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Imigrace do České republiky po roce 1989

The problems associated with migration gain more significance in nowadays globalized world. The study introduces theoretical views and general information on migrant processes as well as description of the main life conditions of the immigrants and their families. The first part of the study summarises main trends and knowledge of European and American studies on migration and general review of European immigration policies. The second part is focused on current situation of immigrants in the Czech Republic (C…

Topics: Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Empirické výzkumy (současného) náboženství v letech 1946-89. Prolegomena k vývoji české sociologie náboženství v období marxistické dominance

Článek shrnuje kvalitativní sociologické výzkumy české religiozity v letech 1946 až 1989, provádí jejich metodologickou kritiku, včetně kritické analýzy jejich výzkumného předmětu. …

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Leopold Pospíšil: Empirická kritika marxismu

Scientific edition of a paper by Czech exile anthropologist on religious aspects of Marxism, with wide introcuction about the author and context of his writing. …

Topics: Historical Sociology, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Paradoxy sociálního a politického působení náboženství v 'sekularizované' Evropě

The paper discuses the role of religion, including Islam, and post-Christian opposition towards religiosity in contemporary European Union. I tis concerned with the issue of the construction of Europe´s negative boundaries, and describes religious organizations activities in the proces sof europeanization and actual transnational politics. …

Topics: European Union, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Znovuzaložení Společnosti pro sociální bádání v 90. letech 20. století

The article studies re-establishment and development of the Society for Social Research in the 1990s in context of Czech sociology after the fall of marxism. …

Topics: History of Sociology

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Rodiny přistěhovalců I.

The problems associated with migration gain more significance in nowadays globalized world. The study introduces theoretical views and general information on migrant processes as well as description of the main life conditions of the immigrants and their families. The first part of the study summarises main trends and knowledge of European and American studies on migration and general review of European immigration policies. The second part is focused on current situation of immigrants in the Czech Republic (C…

Topics: Migration and Mobility, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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The Disappointed and Disgruntled. A Study of the Return in the 1990s of Czech Emigrants from the Communist Era

The article provides a strong theoretical basis for a study of Czech emigration to the West and the return of the emigrants in the 1990s, which spreads from P. Berger´s and T. Luckmann´s theory of socialization, and compares it with a point of view of socio-economics, seen as the most useful research method of this particular field. The author attempts to explain why the emigrants decide to return, including the consequence of their prosperity abroad and their attitudes to modern capitalism. He also analyzes…

Topics: Economy, Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Problém subjektivního smyslu jednání v díle Maxe Webera, Clifforda Geertze a Rudolfa Bultmanna

M. Weber, C. Geertz, and R. Bultmann are often cited by anthropologists and sociologists, who tries to find the essence of human sciences in deep analysis of subjective meanings, which the actor sets to his/her behaviour. This article provides an analysis of theoretical and episthemological conceptions of the three mentioned thinkers, while the author concludes each of them use the construction of subjective meaning in a different way. The differences between Weber´s and Geertzs theoretical constructions orig…

Topics: History of Sociology, Historical Sociology

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Spiritismus známý i neznámý

Spiritismus známý i neznámý

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Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Česká folková hudba 60.-80. let v pohledu sociologie náboženství

The article provides an in-depth anylysis of Czech folk music from the 1960s to the 1980s from the viewpoint of the sociology of religion. Folk music used to play a role which is normally reserved for organised religions in that time. …

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Religious Processes in Contemporary Czech Society

This paper attempts to fulfil such a lack of knowledge the subject is analyzed with special respect to the value based on culture, symbolic representations and socio-economic institutions. Due to the lack of empirical research, except for quantitative surveys and censuses, the author mainly works with his observations which also include historic arguments and analyses. He maintains that the developing trends of the contemporary Czech religiosity are both similar and dissimilar with those in Western Europe …

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Dvojí tradice české sociologie náboženství

The author analyses two different traditions of Czech sociology of religion in the pre-WWII times, the äprofane' sociology of religions flunder by T. G. Masaryk, and Catholic religious sociology. He tries to re-think their legacies and their theoretical backgrounds that are still significant for the subject today.…

Topics: History of Sociology, Historical Sociology, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Ne/náboženské naděje intelektuálů. Vývoj české sociologie náboženství v mezinárodním a interdisciplinárním kontextu

Ne/náboženské naděje intelektuálů. Vývoj české sociologie náboženství v mezinárodním a interdisciplinárním kontextu

