This paper aims at examining the current attempts of the Hindutva organizations to hijack the environmental discourse and use it to mobilize the public on religious and communal bases. After a brief summary of the main ideological strands and movements in contemporary Indian envirnonmentalism, special attention is paid to the attempt by the VHP and other Sangh Parivar organizations to appropriate the Ganga monement in Uttarakhand. With reference to the previous campaigns in the 1980s and 1990s, in which the waters of the Ganga already played an important role, their strategies and tactics are examined and discussed, followed by an analysis of the seminal question: Why is it that time the Hindu Right has not been successful in capturing the public imagination and seizing the environmental agenda in order to transform it into a broader social movement., Jiří Krejčík., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Present paper deals with general aspects of Tibetan Buddhism with emphasis on ritual practice of the Nyingma tradition. Next, it tackles various forms of myth and cult goddess Tara while giving some remarks from the point of view of structural anthropology. The author argues that the worship of Tara plays crucial role in the lay and monastic spheres and the cult of the goddess provides a common background for symbolical communication both within and between the contexts., Petr Horáček., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This article seeks to explore the culture of violence in the mountainous Caucasus seen from a historical perspective. To the end, it employs a number of contemporary testimonies made primally by outsiders who visited the region in the 17th-19th centuries. The focus of the article rests in the evolution of the phenomenon of blood feud, a staple of the Caucasus from time immemorial, and its reservation and relevance nowadays. and Emil Souleimanov.
The theme of the text is whether the construction of mosques in Germany (for example in Duisburg) of the source to the process of emancipation of religious communities. It is a relationship between „traditional“ religious concepts of creations of sacred space and modern changes in European societies. At many places in Germany (for example in Cologne) was building of mosques a hard task and generated negative reactions inside the non-Muslim society. The architectural design of mosques participates in construction of public space. For both sides, the architecture of these buildings illustrates a complicated integration process. The choice of forms of buildings inspired by the cultural background of immigrants or the current general trends in architecture expresses the level of integration of Muslim communities into Western societies. An important part is question of preservation and transformation of the European Muslims´identity., Martin Klapetek., and Obsahuje poznámky a seznam literatury
The article deals with the reform agenda of the semi-civilian government led by President Thein Sein, which took over on 30 March 2011, after almost 50 years of military rule over the country. The author examines a series of concrete steps that the government took in 2011 and in the early 2012, which set a different tone for the governance of the country. More specifically, he elaborates on the political reconcilitation of the main opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with the government, and the peace agreements which several ethnic underground armed groups signed to end the longstanding armed conflict in the country. The government was also more engaged internationally, to win the support of the West, as evidenced mainly by the visit of the US Secretary Hilary Clinton to Myanmar in December 2011. The author argues that while the government has indicated its will to cope with the long term-stagnation of the country, the major reforms have not yet been implemented and the ultimate success of the reform process is far from guaranteed., Jan Bečka., and Obsahuje poznámky
The article deals with marriage traditions and customs in a traditional Armenian family (as described in the sources of ethnographers, travelers and missionaries from the end of the 19th century). The accent is placed in particular on wedding rituals. The traditional family can be perceived as one of the cornerstones of Armenian identity, the foundation of ethnic/national contruction and the meas of transmission of collective memory, language, and, of course, the sense of Armenianness itself., Petra Košťálová., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The paper on Violence in Indian existencial-absurd drama deals with characteristics of Western dramatic genre and its alterations in service of modern Indian authors. The analysis centers around the motive of violence (in contrast to the heritage of Gandhian ethical imperative) which has provoked an ongoing interest of dramatic literature since the Independece. Modern scripts mirror contemporary life in India, misdeeds of postcolonial democratic development, crisis of its political leadership and difficulty of social transformation. As a result, Indian existential-absurd drama unlike its Western counterpart mainly strives to stress down-to-earth dilemma. Focusing on plays of Satish Alekar, B.M. Shah and Adya Rangacharya (each from a different part of subcontinent), the essay pays special attetion to the dramatic work of a leading figure of the absurd theatre in India, Badal Sircar from West Bengal., Šárka Švábová., and Obsahuje seznam literatury