scholarly journals On the Ethics of Truthfulness: An Interview with Professor Thomas Osborne

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Osborne ◽  
Filip Vostal
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Professor Thomas Osborne (SPAIS, University of Bristol, author of Aspects of Enlightenment: Social Theory and The Ethics of Truth (1998) and The Structure of Modern Cultural Theory (2008) visited Prague in mid-2018 and presented a paper On Montesquieu, Markets and the Liberalism of Fear. The interview was conducted online by Dr. Filip Vostal (CSTSS, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences) in autumn 2020.

scholarly journals Współpraca polskich i czeskich prawników

2017 ◽  
pp. 155-171
Author(s):  
Daria Danecka ◽  
Wojciech Radecki
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

History Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences has published in 2014 the monograph by Roman Baron, Roman Madecki and collective entitled “Czech Polish Studies: Tradition and Present (philology – history – politology – law)”. On the basis of this monograph the authors presented many years’ cooperation between Polish, Czech and Slovak scholars in domain of the environmental law.

scholarly journals 26Mg target for nuclear astrophysics measurements

2018 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 02014
Author(s):  
I. Siváček ◽  
J. Mrázek ◽  
V. Kroha ◽  
V. Burjan ◽  
V. Glagolev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Nuclear Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Astrophysics ◽  
Asymptotic Normalization ◽  
Physics Institute ◽  
Astrophysical Interest ◽  
Target Composition ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Nuclear Physics Institute

Two nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest, 26Mg(3He,d)27Al and 26Mg(d,p)27Mg, were measured for extraction of the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients. Investigation of the target composition is presented, as well as the effects that showed up during analysis of the in-beam data obtained on CANAM accelerators in the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (NPI CAS).

scholarly journals “We Offer Nuffle a Sausage Sacrifice on Game Day”. Blood Bowl Players’ World-building Rituals through the Lens of Theory of Sociocultual Viability

2020 ◽  
pp. 089124162094824
Author(s):  
Benedict E. Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
American Football ◽  
Mary Douglas ◽  
The World ◽  
Building Activities

This article explores the world-building activities of players of the tabletop game Blood Bowl—a game that parodies American Football within a fantasy setting. It utilizes a ritual framework to focus on players’ activities relating to the considerable amount of luck inherent to the game. Based on fieldwork and survey data, it interprets players’ rituals and other actions as an effort to enact a particular social space, a “magic circle,” where enjoyable risk-taking and “edgework” take place. This social space is then analyzed within the Mary Douglas-derived theory of sociocultural viability (cultural theory). Using the theory’s typology, Blood Bowl tournaments can be characterized as individualist–hierarchy hybrid institutions. The article contributes by offering cultural theory as a tool for analyzing and comparing risk-taking behavior in diverse social contexts. The worlds built through Blood Bowl play are both analyzable and comparable with those integral to other social institutions, with cultural theory’s social solidarities ubiquitous. The article thus innovates by linking literatures on leisure and gaming with broader social theory.

Postmodern Body Techniques: Some Anthropological Considerations on Natural and Postnatural Bodies

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (s1) ◽  
pp. S95-S106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Steroid Use ◽  
Body Building ◽  
The Past ◽  
Body Techniques ◽  
A Site

Debates concerning “the body,” embodiment, and corporeality have become increasingly central to cultural theory in the past decade. This article addresses the question of the “natural body” from the point of view of both traditional social theory (Marcel Mauss) and more recent arguments about the body as a site of enculturation. Why is the natural body preserved as a moral value within the realm of sport, while its limits are also pushed to “unnatural” extremes? By contrasting body building as sport (where anabolic steroid use is condemned) with reproductive body building (pregnancy, where steroid use is increasingly central), the paradoxical dimensions of the “(post)natural” body in sport are examined.

The Development of Photoactive Admixtures for Concrete and Cement-Based Plaster Finishes, to Create Self-Cleaning Surfaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Pavel Dohnálek ◽  
Jaromír Jirkovský ◽  
Tereza Sázavská ◽  
Jan Šubrt ◽  
Václav Pumpr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Inorganic Compounds ◽  
Noise Barriers ◽  
Entire Volume ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
Active Admixture ◽  
Self Cleaning ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Gradual Transformation

This article presents research and development on innovative photoactive admixtures for concrete and cement-based plasters for the finishing of concrete surfaces finished this year. The goal of the development was to provide the resulting surfaces of these newly developed materials with a self-cleaning ability stemming from photocatalytic reaction during exposure to UV radiation. The specific function of all these products is based on the photocatalytic oxidative mineralization of all organic structures present on the surface, i.e., their gradual transformation into the final simple inorganic compounds, which are carbon dioxide, water and the corresponding mineral acids. This research and development was carried out as part of a project supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the TRIO programme; and in cooperation of BETOSAN s.r.o., the Technical University of Liberec, the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The first type of developed material is a photocatalytically active admixture in powder form, allowing the preparation of concrete surfaces with photocatalytic properties. The second type of developed material is a photocatalytically active cement-based plaster, intended primarily for application to a concrete substrate. Two final versions of both materials were developed. In the case of the plaster this means preparation of two colour variants, specifically white and grey. For the powder concrete admixture two types with different application procedures were developed. This means one version of admixture mixed throughout the entire volume of the concrete and second variant applied only in the surface layer of the concrete. We anticipate mainly exterior applications on the self-cleaning outer shell of buildings, as well as treatment of the surface layer of various structures such as bridges, noise barriers, traffic barriers and tunnels. The developed materials can also be used in interiors under specific conditions, with anticipated uses in the health care and food processing industries.

