility disorders. The chosen methodology should assess the important social influences that play a role in the attitudes of men towards family planning and the roles of men in family planning. The setting of the conditions for the beginning of reproduction should be the result of negotiation within the couple. In spite of the willingness to change parenting roles, negotiation still leads to a traditional division of these parenting roles, where the woman is a care-giver and the man is the breadwinner. Gender sensitive upbringing is a good way to give support towards the responsibility within the family planning of men and women; it leads them in equal negotiation regarding questions of parenting. The results of this thesis is the creation of a new theory about the role of men in family planning and interested researchers are to be encouraged to verify its validity by continuing in this area of research.
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The Problem of human nature in the conception of pleasure in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Synek, Stanislav ; Špinka, Štěpán (advisor) ; Karfík, Filip (referee)
The essay is trying to reveal the sources of normativity in the Aristotelian conception of pleasure, resp. in general composition of his ethic. The interpretation works mainly with the two treaties of pleasure in the books VII and X of Nicomachean Ethics, but also takes other passages into account. The two main questions are: What is pleasure? What is the good pleasure? To answer these questions the conception of human nature (Pi?Jsis) must be set forth. The essay is trying to show that pleasure itself (hédone) does not allow to establish moral normativity and therefore cannot be acknowledged to be the highest good. The possibility of the difference between "good" and "bad" pleasures appears only with reference to the "object" of pleasure (to hécfy), i.e. with a sort of "stepping out" from solely subjective feeling of pleasure (hédone) to its "objective" content (to hécfy). The normativity itself is established on a specific conception of humanity that is introduced on the key motives of human "task" (ergon) and human nature (P1!Jsis). It shows up that the most important source of normativity is godhood which is represented by reason (logos) in men. The relation between pleasure and the highest good (eudaimonia) alias the actualization (energeia) of man's life in the best way (kat' arete) is ambivalent: on...
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