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Representation of anarchocapitalism in Czech media
Mika, Jindřich ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Hroch, Miloš (referee)
The goal of this diploma thesis is to conduct a thorough research of the Czech public debate on anarcho-capitalism and anarcho-capitalists through media communication, to analyze the media representation of anarcho-capitalism using quantitative content analysis and to provide a momentary capture of speakers, actors, topics and contexts. The study first focuses on the theoretical basis of anarcho-capitalism, its practice in the Czech Republic and the theory of portraying reality in the media from a social constructivist point of view. Then it focuses on research of media reports on anarcho-capitalism or anarcho-capitalists published in the Czech print and online media from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2020. The results show how the representation of anarcho-capitalism in the media has changed over time and present the main topics and contexts with which anarcho-capitalism was mentioned in the Czech media.
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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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(Non)Austrian General Theory of the Good
Ivanská, Barbora ; Špecián, Petr (advisor) ; Chmelová, Pavla (referee)
The thesis is concerned with the question whether the general theory of the good as formed by Carl Menger is in accordance with the methodology of the Austrian school of economics. The individual aspects of the general theory of the good contradicting the methodological subjectivism are identified using a theoretical analysis based on the initial characteristics of methodology and theory. The general theory of the good had become a part of Austrian paradigm despite some of its flaws. It is Mises's, Hayek's and especially Rothbard's ways of using this theory that are subjected to criticism in this thesis.
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