Tanks in the Spa Town. The New Book about the Events of the Year 1968 in Czechoslovakia

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 278-282
Author(s):  
Kirill A. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Warsaw Pact ◽  
Scientific Event ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prague Spring ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Scientific Terms ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Regional Perspective ◽  
The Way

This review is devoted to the monograph by Jan Nedvěd “We do not decline our heads. The events of the year 1968 in Karlovy Vary”. The Karlovy Vary municipal museum coincided its publishing with the fiftieth anniversary of the Prague spring which, considering the way of the presentation, turned the book not only to scientific event but also to the social one. The book describes sociopolitical trends in the region before the year 1968, the development of the reformist movement, the invasion and advance of the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries, and finally the decline of the reformist mood and the beginning of the normalization. Working on his writing, the author deeply studied the materials of the local archive and gathered the unique selection of the photographs depicting the passage of the soviet army through the spa town and the protest actions of its inhabitants. In the meantime, Nedvěd takes undue freedom with scientific terms, and his selection of historiography raises questions. The author bases his research on the Czech papers and scarcely uses the books of Russian origin. He also did not study the subject of the participating of the GDR’s army in the operation Danube, although these troops were concentrated on the borders of Karlovy Vary region as well. Because of this decision, there are no materials from German archives or historiography in the monograph. In general, the work lacks the width of studying its subject, but it definitively accomplishes the task of depicting the Prague spring from the regional perspective.

scholarly journals The Discursive Problematization of Death, Dehumanization and Sociocultural identity: An Analysis of 'The Walking Dead'

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Victoria Skye
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Major Site ◽  
The Walking Dead ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way ◽  
Walking Dead

<p>The zombie is a significant cultural figure which is represented and produced as being symptomatic of and relevant to contemporary concerns about death and dehumanization. This thesis will focus on the ways that death and dehumanization are changing and being negotiated within popular cultural representations and discourses regarding zombies, particularly in Frank Darabont’s television series The Walking Dead. The thesis will consider the way in which the figure of the zombie is representative of issues and discourses that are indicative of a problematization of the category of the human, and the notion of the transcendental. This will involve an examination of the changing narratives of the body, with particular regard to consumerism and the insistence of the body as a major site of the truth and value of the self, in contrast to the horrifying bodily form of the zombie. The thesis will also examine the way that dehumanization is problematized in The Walking Dead, where the human/non-human distinction is shown to be increasingly precarious and difficult to sustain. Further, the thesis will examine how the zombie is represented as manifesting the collapse of identity, as agents become alienated from the social discourses, narratives and values which constitute and categorize the subject.</p>

scholarly journals Combating Adult Illiteracy in the People’s Republic of Poland (on the Example of Selected Documents of the Ministry of Education and the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Combating Illiteracy in 1949–1951)

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Budnik
Keyword(s):  
Social Progress ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Selection Of

The subject of this article is combating adult illiteracy in the People’s Republic of Poland. The existing knowledge concerning the topic has been supplemented with the analysis of the archival documents, currently being in possession of the Central Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw. It describes how illiterates were recognised in the society, in what way they were encour­aged to train new skills and how attending the courses was made possible for them. The analysed documents include censors’ reviews of manuals, press articles, letters wrote by former illiterates and other valuable records. The communists were combating illiteracy not only in the name of the social progress, but mostly motivated by their quest to broaden the possibilities of ideological indoctrination – during the courses organised for illiterates and later on. This is why the selection of manuals and other publications addressed to former illiterates was propagandist. The strategic importance of the matter was expressed by Vladimir Lenin himself: “Socialism cannot be built by illiterates” (W. Ozga, Educa­tion in the six-year-plan and the revolutionary changes of the society and economics in the People’s Republic of Poland, Warsaw 1951, p. 124).

Energy as Power—Gazprom, Gas Infrastructure, and Geo-governmentality in Putin’s Russia

Slavic Review ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Promotional Video ◽  
The Way

AbstractThis study unfolds the normalizing narrative that is constructed via theGazifikatsiia Rossiipromotional video released by Gazprom. The analysis reveals that the practiced geo-governmentality ofgazifikatsiiaderives its power from geographical imaginaries of Russia. This bipartite energopower and geo-governmentality receives its essence from the positive and negative materialities of hydrocarbons, the ability to do both “good” and “bad”, which unfolds the way the non-human is embedded in the construction of the social. This construction lumps together the material-nationalistic energy imagination, such as Russia as an energy Superpower, with universal goals such as economic growth and modernization, but also with values such as conservative gender roles. The rationalities and practices ofgazifikatsiiageo-governmentality function in and combine several scales:the subjectis tied toterritoriesandthe nationvia gas, the subject is made responsible for the biosecurity ofthe population,andthe globalis harnessed in legitimizing the reliance on gas.