Zajímá vás moderní religiozita? Ptáte se, proč je česká společnost jednou z nejméně náboženských na světě? Chcete porozumět sociologickým, historickým a antropologickým výzkumům náboženství? I jejich omezením? Chcete se dozvědět něco víc z dějin české sociologie? Proniknout do diskusí o náboženství od druhé poloviny 19. století do současnosti? Pak je právě vám určena nová kniha Zdeňka R. Nešpora!Z obsahu: Masarykova „angažovaná sociologie“, křesťanská soc…

Topics: History of Sociology, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Náboženství v menšině. Religiozita a spiritualita v současné české společnosti.

Náboženství v menšině. Religiozita a spiritualita v současné české společnosti.

The book resumes qualitative research on religion in two medium-szided Czech towns - Ceska Lipa and Mikulov - that took place in 2007-08 within the framework of a project on Detraditionalization and Individualization of Religion in the Czech Republic the research was inspired by a study of Kendal made by the University of Lancaster.…

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Reemigrace českých západních emigrantů v 90. letech 20. století z hlediska ekonomické sociologie

The author applies perspektive of economic sociology to his survey on Czech western re-emigrants in the 1990s and their perception of contemporary Czech society, economic-cultural institutions, and business/entrepreneurial behaviour. He concludes that fundamentals differences between Czech and Western societies remain owing to the strong historical and socio-cultural embeddedness of the patterns of economic culture. …

Topics: Economy, Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Bedřich kardinál Schwarzenberg a katolická konfesionalizace 19. století

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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´The Son Has Ploughed’, But a Foreign Son. Five Case Studies on Transformation Strategies in Czech Agriculture after 1989

The paper describes outcomes of a qualitative research in Czech agricultural firms and their transformation strategies after 1989. The author identifies main problems of Czech agriculture from a viewpoint of economic sociology and antropology. …

Topics: Economy, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Před 3/4 stoletím... Kvantifikovaný esej o časopisecké produkci české sociologie před nástupem marxismu a dnes

The paper describes scientific production of Czech sociologists published in the journals before 1948 and comparises it with situation in the period of 1995-2004. …

Topics: History of Sociology

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Lidové modlitební knížky 18. a 19. století

Lidové modlitební knížky 18. a 19. století

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Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Three European Sociologies of Religion. Beyond the Usual Agenda of the Discipline

The review article that analyses three recent contributions to the sociology of religion written by European scholars and provides general overview on various versions of European scientific approaches towards religion, also in comparison with the state of the art of American sociology of religion. …

Topics: History of Sociology, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Lidová náboženská četba na prahu 21. století

The paper analyses character and sources of contemporary best selling spiritual literature and its readership in the Czech Republic. It also provides a case study of a Prague spiritual bookshop and its comparison with five other Czech spiritual outlets and the outcomes of similar studies in Western Europe. …

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Katolická církev v Československu 1945-1989

Almost two decades have passed since the fall of the Communist regime and the religious and ecclesiastical history of the Czech Lands in the second half of the 20th century have not yet been adequately documented. Thus, the author reviewing Balík and Hanuš’s synthesis Katolická církev v Československu 1945–1989 (The Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia 1945-1989) considers its publication to represent an important milestone. When assessing this volume he emphasizes the juxtaposition of the historical …

Topics: History of Sociology, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Religion in der tschechischen Gesellschaft nach 1989

Religion in der tschechischen Gesellschaft nach 1989

The author summarizes the most important developmental trends in recent Czech religiosity, especially in connection with church, cultural, social and economic transitions after 1989.Der Autor skizziert die wesentlichen Entwiklungstrends der zeitgenössischten tschechischen Religiosität, insbesondere im Zusammenhang imt dem Veränderungen der kirchlichen, kulturellen, sozialen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen nach 1989.…

Topics: Religion and religiosity, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Z centra na periferii a zase zpátky? Vývoj sociologie náboženství a proměny její pozice v sociologickém uvažování druhé poloviny 20. století

The author analyzes development of the sociology of religion in the second half of the 20th century upto the present with special attention paid to various European sociologies. He maintains that "behind" the two grand paradigms – i.e. secularization and RTC – different approaches exit, impacted by national academic traditions and other factors.…

Topics: History of Sociology, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Luteráni v českých zemích v proměnách staletí

Luteráni v českých zemích v proměnách staletí

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Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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