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Czech language and culture

Work on and in Czech: the language, its grammar, and writing for Czech readers.

2020 1

Úvod do analýzy textov

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2020 · Journalism

The review presents a mathematically demanding university textbook that applies quantitative analysis across levels of language from sounds to discourse.

2018 1

2017 2

Ženy a holky: Girl power a síla slova

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2017 · Journalism

The piece argues that the social effects of words for women depend on context, power, and unequal expectations rather than vocabulary alone.

2016 2

2015 4

Je polygamie řešení krize rodiny?

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2015 · Journalism

The piece tests claims that polygamy could solve a crisis of the family and argues that its social effects depend on gendered power.

Valentýnská romantika

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2015 · Journalism

The piece examines Valentine's Day as a commercial ritual that reproduces gendered expectations about romance.

2014 6

Kdo si vymyslel vánoce?

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2014 · Journalism

The piece argues that Christmas traditions concentrate unpaid planning and domestic work on women and can therefore be deliberately remade.

Laska a zivot

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2014 · Journalism

The piece traces the changing relationship between romantic love and marriage and argues that personal freedom has reshaped both.

Láska a život

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2014 · Journalism

The piece traces the changing relationship between romantic love and marriage and argues that personal freedom has reshaped both.

Ženský: Femina Feminae Valentinus

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2014 · Journalism

The piece uses Valentine's Day to examine how gendered conversational norms create misunderstandings in intimate relationships.

2013 2

Čtenářky a čtečky: Knihy a bity

Writing FitStyl/Puls · c. 2013 · Journalism

The piece explains the benefits and limitations of electronic books and compares the main ways readers can access them.

2012 3

Ou tú brúte: Aneb jak nám Kodák narost

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2012 · Journalism

The column argues that speakers and institutions collectively produce Czech usage through choices such as how to pronounce foreign brand names.

Životy v olympijských pravdách: O jazykovém soukromí

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2012 · Journalism

The column argues that Olympic branding laws can police public expression but cannot privatise language because speakers continually adapt regulated words to new political purposes.

2011 5

Konec výmluv?

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2011 · Journalism

The piece argues that the September 11 attacks no longer justify wars that killed far more civilians and reduced civil liberties across the West.

Trestat okamžitě, ale nikoli krutě

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2011 · Journalism

In this interview Mark Kleiman argues that swift and predictable community sanctions can reduce crime, imprisonment, and drug use more effectively than severe delayed punishment.

2010 10

Floskule

Writing A2 · c. 2010 · Journalism

The piece argues that formulaic expressions are necessary building blocks of language rather than evidence of empty thought.

Na mezích virtuality

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2010 · Journalism

The piece argues that digital technologies extend ordinary human life and that debates should focus on access, preservation, privacy, and power rather than treating virtuality as a separate reality.

Naši slovutní kocouři

Writing A2 · c. 2010 · Journalism

The piece examines how racist stereotypes in children's literature persist through familiar characters and inherited cultural assumptions.

O čem si povídají hackeři

Writing A2 · c. 2010 · Journalism

The piece describes hacker conferences as communities organised around technical curiosity, digital freedom, security, and contested ethics.

O sémiotické nicotnosti

Writing A2 · c. 2010 · Journalism

The piece argues that words and symbols acquire meaning through the interpretive practices of communities rather than through inherent significance.

Vládci významu a formy I.: Význam

Writing A2 · c. 2010 · Journalism

The piece argues that social power and context determine which interpretations of an utterance become authoritative.

2009 4

Jak lidská přirozenost ovlivňuje ekonomiku

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2009 · Journalism

The review explains Akerlof and Shiller's argument that economic models must account for money illusion, fairness, and other psychological forces.

O volných trzích a jejich trhovcích

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2009 · Journalism

The review presents Gillian Tett's anthropological account of the banking culture and social relationships behind the financial crisis.

Věk vědy v zrcadle Darwina

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2009 · Journalism

The review examines several Darwin anniversary works and argues that their detailed scholarship can still reinforce a heroic mythology of scientific progress.

2008 2

Říše slova: Zamarovský dějin řeči

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2008 · Journalism

The review praises Nicholas Ostler's global history of languages for connecting linguistic change with social and political history while noting inevitable simplifications and translation flaws.

2007 7

Nový ateismus: Boje na rozhraní vědy a víry

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2007 · Journalism

The piece compares new atheism with religious responses to evolution and argues that both sides overlook the social role of trust in science and faith.

O idiocii vzdělaných

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2007 · Journalism

The essay argues that Czech universities prioritise reproducing academic knowledge over learning and should expand shorter bachelor programmes.

Vynález lásky a dějiny manželství

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2007 · Journalism

The review presents Stephanie Coontz's history of marriage as evidence that love-based, egalitarian marriage is a recent social arrangement rather than a timeless norm.

2006 7

2005 14

Harry Potter a Mýtus věčného návratu

Writing Britské listy · 28 July 2005 · Journalism

The piece interprets the Harry Potter stories through recurring mythic structures while explaining their appeal to child and adult readers.

