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Imagining Religion in the Czech Republic
How do we think about ourselves and others? Part one of the book examines the notion of human universals in cultural anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and in cognitive sciences. This part is focused on the issue of examining the processes of conceptualization, categorization and classification of human types and identities and it examines the role of psychological essentialism in these processes. It also focuses on the topic of religiously interpreted identities. Part two examines religiosity in modern Czech society. Contemporary Czech religiosity or lack thereof has been interpreted narrowly from the perspective of socially and culturally conceptualized factors. Other possible factors have been neglected for example neuropsychological aspects. The World Religions Paradigm that underpins teaching about religions in Czech education system, is composed of reified concepts of religious traditions. This paradigm provides a basis for essentialised conceptualization of religiously interpreted identities in contemporary Czech society.
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Post-Utopian Spaces
Featuring up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a plethora of countries, this timely book explores ‘ideal’ socialist cities and their transformation under new socio-economic and political conditions after the fall of communism. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book prioritises objective scientific knowledge and presents expert rethinking of the historical experience of urban planning in the former socialist countries of Eurasia. It draws on carefully selected examples of iconic cities of socialist modernism, from the post-Soviet space, Central Europe, and the Balkans. The book explores the ongoing transformation of these cities: from uniformed urban environment to chaotic post-modernist planning, from industrialisation to touristification, from deideologisation to making new and still highly contested heritage. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in urban studies, human geography, sociology, social anthropology, spatial planning, and architectural practice.
Academic Study of Religions in a Cognitive, Anthropological and Sociological Perspective
The book deals with current issues of the study of religion as an academic discipline, especially cognitive, anthropological and sociological research of religious thought and behaviour. Publikace pojednává o aktuálních problémech religionistiky jako akademické disciplíny, zejména pak o kognitivním, antropologickém a sociologickém výzkumu náboženského myšlení a chování.
Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century
This book draws attention to selected aspects of the Central European reality and discusses interesting subjects related to the political, economic and social landscape of the region, which are in a continuous process of transformation. The book will be a useful source of knowledge, as Central Europe is still considered to be an “undiscovered island” in the “changeable waters” of contemporary international relations.
Dynamics of Religion
Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today’s Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled Knowledge Cultures and the Creation of Religions in Mongolia and Europe; Global Intellectual History and the Dynamics of Religion; On Representing Judaism.
European Islamophobia Report 2015
The Report is an annual report, which is presented for the first time this year. It currently comprises 25 national reports regarding each state and the tendencies of Islamophobia in each respective country.
Etnografie sociální mobility
Sociální mobilita Romů není ve veřejném ani akademickém prostředí výrazným tématem. Dá se říci, že je naopak předmětem soustavného popírání a opomíjení. V knize prezentované etnografické výzkumy přinášejí svědectví o historickém či aktuálním sociálním vzestupu Romů ve vybraných lokalitách. Zvolené téma zároveň umožňuje odkrýt a popsat silné bariéry a tlaky, které proti této mobilitě stále působí – jedná se o mocenskou dominanci „majority“. Kniha se tedy snaží o formulování nového rámce pro pochopení dynamiky vztahů mezi etnicitou, sociální mobilitou a mocí. Publikace je výsledkem tříleté práce skupiny kulturních...
Islamofobie po česku
Český odpor vůči islámu, jeho východiska, projevy, souvislosti, přesahy i paradoxyVztah k islámu a k muslimům je bezesporu jedním z nejaktuálnějších témat, která hýbou veřejností v České republice a v celém západním světě. Uprchlická krize, džihádistický terorismus a další fenomény dnešní doby dodaly tomuto vztahu velmi vyhrocené rysy. Skutečný islám a skuteční muslimové se často ztrácejí v moři zjednodušení, generalizací a obav. Přední čeští islamologové, politologové, religionisté a další odborníci pod vedením Bronislava Ostřanského se pokusili hledat odpovědi na otázku, jak se v České republice, zemi s mizivým procentem m...