2021 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Romani Studies – Book of Abstracts

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
Society Annual ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Sociological Studies

Text of panels and abstracts accepted for the international conference of the Gypsy Lore Society held in Prague in 2021 (GLS Annual Meeting and Conference on Romani Studies 2021, 8.-10. 9. 2021 - https://gls2021.ff.cuni.cz/). Introducing the context of the organization of the conference in 2021 and Romani studies structures in the Czech Republic, the book features three studies presenting: currently documented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Romani communities worldwide (Tatiana Zachar Podolinská); the historical context of the establishment of the Seminar of Romani Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in 1991 and its developments until today (Helena Sadílková, Pavel Kubaník); a summary of Romani studies research, publications and theses focused on the Roma at the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (Zdeněk Uherek). The book includes an index of names of all contributors of the conference – authors of individual papers and panel convenors.

Development of Innovative Photoactive Admixtures for Concrete and Cement-Based Plaster Finishes, to Create Self-Cleaning Surfaces

2020 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Pavel Dohnálek ◽  
Jaromír Jirkovský ◽  
Tereza Sázavská ◽  
Jan Šubrt ◽  
Václav Pumpr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Noise Barriers ◽  
Entire Volume ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Active Admixture ◽  
Self Cleaning ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This article presents research and development on innovative photoactive admixtures for concrete and cement-based plasters for the finishing of concrete surfaces. The goal is to provide the resulting surfaces of these newly developed materials with a self-cleaning ability stemming from photocatalytic reaction during exposure to UV radiation. This research and development is currently underway as part of a project supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the TRIO programme; and in cooperation with BETOSAN s.r.o., the Technical University of Liberec, the Institute of Inorganic chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The first type of material under development is a photocatalytically active admixture in powder form, allowing the preparation of concrete surfaces with photocatalytic properties. The second type of material under development is a photocatalytically active cement-based plaster, intended primarily for application to a concrete substrate. The preparation of two or more final versions is to be expected for both types of materials. In the case of the plaster this includes the preparation of two colour variants, specifically white and grey. For the powdered cement admixture we expect the preparation of various types based on their application. This could mean different types of admixtures mixed throughout the entire volume of the concrete or only in the surface layer of the concrete. We envisage exterior applications on the self-cleaning outer shell of buildings, as well as treatment of the surface layer of various structures such as bridges, noise barriers, traffic barriers and tunnels. The materials created could also be used in interiors under specific conditions, with anticipated uses in the health care and food processing industries.

From the History of Scientific Communications of the Russian Emigration: Egyptologist Gregory Lukyanov and the Kondakov Archaeological Institute in Prague

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6 (104)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Mikhail Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Russian Translation ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Translation ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The article deals with the history of relations between Gregory Lukyanov, Russian Egyptologist and antiquarian, and his colleagues from the Kondakov Archaeological Institute in Prague in the 1930s. The article is based on materials from Czech archives (Archives of the Art History Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the collection of manuscripts of the Slavonic Library in Prague). The author of this work reveals the unknown page of the history of scientific communications in the midst of the Russian emigration, shows the existence of intellectual contacts between the «Russian Czechoslovakia» and «Russian Egypt». The article is devoted to the analysis of the internal contacts of Gregory Lukyanov, the motives of his professional activity abroad, the basic directions of his cooperation with colleagues from Prague and attempts to create there a collection of Coptic textiles and to publish its catalogue, which unfortunately failed. For the first time, the history of translation of «The Poem of Pentawer» by Lukyanov and attempts of publication of its Russian translation have been described. The author reveals the various contradictions between Gregory Lukyanov and his Prague colleagues that arose in the process of scientific communication.

Death and Mastery

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Y. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Drive Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
Advanced Capitalism ◽  
The One

In this masterful and enlivening study of the ways in which the concepts of death and mastery have been elaborated in Freudian and post-Freudian social theory, Ben Fong has given us the means to think about human nature and human community now, under conditions of advanced capitalism, without succumbing to the scientism of the new neurobiology or to the social constructivism of recent historicist social and cultural theory. The argument turns on the ambiguity embedded in the notion of mastery: on the one hand, the capacity to engage creatively with the world, to master the tasks of living a historical form of life; on the other, the temptation to enslave, to compel others to exercise this competence in one's place. Fong is able to analyze with remarkable lucidity a complex array of individual and social phenomena by fleshing out the imbrications of these twinned responses to what Freud called the drives' demand for work. Fong makes abundantly clear that drive theory and social theory are strongest when thought together.

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