Purizmus, předsudky a pitominy

Writing Britské listy · 21 February 2005 · Journalism

The piece rejects linguistic purism as a collection of social prejudices that mistakes ordinary language change for decline.

Jak psát a nepsat česky

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2005 · Journalism

The review recommends a Czech writing guide that treats standard language as an evolving communicative system rather than a fixed set of prohibitions.

Jak společnosti kolabují

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2005 · Journalism

The review explains Jared Diamond's argument that societies collapse through interactions among environmental pressures, cultural values, and collective decisions.

Nové myšlení o myšlení a o jazyce

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2005 · Journalism

The piece argues that embodied cognitive linguistics explains language and thought better than formal models that treat the mind as a rule-processing computer.

Vyhánění z ráje

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2005 · Journalism

The essay argues that treating the Holocaust as irrational evil obscures how ordinary people and efficient institutions enabled cumulative radicalisation and mass murder.

2003 11

Milujte se a nemnožte se

Writing Britské listy · 4 June 2003 · Journalism

The piece argues that anxieties about ageing populations and migration depend on political choices about family, labour, and social provision.

Americký prezident, císař světa

Writing Britské listy · 24 February 2003 · Journalism

The piece uses a Washington Post quotation to argue that even liberal American commentary treats the world as a domain of United States responsibility and control.

Argumenty pro a proti valce

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The piece argues that the principal justifications offered for invading Iraq do not establish a sufficient case for war.

Čas možná už nadchází

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The essay argues that Czech democracy must confront the Communist Party's continuity with the former regime as directly as West Germany confronted its Nazi past.

Kam se poděla válka?

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The column shows how George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein used metaphor to frame the Iraq War while avoiding or redirecting the word war itself.

Monty Python a případ mrtvého papouška

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The piece traces Monty Python's television, film, and individual careers and explains the group's lasting influence on international comedy.

Naživo

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The piece criticises live television coverage that presents the Iraq war as spectacle while concealing the people killed by the weapons it shows.

Úžasný Mauric a jeho vzdělaní hlodvaci

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The review praises Terry Pratchett's comic reworking of the Pied Piper story while criticising errors and awkward choices in the Czech translation.

Válka v tropech

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The essay explains how metaphors such as war on terror and Saddam as Hitler frame political reasoning and make military action appear necessary.

Xenofob na hrad opravy pro LN

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2003 · Journalism

The piece argues that Václav Klaus mistakes assimilation for integration and that multiculturalism must confront rather than deny fear of difference.

2002 17

Pravé lži

Writing Britské listy · 7 January 2002 · Journalism

The piece argues that broadcasting True Lies without critical context reinforces dehumanising representations of Palestinians and Arabs.

Češi pod vodou

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The essay argues that interpreting misconduct during floods as uniquely Czech makes universal human behaviour feel manageable but can dehumanise people outside the national group.

Hledání smyslu lidské existence

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The review finds Milan Machovec's Smysl lidské existence compelling in its humanism but weakened by elitism and selective use of evidence.

Hledání univerzálního porozumění

Writing Respekt · c. 2002 · Journalism

The piece argues that universal values do not guarantee mutual understanding because cultures implement shared concepts through different communicative practices.

It's a challenge!

Writing The Prague Post · c. 2002 · Journalism

The piece explains why the English word challenge lacks a single reliable Czech equivalent and advises speakers to state the intended meaning.

Jak neměřit člověka

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The review recommends Stephen Jay Gould's critique of scientific racism and the misuse of intelligence testing as a warning against treating science as culturally neutral.

Mrtví jako my

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The piece argues that Afghan and Palestinian deaths deserve the same moral weight and individual attention as American and Israeli deaths.

Příklady politické korektnosti

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The explainer surveys English terms associated with political correctness and distinguishes inclusive changes from mistaken or discriminatory applications.

Terry Pratchett: Zloděj času

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The review recommends Thief of Time as a philosophically engaged Discworld novel even though it is not among Terry Pratchett's best.

Výchova k multikulturalismu

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2002 · Journalism

The review values Jan Průcha's evidence on multicultural education but criticises his positivism and limited attention to classroom practice and adult learning.

Zemanova selhání

Writing Respekt · c. 2002 · Journalism

The piece argues that Miloš Zeman's disputed interview revealed a failure of diplomatic communication rather than insufficient English.

2001 49

Brezinovy hyeny

Writing Britské listy · 18 October 2001 · Journalism

The piece criticises post-September 11 rhetoric that treats dissenting commentary as moral complicity with terrorism.

0004:6000

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece argues that treating wartime deaths as a score turns vengeance into a contest and obscures its human cost.

37 000 pochybností

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece argues that intellectual doubt is necessary during war while Afghans need material aid rather than symbolic humanitarian gestures.

Civilizace a civilizovanost tady a dnes

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece argues that answering terrorism through unilateral military revenge contradicts the legal and moral values invoked in defence of civilisation.

Člověk žena: Kde jsou Vaginální monology?

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The feature uses a London performance of The Vagina Monologues to trace feminist change and argue that Czech public debate has denied women's equality the cultural reckoning experienced elsewhere.

Co se v stáří naučíš...

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece explains how adults learn, challenges age-based misconceptions, and argues for specialised preparation for adult educators.

