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Dream of Freedom. Czech Interwar Artists and Classical Mythology

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Kocichová I.
Studia Hercynia
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2016
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vol. 20
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issue 1
159-170
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The study focuses on the themes of classical mythology in the Czech visual art with an emphasis on the period between the two World Wars. The depiction of classical myth in the work of modern Czech artists became not only a means of expressing their attitudes towards the tradition and the past, but was also a reflection of the current period’s events as well as the tool of perception of themselves in a modern society. Some Czech works of art inspired by classical mythology are very interesting examples dealing with conventional topics, but rendered with modern art forms. Moreover, they are very surprising in their contexts and meanings. The study deals with selected works of art on the theme of classical mythology, whose origin was influenced by the contemporary political environment. These works of art mirror the turbulent atmosphere of the first half of the 20th century, and show the myth in the original Czech (or more precisely Czechoslovak) context. Emil Filla, Alois Wachsman and Vladimír Sychra, prominent representatives of the Czech mythological painting, and other artists and their work are presented here.
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The Holocaust/Shoah as a Tabooed Component in Czech Society´s Memory after World War II?

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Soukupová B.
Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
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2022
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vol. 32
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issue 1
13 - 21
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The text analyses the thematization of a key phenomenon of 20th century history and the axis of post-war Jewish identity − the Holocaust/Shoah in the Czech lands with overlaps to Central Europe. In contrast to propositions of the well-known political scientist Pavel Barša (the Holocaust became the cornerstone of Jewish identity only at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, when the State of Israel argued for it within its policy in regards to the occupied Arab territories and the moral category of innocent victim became crucial for Western mind-set), it tries to prove that the Holocaust, for which the Hebrew term Shoah is used in this case, became the pillar of Jewish identity already after the end of World War II. It was also at that time that the growing communist propaganda, which completely dominated the public space after the February coup (1948), began to use it for its own interests. In parallel, the treatise denies that the thematization of the Shoah/Holocaust was dominated by Jews as victims; in the post-war decades both minority Jewish and majority Czech representations worked with two categories: victims of racism and fighters against fascism, even though the communist representation (including the Jewish communists) from the beginning marginalized the Jewish resistance on the Western fronts and also the theme of the uniqueness of the Holocaust phenomenon.
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Память города – следы Великой Отечественной войны в названиях брестских улиц

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Фамелец М.
Białorutenistyka Białostocka
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2015
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vol. 7
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Artykuł poświęcony jest nazwom ulic upamiętniających bohaterów zasłużonych w walkach podczas Wielkiej Wojny Ojczyźnianej w Brześciu i okolicach. Wśród nich znalazły się nazwiska: żołnierzy, którzy brali udział w obronie Twierdzy Brzeskiej przed Niemcami w 1941 roku (А. Ф. Наганов, В. В. Шабловский, И. Н. Зубачёв, Е. М. Фомин, А. М. Кижеватов, И. Ф. Акимочкин, П. М. Гаврилов), przywódców ruchu partyzanckiego w Brześciu i w regionie (И. И. Бобров, С. И. Сикорский, Л. А Базанова, З. Ф. Поплавский, Г. А. Аржанова, В. З. Хоружа, Н. Н. Дворников) oraz żołnierzy sowieckich, którzy brali udział w wyzwalaniu Brześcia spod okupacji niemieckiej podczas II wojny światowej (Д. М. Карбышев, И. П. Гуров, Г. И. Скрипников, В. И. Загороднев, П. А. Белов, А. М. Карасёв, В. С. Попов, П. С. Рябцев, С. М. Кривошеин).
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This article presents street names commemorating people for their heroic fights during Great Patriotic War in Brest town and the region. These include soldiers who defended the Brest Fortress against the Nazis in June 1941 (А. Ф. Наганов, В. В. Шабловский, И. Н. Зубачёв, Е. М. Фомин, А. М. Кижеватов, И. Ф. Акимочкин, П. М. Гаврилов), the leadership of the partisan movement in the city of Brest and the district of Brest (И. И. Бобров, С. И. Сикорский, Л. А Базанова, З. Ф. Поплавский, Г. А. Аржанова, В. З. Хоружа, Н. Н. Дворников) and Soviet troops who took part in the liberation of the city of Brest from German occupation during Word War II (Д. М. Карбышев, И. П. Гуров, Г. И. Скрипников, В. И. Загороднев, П. А. Белов, А. М. Карасёв, В. С. Попов, П. С. Рябцев, С. М. Кривошеин).
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Anthropology according to Tolkien’s mythology

