Author in the text presents the diskurs of "Revolting thinking" of the Sixties. This diskurs is based on specific western intelectual environ. Left western intelectuals, inspired by marxism, created new methodological concepts in describing modern west society as existencialism, structuralism, Frankfurt school, engaged sociology or conflict theory. These trends inspired during the time of sixties in 20th century mostly the students, who participated in various demonstrations against the west capitalist regimes and against consumerism.
Intuition and forsight were very important preconditions of the papal nuncios. These features enabled them to act in the spirit of Curia diplomacy without any direct consultations with Rome if the situation required this. However, the nuncios' right or wrong steps could have led to unpleasant consequences, which can be seen on two examples from the Prague nunciature from the turn of the 16th and 17th century.
The study deals with the Role of Iosif of Volokolamsk in the formation of the relationship between church and state at the turn of the 15th and 16th century. Shows that Iosif in his concept of building a Russian society as the orthodox wouldn't give the church of state power. It also emphasises the role of Iosif of Volokolamsk as a monastic reformer.
This paper deals with the class A mandate of the League of Nations, which affected a postwar configuration in the Middle East. It pays attention to a way of making of the system and also demonstrates the final form by treaties between Allied Powers and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and by the Mandate for Palestine. It discovers that this system should have originally assisted the new nations to entrench politically in full. However, it also secondarily offers one of the possible views on the origin of the Arab-Israeli problem, which upsets the relation between the west and the Middle East.
This study deals with the activities of the Spanish ambassador Juan de Borja in the circumstances of Rudolph II's Court during the early era of his reign (1578–1579), when the catholic reform began to play an important role.
The presented article evaluates the importance of interest groups of museum workers concerned with museology development in Austro-Hungarian empire of the early 20th century. It analyses the decisive contribution of the director of the Museum of applied arts in Brno – Julius Leisching (1865–1933) to their formation and follow-up development.