The Genesis of Reconciliation: The Reconciliation of Genesis

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Amos
Keyword(s):  
Seminal Work ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe article begins by explaining the reason for the author's selection of the motif of reconciliation as a key to understanding Genesis in missional terms. She draws attention to the fact that though 'reconciliation' is often linked to mission, in reality the theological connections between mission and reconciliation are not always clearly spelt out. Additionally Robert Schreiter's seminal work on the subject has largely ignored the Old Testament.The article then identifies the key episodes in Genesis where reconciliation is explored, that between Jacob and Esau and that between Joseph and his brothers. She draws attention to the way that these two scenes are in effect the climax of a motif which has run through the entire book, the relationship between 'pairs', and particularly between brothers. The article suggests that the theme of reconciliation as it is explored in Genesis offers a significant challenge to a too ready focus on particularity.

Neo-Realism and the future of strategy

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Warsaw Pact ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Way

To speak of the ‘future’ of strategy is to reveal a deep tension in the way we commonly think about the subject. On the one hand we are confronted by revolutionary changes in the geo-political landscape. The transformation of Europe, the fragmentation of the Soviet Union, and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, for example, encourage the belief that the Cold War—a term which has been almost synonymous with-strategy for nearly half a century—is now an historical artifact. These events, analyzed so intensively by leaders and commentators, open up significant questions about the future of strategy.

Shaykh Mā’ al-'Aynayn al-Qalqam‛ in the folk-literature of the Spanish Sahara—I

1968 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-136
Author(s):  
H. T Norris
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Folk Literature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Way ◽  
Musical Styles

The Zawāyā, the lettered fraternity of the Westren Sahara, besides contributing works of merit to Arabic scholarship have also taken an active part in the evolution of Moorish oral and written folk-literature, in the subject-matter, the systemization and classification of poetic metres, the selection of Arabic verse in the various musical styles, and in the way that Islam, and in particular the ideas of the Ṣūfī orders of the Sahara and the Sudan, has become an integral part of the daily lives of the nomad and the oasis dweller alike.

scholarly journals PERCEÇÕES DO IMPÉRIO COLONIAL NA FICÇÃO CINEMATOGRÁFICA PORTUGUESA (1945-1974)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Jorge Humberto dos Santos Seabra
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Global View ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Colonial Empire ◽  
Global Vision ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Second World ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Way

O texto apresenta uma visão global sobre a forma como a ficção cinematográfica portuguesa, produzida durante o Estado Novo de Salazar e Caetano, refletiu sobre o império colonial entre o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial e a queda do regime (1974). A investigação baseia-se em onze obras produzidas entre 1945 e 1974, foi organizada de forma a permitir uma perceção global, conduzindo ao aparecimento  de três núcleos temáticos fundamentais, a conquista, a colonização e o regresso do império. Desse percurso resultou uma conclusão fundamental, sintetizada na expressão uma África, dois impérios, cujo entendimento essencial passa por uma dupla conceção, luminosa e sombria, sobre o Império Colonial Português entre 1945 e 1974. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Cinema e identidade; Cinema e Império; Colonialismo; Pós-colonialismo.  ABSTRACTThe paper presents a global view about the way as portuguese fiction films, produced along New State of Salazar and Caetano, reflected about colonial empire between the end of Second World War and the fall of the regime (1974). The investigation is based on the selection of eleven films produced between 1945 and 1974, and intents to give a global vision about the subject, mainly the appearence of three main themes, which are the conquest, colonization and the return of the empire. This research resulted on a conclusion, defined in the expression one África, two empires, which means that the existing empirial reality, between 1945 and 1974, must be understood under a shining or a dark way. KEYWORDS: Cinema and identity; Cinema and Empire; Coloniaism; Post-colonialism  RESUMENEl texto presenta una visión global sobre la forma en la que la ficción portuguesa, producida durante el Estado Novo de Salazar y Caetano, se ha reflejado sobre el imperio colonial entre el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la caída del régimen (1974).  La investigación se basa en once obras producidas entre 1945 y 1974, y fue organizada por forma a permitir una percepción global, conduciendo al surgimiento de tres núcleos temáticos principales: la conquista, la colonización y el regreso del imperio. De este recorrido hemos llegado a una conclusión fundamental, sintetizada en la expresión una África, dos Imperios, cuyo entendimiento esencial pasa por una doble concepción, luminosa y sombría, del Imperio Colonial Portugués entre 1945 y 1974. PALABRAS CLAVE: Cine y identidad; Cine y império; Colonialismo; Poscolonialismo.

scholarly journals Wybrane problemy metodologiczne badań procesów globalizacji

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 107-115
Author(s):  
Stanisław Sala
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Homogeneous Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interdisciplinary Problems ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

