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Media response to the end of Maya calendar as the end of the world in 2012
Skřivánková, Adéla ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis aims to find out what was the media image of the end of the Mayan calendar as the supposed end of the world in 2012. A a number of theories, reflections and predictions were made about what would probably happen on December 21, 2012. The apocalyptic predictions of the end of the world appeared most often. Probably due to deeper ignorance of the theme and attractiveness of catastrophic scenarios, the end of the Mayan calendar has become a widespread phenomenon that resonated across society and has become a frequent subject of media stories. The analysis of media content investigated the extent to which the 2012 phenomenon of the selected media was really devoted, what kind of approach to the topic the media took and whether it encouraged fear or uncertainty in society. The thesis provides a sufficient theoretical basis and historical context that the subsequent analysis can then rely on.
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The meaning of ideas about the end of the word in the process of conquest and colonization of America
Brenišínová, Monika ; Křížová, Markéta (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to explore the possible influence of the idea of the end of the world on the process of conquest and colonization of America. The author tries to answer this question through the study of selected images of the Last Judgment. The purpose aim of this thesis is not to describe or stylistically classify given works of art, but to interpret them using the methodology based on the semiotic conception of culture as public symbolical system that allows to interpret the culture and its expressions in their social connections. As the topic of this work is related to the question of death and finality, the chosen works of art are interpreted also in connection with A. van Gennep's idea of "rites of passage", which enables to pass from one life stage to another. The main source for analysis is the photographic material, which illustrates images and reliefs of the Last Judgment in their natural environment.
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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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