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Neoslavism and the Polish question
Květina, Jan ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Kaleta, Petr (referee)
Slovanská vzájemnost, založená na ideji širší etnické příbuznosti, představovala v epoše nacionální emancipace pro reprezentace jednotlivých "probouzejících se" národů výrazný prvek, který nebylo možné opomíjet. Postoj ke slovanství byl založen de facto na míře prospěšnosti, kterou v něm daná reprezentace (respektive konkrétní daný reprezentant, neboť národní hnutí nelze považovat za jednolitý celek) spatřovala právě pro svoje chápání národního rozvoje. Smyslem tohoto konstatování (a i podtextem této studie) není pokus o jednoznačnou deklaraci účelovosti jakýchkoli snah o sblížení na základě slovanské příbuznosti, ale poukázání na složitost tehdejšího sebe-pojímání, tedy vnímání vlastní identity, ve které mohla být slovanská vzájemnost pojímána jako nadřazená, doplňující či konkurující tendence národním aspiracím. V případě nám blízkého českého prostředí bychom tato odlišná pojetí principu a záměru slovanství mohli demonstrovat na příkladu kollárovského a havlíčkovského přístupu. V prvním případě se jednalo o stavění slovanského ideálu nad partikulární zájmy národa, kde byl Kollárův základní stavební kámen tvořen předpokladem jednotného praslovanského jazyka. Základ jeho slavismu tak spočíval v představě, že kdysi jednotný slovanský celek se vlivem historických okolností rozpadl na jednotlivé části, z čehož...
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Republican Myth of Polish Aristocracy: Early Modern Concept of Political Identity developed by Stanislaw Orzechowski and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
Květina, Jan ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee) ; Baron, Roman (referee)
As the main research interest of this study one is able to highlight the issue of early- modern political thought, whose patterns have been analysed as protomodern grounds within the formative process of national identity. The thesis is based on the assumption that the political discourse of Polish aristocracy can be read as a specific part of European republicanism. Republican attributes are thus supposed to have stood for an essential core of Polish political culture at that time; core that was widely accepted by different political writers irrespective of their ideological distinctions. Hence, the study aims to prove that one is able to find the grounds of Polish "national" self-identification neither in ethnical nor in strict class traits, because concerning the question of identity, there was a crucial concept of a republic, closely linked to the peculiar values of liberty, equality and common good, which played a decisive role. In this regard, the thesis contradicts the traditional categories of Sarmatism or Sonderweg and instead of them, it introduces the concept of republican triangle as the hypothesis that is able to identify interdependence between political thought of that time and the image of Polish noble identity. Regarding methodological approaches, the study is based on the...
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The Conflict over Těšín Silesia and Its Interpretation in Czechoslovak politics in 1918 - 1920 and 1945 - 1947
Frič, David ; Květina, Jan (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with political dimension of the question of Czechoslovak-Polish territorial dispute over the region of Těšín Silesia, particularly in key periods of 1918-1920 and 1945-1947, when the above mentioned problem was urgent during borders formation of the newly established or renewed state units. Its aim is to assess the attitudes and roles of Czechoslovakian central political actors in Těšín question. Outcomes of analysis of both time slots will also be compared with each other in terms of access kontinuality of Czechoslovak players and also in terms of foreign infuence on solution of dipute over Těšín Silesia, particularly by foreign powers. Tato práce se zaměřuje na politický rozměr československo- polského územního sporu o Těšínsko. Jejím cílem je zhodnotit postoje a role československých ústředních politických aktérů v těšínské otázce mezi lety 1918-1920 a 1945-1947. Výstupy analýzy obou časových úseků budou také vzájemně porovnány z hlediska kontinuality přístupu československých aktérů a také z hlediska rolí zahraničních velmocí ve sporu o Těšínsko.
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The role of the Roman Catholic Church during the transition to democracy in Poland and Chile
Labutta, Michael ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Květina, Jan (referee)
(anglicky) The thesis will be addressed by comparing the states which have undergone a transition to democracy and at the same time you can observe the strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church. Specifically, it will be about Poland and about Chile. In the beginning, I tried to capture the position of the Church in these states for the duration of the undemocratic regime (if it stood on the side of the regime, covert opposition, or whether they acted directly against the regime). I will try to describe what influenced this attitude - the injustices of the regime, historical context. Another part will look at what the relationship with the Church undemocratic regimes sought. Whether enforce repression, cooptation, or some form of "tacit agreement". In response to previous questions in the conclusion I will try answer whether the Roman Catholic Church was open to cooperation and advocated more confrontational stance, and how did this attitude affect the form, course and outcome of transition in these countries.