The paper presents an attempt to identify methodological problems in the research into the processes of globalization. Originally globalization was treated as a homogeneous process, leaving its impress on the ground of economic and social sciences. Later, however, scientists realized that globalization triggers a lot of processes, part of which are known, but many of which we are not aware of. In this context, it is more proper to write and talk not about globalization but about the processes of globalization. The author understands the processes of globalization as a whole of the processes which occur on the social- economic and political plane. The processes lighten mutual connections between countries, regions or single people, and their consequences. According to the author, the main problems in the research into processes of globalization are: problems with defining the subject of research, lack of proper methodology and methods of research, interdisciplinary problems and problems with objectivity of facts. The selection of proper research methods to conduct the research into the processes of globalization poses a lot of difficulties. They result from the fact that geography has worked out a lot of detailed research methods, used to describe quantitative phenomena, which are the essence of globalization, using qualitative methods. At this stage of research, the essence of globalization can be captured by using systematic approach in an idiographic sense.

scholarly journals Validação de recurso audiovisual para a intenção do uso de preservativos

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaynara Ferreira Filgueiras ◽  
SMALYANNA SGREN DA COSTA ANDRADE ◽  
MICHELLE ALVES DE CARVALHO ◽  
SIMONE HELENA DOS SANTOS OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Educational Video ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Uso Del Condón ◽  
Selection Of

RESUMOObjetivo: validar o conteúdo de um recurso audiovisual para a influência da intenção do uso de preservativos. Método: trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo, metodológico. Realizar-se-á a validação por juízes com formação em Enfermagem, especialistas na temática, e por técnicos com expertise em comunicação. Optar-se-á, para a seleção dos juízes, pela busca desses na Plataforma Lattes e a amostragem será do tipo intencional. Compilar-se-ão os dados obtidos por meio do instrumento no programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, versão 22.0. Analisar-se-ão os dados, depois de codificados e tabulados, por meio da estatística descritiva, calculando o índice de validade de conteúdo, considerando valores acima de 0,8. Resultados esperados: pretende-se validar o conteúdo e a aparência de um vídeo educacional direcionado à adesão ao uso de preservativo por mulheres. Descritores: Enfermagem; Estudos de Intervenção; Infecções por HIV; Preservativos; Mulheres; Estudos de Validação.ABSTRACTObjective: to validate the content of an audiovisual resource for the influence of the intention to use condoms. Method: this is a quantitative, descriptive, methodological study. Validation will be carried out by judges with training in Nursing, specialists in the subject, and by technicians with expertise in communication. For the selection of judges, the search for the Lattes will be chosen and the sampling will be of the intentional type. The data obtained through the instrument will be compiled in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 22.0. The data, after being coded and tabulated, will be analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, calculating the content validity index, considering values above 0.8. Expected results: we intend to validate the content and appearance of an educational video aimed at adherence to the use of condoms by women. Descriptors: Nursing; Intervention Studies; HIV infections; Condoms; Women; Validation Studies.RESUMENObjetivo: validar el contenido de un recurso audiovisual para la influencia de la intención del uso de condones. Método: se trata de un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, metodológico. Se realizará la validación por jueces con formación en Enfermería, especialistas en la temática, y por técnicos con experiencia en comunicación. Se optará, para la selección de los jueces, por la búsqueda de esos en la Plataforma Lattes y el muestreo será del tipo intencional. Se compilarán los datos obtenidos por medio del instrumento en el programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, versión 22.0. Se analizarán los datos, después de codificados y tabulados, por medio de la estadística descriptiva, calculando el índice de validez de contenido, considerando valores por encima de 0,8. Resultados esperados: se pretende validar el contenido y la apariencia de un vídeo educativo dirigido a la adhesión al uso del condón por mujeres. Descriptores: Enfermería; Infecciones por HIV; Condón; Mujeres; Enfermería; Estudios de Validación.

scholarly journals The Discursive Problematization of Death, Dehumanization and Sociocultural identity: An Analysis of 'The Walking Dead'

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Victoria Skye
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Major Site ◽  
The Walking Dead ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way ◽  
Walking Dead

<p>The zombie is a significant cultural figure which is represented and produced as being symptomatic of and relevant to contemporary concerns about death and dehumanization. This thesis will focus on the ways that death and dehumanization are changing and being negotiated within popular cultural representations and discourses regarding zombies, particularly in Frank Darabont’s television series The Walking Dead. The thesis will consider the way in which the figure of the zombie is representative of issues and discourses that are indicative of a problematization of the category of the human, and the notion of the transcendental. This will involve an examination of the changing narratives of the body, with particular regard to consumerism and the insistence of the body as a major site of the truth and value of the self, in contrast to the horrifying bodily form of the zombie. The thesis will also examine the way that dehumanization is problematized in The Walking Dead, where the human/non-human distinction is shown to be increasingly precarious and difficult to sustain. Further, the thesis will examine how the zombie is represented as manifesting the collapse of identity, as agents become alienated from the social discourses, narratives and values which constitute and categorize the subject.</p>

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