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(Re)construction of Normative (Hetero)sexuality of Persons Addicted on Porn Consumption
Veselá, Barbora ; Baslarová, Iva (advisor) ; Pavlík, Petr (referee)
Barbora Veselá (Re)konstrukce (hetero)normativní sexuality u lidí závislých na pornu a sexu Praha, 2022 Abstract The diploma thesis is focused on the topic of (Re)construction of (hetero)normative sexuality of people addicted to porn and sex. This work, based on a discursive analysis of eight in-depth interviews, aims to answer the main research questions: What is the discoursive practice of people with experience of porn and sex addiction use to (re)construct their own subjectivity in an effort to change their behavior? Then: How do these discourses relate to the dominant gender order? What are the relationships between the individual discourses? What discursive strategies are used? The author of the diploma thesis aims to place the issue both in the global context of the critique of neoliberalism and in the local post-socialist context, as a context in which communication partners live their lives while trying to (re)constitute their subjectivity constantly. The contribution of the thesis lies in the discovery of the discursive practice that accompanies this (re)construction. The conclusion of the thesis is that although the subjects do not embody hegemonic masculinity based on the results of the (re)construction of their subjectivity, their relationship to hegemonic masculinity can be described as...
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Michel Novak and Patrick Buchanan as Major Representatives of Contemporary American Political Catholicism
Míčka, Roman ; Barša, Pavel (advisor) ; Balík, Stanislav (referee) ; Hanuš, Jiří (referee)
This dissertation Michael Novak and Patrick Buchanan as Major Representatives of Contemporary American Political Catholicism compares the political thought of two faces of contemporary American political Catholicism represented by the neoconservative Michael Novak and the paleoconservative Patrick J. Buchanan. The first part deals with the context of contemporary political Catholicism and its historical background. The comparison thematizes five problem fields: the issue of democracy and American political system, economic problems, question of foreign policy, the issue of religion and Catholicism and, finally, the conflict over the basis of conservatism. To accomplish the given objective, I analyse the work of both authors, compare their respective ideological positions and set them in the context of other major authors in the given areas and in the context of established political theories. The comparison shows that they both emphasize the significance of the religious and moral aspect of democracy, especially in the American context, however, they do not agree on the universal reach of democratic ideals. In the field of economics, they stand for different views: Novak is an economic neoliberal, while Buchanan a radical economic nationalist. Similarly in relation to foreign policy, Novak...
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Middle Eastern Conflict in the French Public Space (2000-2010)
Nekvapil, Václav ; Barša, Pavel (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee) ; Maslowski, Nicolas (referee)
of Ph.D. thesis: Middle Eastern Conflict in the French Public Space (2000-2010) Václav Nekvapil, 2013 The main objective of the thesis is to analyse and typologise French social discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a reflection of certain opinions, interests, stances and values associated with today's Jewishness and Jewish diasporic identity. The research also contains an analysis of the official political-diplomatic discourse of both Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. Based on the methodology of typologisation and critical discourse analysis, we distinguish three basic positions related to the debate on the abovementioned topics in the years 2000- 2010: republican, anti-imperialist and neoconservative. The thesis elaborates on attitudes of presidents of the French Fifth Republic towards Israel and how their policies have been perceived by the Jewish community. The community as such is also a matter of the research: its changing religiosity, demography, immigration of Nord African Jewry and the attitude towards Zionism and the State of Israel. The thesis follows four main thematic axes when analysing arguments of the most important speakers. First, when analysing the duty of memory (devoir de mémoire), the author carefully examines moral argumentation concerning the...
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Venezuela in foreign policy of G.W.Bush: democracy promotion as an appropriate tool for protection of national interests?
Bartoňová, Eva ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Fojtek, Vít (referee)
The relations between the United States and its traditional ally, Venezuela, experienced a turn for the worse during the presidency of George W. Bush. The Bush administration reacted to the radical president Hugo Chavez with an increase in funding of the so-called democracy promotion in Venezuela and with a silent support of the unsuccessful coup in 2002. The long history of U.S. interventions in Latin America during the cold war gives ground to the criticism by many authors who see these steps as an attempt to get rid of a democratically elected president just because he is confronting the American vision about a political and economic system desirable for the region. This work focuses on democracy promotion as a tool of the U.S. foreign policy, which is on one hand related to the identity of the United States as a unique historical democratic experiment, but also reacts to a threat posed to the national interests by other states. It deals with the types of threats that Hugo Chavez could have possibly presented, and thus shows to what extent the Bush administration used democracy promotion in a pragmatic way. The analysis of Chavez's actions in oil politics, economic integration and security issues, and its comparison with the trend in democracy promotion shows that the U.S. financing activities...
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Religious and political dimension of Petr Hájek's thinking
VRÁNEK, Matěj
The thesis deals with religion, political and conspiratorial dimension of Petr Hájek's thinking. The main purpose of thesis is seamlessly interdouce these interrelated dimensions of Hájek thought. The religious part is aiming on Christianity in Hájek´s thought, on its historical menaing for Western civilizations, on its modern rejection and on apocalyptic prospect of contemporary Western civilization. Political part interdouces Hájek´s opinions on democracy, political right and political left, on the current political situation and his own political program. Conspiratorial part shows Hájek in his conspiratorial theoris according to which contemporary society is manipulated in the interests of governing group.
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Role of the United Nations in Iraq in 2002-2005
Janečka, Martin ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The thesis primarily aims to describe main events and a role of the United Nations in Iraq in 2002-2005. However, since broader knowledge in needed, the thesis also deals with historical events in Iraq and in the UN Security Council. Equally, it seeks to explain in a concise manner the specificities in Iraq that played or play an essential role. In the period after the American invasion in 2003 the thesis confront US expectations and plans with the reality on Iraqi soil and UN standpoints. In fact, the link through the whole thesis is the depiction of the relationship between the US and the Security Council and after the invasion also with UN Assistance mission in Iraq (UNAMI). Given the limited extent the thesis is concluded by the elections to the permanent Iraqi parliament in December 2005.
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The strategy of the Bush's administration towards Iraq during 2003 - 2008
Janečka, Martin ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
The purpose of this paper is to provide information on the period of time in Iraq after the second war in the Persian Gulf, especially from the United states' point of view. In the first part besides dealing with the motives that led United states to the war, the paper also mentions historical events during Saddam's regime. In the second part it descibes the after-war situation, US strategy for the economic, political and security reconstruction and ultimately it seeks to identify security threats and risks. In conclusion, it partly analyzes Barack Obama's attitudes towards Iraqi war and the perspective of the future potential development.
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