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Cynarski W. J.
Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology
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2015
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vol. 15
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issue 2
17-26
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Background. Research perspective is given to us by: the personalistic integral anthropology, the anthropology of psychophysical progress, concepts of radical humanism and genetic immortality, selected theories of myth and archetype, and the anthropology of martial arts. Aim. The aim of the analysis is to extract and present the deeper (ontological, epistemological, and axiological) meaning of the main epic works by Tolkien and their film adaptations by Jackson. This includes references to the timeless, moral and spiritual spheres, and to the history and today’s threats to Western/Latin civilization. Methods. The main method is a hermeneutic analysis of literature and qualitative analysis of mass media content. The source material is selected from epic works by Tolkien and their film adaptations by Jackson. Results. Middle-earth mythology is akin to the Christian tradition. Tolkien opposes good and Western civilization, and the forces of evil. Individuals of different power of the spirit - from giants to small hobbits – fight. We find here the fairytale archetypes (dragons, magic) and the military culture. Jackson films perfectly reflect the meaning of the novel. Conclusions. Jackson works simultaneously fit into film genres of fantasy and martial arts. They are concerned with warriors and warfare. Then there are the ethical dimensions, which fit significant educational value of books and films about Middle-earth. The saga of Middle- earth gives a valuable message of the righteous and the wicked attitudes, in the eternal spiritual warfare of Good and Evil forces. Today the descendants of Indo-European warriors can follow the example of courage and bravery of those archetypal heroes of Europe.
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Założenia teoretyczne. Perspektywę dla badań dają: personalistyczna antropologia integralna, antropologia psychofizycznego postępu, koncepcje radykalnego humanizmu i nieśmiertelności genetycznej, wybrane teorie mitu i archetypu, oraz antropologia sztuk walki. Problem i cel. Celem analizy jest wydobycie i ukazanie głębszego sensu (ontologicznego, epistemologicznego i aksjologicznego, duchowego i teologicznego) głównych dzieł epickich Tolkiena oraz ich adaptacji filmowych Jacksona. Dotyczy to odniesień do wartości ponadczasowych, sfer moralności i duchowości, ale także do historii i dzisiejszych zagrożeń cywilizacji zachodniej – łacińskiej. Materiał i metody. Główną metodą jest hermeneutyczna analiza literatury przedmiotu oraz analiza jakościowa treści przekazów masowych. Materiałem źródłowym są wybrane prace epickie [Tolkien 1937, 1955, 1977] oraz ich filmowe adaptacje [Jackson 2001-2003; Jackson et al. 2012-2014]. Wyniki. Mitologia Śródziemia pokrewna jest tradycji chrześcijańskiej. Tolkien przeciwstawia dobro i cywilizację Zachodu siłom Zła. Walczą osobnicy o różnej mocy ducha – od gigantów po małe hobbity. Znajdujemy tu archetypy bajkowe (smoki, magię) i kultury militarne. Filmy Jacksona dobrze oddają sens powieści. Wnioski. Dzieła Jacksona zapisują się jednocześnie w gatunkach filmowych fantasy i sztuk walki. Rzecz dotyczy bowiem wojowników i wojennego rzemiosła. Dochodzą do tego wymiary etyczne, nadające znaczący walor wychowawczy książek i filmów o Śródziemiu. W sytuacji postępującego w kulturze masowej relatywizmu wartości, saga o Śródziemiu daje nam cenne przesłanie o postawach prawych i nikczemnych, w odwiecznej duchowej wojnie sił Dobra i Zła. Dzisiejsi potomkowie indoeuropejskich wojowników mogą czerpać z odwagi i waleczności owych archetypowych bohaterów Europy.
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The Activities of the Committee for the Preservation of Military Traditions from Turda (THHB)

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Cech V., Józsa I. L., Kékkői K.
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies
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2015
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vol. 7
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issue 1
83-98
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The Institute of Military History of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence decided in 2000 to try to find the marked or unmarked graves of Hungarian soldiers killed in World War II. Joining this initiative, Jozsef Patakv founded the Committee for the Preservation of Military Traditions from Turda (THHB). Among other things, the aim of establishing the Committee was to discover the identity of the Hungarian soldiers that died in action in the fall of 1944 in Torda (in Romanian: Turda: in the followings, we will use the traditionally Hungarian name of the town: Torda) and its surroundings, find the location where they were buried, and erect a worthy monument to their memory. A Hungarian Soldier Graveyard was created within the Central Hungarian Cemetery of Torda, which has since become a place of pilgrimage. In addition, more then fifty sites of Hungarian soldiers’ graves were discovered and in most of the cases properly marked since that time. In 2012, Jozsef Patakv was awarded the Hungarian Gold Cross by the Ministry of Defence for his untiring work to discover the places of burial and identify Hungarian soldiers that died in WWII, and for worthily keeping their memories alive.
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Dwaj ludzie z szafą w perspektywie genologicznej

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Hendrykowski M.
Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
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2014
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vol. 15
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issue 24
171-180
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Parabola is the essence of the short film Two Men and a Wardrobe (and likewise Mammals and The Fat and the Lean). Parabola is dominant of the genre, not merely an occasional and distinguishing attribute. In its interior, we find traces of other genres. These include noir comedy, slapstick burlesque, existential drama, the thriller, and drama of the absurd, grotesque and macabre. The poetic dimension of Polanski’s short film, in which reality confronts and permeates the skilfully constructed and captivating fantasy presented by the artist, allowing all the elements of the genre to be combined into a common whole.
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Parabola is the essence of the short film Two Men and a Wardrobe (and likewise Mammals and The Fat and the Lean). Parabola is dominant of the genre, not merely an occasional and distinguishing attribute. In its interior, we find traces of other genres. These include noir comedy, slapstick burlesque, existential drama, the thriller, and drama of the absurd, grotesque and macabre. The poetic dimension of Polanski’s short film, in which reality confronts and permeates the skilfully constructed and captivating fantasy presented by the artist, allowing all the elements of the genre to be combined into a common whole.
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