Resisting Fear – Václav Havel’s legacy and the need for existential revolution in the 21st century
By Jiří Přibáň ‘It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to the automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer society, for they, too, are being dragged helplessly along by it. They are manipulated in…
Housing Construction in Socialism: Interview with Katarína Andrášiová
This interview is based on an article called “Bytová výstavba v socializme: Sídliská Bratislavského Ružinova v Reflexii Tvorcov” published in Žili sme v socializme I.: kapitoly z etnológie každodennosti (We Lived in Socialism: Chapter from the ethnology of everyday). The…
Maili Vilson: The foreign policy of the Baltic states and the Ukrainian crisis: A case of Europeanization?
Under which circumstances do countries give up bits of their national sovereignty? The best example we know so far comes from Europe: the European Union (EU) has gradually grown to play a significant part in the various policy fields of…
Daniel Šitera: On New Travels in Space-Time: Theoretical Rediscoveries after the Crisis in (Comparative) Capitalism(s)
By Daniel Šitera Using the ‘travelling theory’ paradigm, this article reviews two progressive books in the Comparative Capitalisms (CC) scholarship; New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research: Critical and Global Perspectives (eds.: Matthias Ebenau, Ian Bruff & Christian May) and The…
New Perspectives issue 2/2015 out now!
New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations We are delighted to present this second issue of New Perspectives – our subscribers have access to the full contents of the journal, which are listed and…
Propaganda by Another Name
Prospect’s cherry-picked evidence says more about the authors’ ideological prejudice than the true state of the Central European countries they disparage. By Benjamin Cunningham The authors of the current cover piece in Prospect magazine, Anton Shekhovtsov and Peter Pomerantsev, are…
A New Translation of Nezval’s poems: The Absolute Gravedigger
We are delighted to share a new translation of one of the most interesting Czech surrealist authors, Vítězslav Nezval. To quote Stephan Delbos & Tereza Novická, authors of a new translation of The Absolute Gravedigger, “[This collection] is dazzling. Nezval’s musicality and imagery…
Martin Kuta on Party Politics Triumph over Substantive Scrutiny and Principled Policy: Examining Czech MPs’ Voting Behaviour in Regard to EU Affairs
This articles uncovers the interworking’s of voting behavior and the methodology behind why certain voting patterns emerge. The article dissects the role of domestic party interests in Czech political parties, and concludes that these interests undermine the formal oversight of EU…
Pelin Ayan Musil on Czech Public Opinion on Turkey’s Accession to the EU
The recent debates on migration in the Czech Republic have opened up allegations of Islamophobia. Although the context is new, this is not a new issue in the Czech society. This article provides a valuable analysis of the foundations of public…
The Epic Journey to Liberland: A documentary
By Ondřej Šálek In April 2015, Vít Jedlička declared a free (micro) state on the borders of Serbia and Croatia, which he called Liberland. For some Czechs, this peculiar entity represents hope of a decent life without the burden of…
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