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Globalization and its influence on social identities
Duffek, Adam ; Šubrt, Jiří (advisor) ; Voříšek, Michael (referee)
Globalization and its Influence on Social Identities Author: Adam Duffek Thesis Title: Globalization and its Influence on Social Identities University: Charles University Prague Thesis Advisor: PhDr. Alemayehu Kumsa, Ph.D. Place and date: Prague, May 2023 Abstract This thesis analyzes the influence of globalization on social identities. The main thesis is that globalization influences social identities in twofold ways. Firstly, social identities are enormously strengthened by processes of globalization and they are becoming very complex, on the other hand, globalization can weaken and fragment these identities as well. This thesis uses the term identity in the context of sociology as social identities that are created in a social context and are creating social reality. Globalization is perceived as a significant influencer of the post-modern era. Globalization is multidimensional and influences many aspects of social reality and undoubtedly also social identities. Three main spheres of globalization, that are also the subject of analyses of this thesis, and have also primal influence on social identities are the economic, political, and cultural sphere. Each is responsible for the strengthening and weakening of these identities in a specific way in specific contexts. The primary product of globalization is...
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The Controversy work of Bedřich Václavek in historical-sociological perspective
Horáková, Kristýna ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Voříšek, Michael (referee)
Master's thesis describes the work of Bedřich Václavek in historical and sociological perspective. Bedřich Václavek was leading Marxist theorist, critic, esthetician, Germanist and folklorist. Its individual parts are treated at this thesis, like the evidence of his intellectual transformations over time. Emphasis is placed on a chronological line, which is accompanied by Václavek's work (criticism, theories, reflections, contributions in journals, collections and letter-writer). Thesis focuses primarily on the apparent controversy in his works, where it comes to transitions from one artistic direction of a second, while takes into account the historical background reflecting the social situation on which Václavek responds. Theses tried to offer a comprehensive view of the versatility of Václavek's works, but also for his detailed biography, especially from birth and throughout the study (until 1922), which is the period when constructing patriotic thoughts and relationship to folklore. Master's thesis offers a view of Václavek's contribution to the sociology of literature, what was the inspiration for some colleagues of Václavek and his followers. Key words: sociology of literature, Bedřich Václavek, criticism, social realism, folklore, Olomouc and Václavek.
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Future free and shared: Dispute of The Zeitgeist Movement and Freedomain Radio as a Scientific Paradigm Conflict
Kaleta, Jan ; Voříšek, Michael (advisor) ; Cviklová, Lucie (referee)
The thesis analyses a dispute of two anarchist movements promoting Anarcho-Capitalism and an automated non-monetary economy. It asks the question whether the dispute can be explained in terms of paradigm conflict and not exclusively in political terms . The goal is to search for signs of scientific paradigm in an apparently ideological dispute. The thesis also examines the reasons why did the debate deteriorate into a personal and moral conflict of the representatives. The method of analysis is Grounded Theory, with reference to authors who interpret Kuhn's paradigm conflict as the consequence of an unconscious language barrier. Paradigm was operationally defined as a hierarchy of concepts with physical reference, theoretical network of the concepts and the scientific field objectives. The field objectives are the only reliable reference points between paradigms. The thesis sums up the debate between Anarcho-Capitalists and proponents of Resource-Based Economy and recovers the scientific answers and field objectives which were demanded yet missing in the debate. The thesis concludes that the debate can legitimately continue and that the ideological differences were mostly caused by a different scope of technical instruments and their describing paradigms, regardless of historical origin and...
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