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The Decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1791-1795
Liška, Jan ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Květina, Jan (referee)
This thesis aims to analyze the events that led in the years 1791-1795 to the gradual decline of the Polish-Lithuanian state. The year 1791 was chosen as a starting point for the reason that it was during this year that the so-called Great Sejm adopted the Constitution of 3 May, considered a last attempt to reform the dysfunctional constitutional system that paralysed the political life of the Commonwealth, crippled its ability to defend itself and made it a marionette in the hands of powerful neighbours, especially Prussia and Russia. The thesis concentrates on the ambiguous role played in this period by the last king Stanisław II August. It also focuses on the opposition against the constitutional changes, associated in the so-called Targowica Confederation, the ensuing Russo-Polish War of 1792, the Second Partition of Poland, Kościuszko Uprising and the final Third Partition of 1795 - all these events are discussed in the wider context of European politics. The author makes use of sources and secondary literature in Polish, Russian, German, English and French.
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Republican Myth of Polish Aristocracy: Early Modern Concept of Political Identity developed by Stanislaw Orzechowski and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
Květina, Jan ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee) ; Baron, Roman (referee)
As the main research interest of this study one is able to highlight the issue of early- modern political thought, whose patterns have been analysed as protomodern grounds within the formative process of national identity. The thesis is based on the assumption that the political discourse of Polish aristocracy can be read as a specific part of European republicanism. Republican attributes are thus supposed to have stood for an essential core of Polish political culture at that time; core that was widely accepted by different political writers irrespective of their ideological distinctions. Hence, the study aims to prove that one is able to find the grounds of Polish "national" self-identification neither in ethnical nor in strict class traits, because concerning the question of identity, there was a crucial concept of a republic, closely linked to the peculiar values of liberty, equality and common good, which played a decisive role. In this regard, the thesis contradicts the traditional categories of Sarmatism or Sonderweg and instead of them, it introduces the concept of republican triangle as the hypothesis that is able to identify interdependence between political thought of that time and the image of Polish noble identity. Regarding methodological approaches, the study is based on the...
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The Discourse of Central-European Conservative Elites at the Half of the 19th Century
Němec, David ; Květina, Jan (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
Bachelor thesis attempts to analyse key ideas as well as concrete principles of political conduct of the conservative elites in Central Europe in monitored period of the revolutionary year 1848. The study is primarily focused on comparison of a conservative political thought and therefrom arising strategies of the Czech, Polish and Hungarian representatives, which implies that Central Europe is in this case understood in the context of the so called "heartlands". On the basis of such built-up frame of work, it is possible to mark the effort of demonstrating the existence of a distinctive conservative thought in the Central Europe as a main premise of the scholar's approach. Characteristics that are to be found will then be possible to compare with contemporary classic western conservatism (anglo-saxon and continental).
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The Question of Men's Fashion in Political Representation within European Context
Petrák, Jiří ; Květina, Jan (advisor) ; Hesová, Zora (referee)
Fashion as a phenomenon was always connected with the human society. In this work I answer the question of men's fashion in politics within the European cultural context. By comparing two time periods (inter-war period and current from the year of 2009) I am showing how the sight on the fashion in politics was changed and why. In this part I use the theory of representation from Hanna Pitkin, concretely the part about symbolic representation. To explain the change of social values between the two periods I use the modernization theory from Ronald Inglehart and Wayne E. Baker. This paper offers an answer which role plays the fashion in politics and how it is connected with the ideological background of the individual. Key words Men's fashion, political representation, Inglehart, Pitkin, ideology.
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Impact of the November Uprising on the Concept of the Polish Nation: Analysis of Political Thought of the Great Emigration
Czudek, Michal ; Květina, Jan (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
The aim of presented work is to analyze the impact of the November Uprising (powstanie listopadowe) had on the change of a conception of the Polish nation. The November Uprising which broke out in the Kingdom od Poland and western Russian territories in 1830-1831 is considered in this work to be a key event that stands as a climax of a broad opposition movement that was active throughout the 1820s. Defeat of the insurrection resulted in a massive exodus of the Poles and launched a new era marked by two distinctive features: foreign environment within which the emigrants had to live and changed conditions within the Kingdom of Poland itself. Presented analysis traces the evolution of conception of nation solely within the political realm, because it is the only one - compared to philosophical or religious realms - that enables creation of precise political programs regarding crucial aspects of lifes of the Polish emigrants and answers the main following questions: how should the Poles proceed in order to restore an independent Poland, how should they define the social base of the Polish nation and finally who should be their partner in the arena of international relations. In this study specific attention is given to the position of social group of peasants-serfs within the Polish nation, because...
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