David a Leigh Eddings

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The review presents the second Althalus volume as an accessible continuation of David and Leigh Eddings's popular humorous fantasy world.

Do zbraně

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece argues that Czech military reform should include women through equal obligations, active recruitment, and temporary positive discrimination.

Filozofická hagiografie

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece analyses Tomáš Halík's portrait of Jan Patočka as a hagiographic narrative that constructs a philosophical saint.

Gramatika není gramotnost

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece argues that Czech schools should teach functional literacy and work with texts instead of prioritising grammatical terminology.

Harry Potter a ohnivý pohár

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The review introduces the fourth Harry Potter novel as a longer and more mature continuation that retains the series' familiar magical world.

Internet a vzdělávání: Více než možnost

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece shows schools how to use the internet as an information source, a meeting place, and a medium for teaching rather than as a symbolic acquisition.

Jak se dělá argument aneb polemický snář

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The column apologises for insulting Ludvík Vaculík while defending vigorous public argument and criticism of reputational authority.

Jak se učíme: Úvod

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece introduces learning styles as a way to examine individual differences while warning that educational theories simplify complex practice.

Kognitivní styly - 4MAT

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece explains the 4MAT model of four learning preferences and shows how teachers can design lessons that address each one.

Kolik jazyků znáš...?

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece explains how children manage multiple languages and advises parents on context, literacy, identity, emotion, and code-switching.

Levá a pravá hemisféra

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece treats left-brain and right-brain preferences as a teaching metaphor and argues that lessons should support both analytical and intuitive learners.

Marečku podejte mi pero:

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece explains why adult education matters, how adults learn, and why organisations need instructors trained specifically to teach them.

Maturity za kanálem

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece explains British GCSE and A-level examinations as a system balancing student choice with national standards while retaining significant weaknesses.

Miroslav Zamboch

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The review recommends Miroslav Žamboch's Na ostřích čepelí as a strong Czech fantasy adventure despite its need for closer editing.

Mým novinám

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The open letter asks Lidové noviny to publish dissenting views on the bombing of Afghanistan and to represent Afghan civilian victims as individual human beings.

Mýty a pověry o učení se cizím jazykům

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece corrects common myths about foreign-language learning and gives practical advice on age, immersion, teachers, grammar, and teaching methods.

Negramotnost? V Evropě?

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece explains the scale of adult functional illiteracy in Europe and argues that effective provision must address teaching quality, social position, and learners' sense of agency.

O drobné občanské nesvobodě

Writing Britské listy · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece argues that routine demands for identification normalise avoidable restrictions on privacy and civic freedom.

O pocitu bezmoci

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The essay finds a shared sense of political powerlessness beneath opposing attitudes towards protest and police violence.

Omítková výuka

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The essay argues that schools must teach reading comprehension and critical thinking directly instead of treating grammar instruction as a substitute.

Pedagogika utlacovanych

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The essay applies Paulo Freire's pedagogy to adult education and the political exclusion of disadvantaged groups in Britain.

Penis Ludvíka Vaculíka

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The essay criticises Ludvík Vaculík's treatment of women as sexual objects and argues that gender equality requires sustained self-examination.

Plebejství BBC nebo kazatelství BL?

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The essay disputes Jan Čulík's condemnation of Czech BBC broadcasting by comparing its practices with BBC Radio 4.

Příprava učitelů cizích jazyků v České republice

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The feature compares Czech university preparation for language teachers with short practical TEFL qualifications and argues for stronger links between theory and classroom practice.

Příručka pochybujícího liberála

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The essay presents nineteen reasons to question the legal, moral, and strategic case for the war in Afghanistan.

Proč, jak a kdy vzdělávat učitele jazyků

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The explainer argues that language teachers need adaptable initial preparation followed by practice and continuing professional education.

Setkání s češtinou

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The feature reports how an international conference brought comparative and practical perspectives on Czech language research to Czech scholars.

Smrt Amazonky

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The feature marks Taqui Altounyan's death by recounting her role as a model for Arthur Ransome's characters and her independent writing life.

Solomon Kane

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The review recommends Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane stories for their dark atmosphere, clean narration, and place in fantasy history.

Tak už dost

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The piece condemns calls for indiscriminate retaliation after 11 September and argues that killing Afghan civilians would destroy the United States' moral claim.

Terry Pratchett: Kobercové

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The review praises Terry Pratchett's revised early novel The Carpet People and his Discworld novel The Truth for combining humour, imagination, and humane satire.

Titulek

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The column satirises alarmist and dull newspaper headlines while criticising editors who replace authors' titles without useful self-scrutiny.

Tom Holt: Čekal jsem někoho delšího

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The review recommends Tom Holt's comic fantasy for applying precise English humour and absurdity to Germanic legends.

Zpráva o cestě do fantazie a zase zpátky

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2001 · Journalism

The explainer describes fantasy through its journeys, invented worlds, moral structures, literary antecedents, and Czech publishing landscape.

2000 11

A Piece of *Koláč*

Writing The Prague Post · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece explains Czech pastries and the vocabulary, customs, and sayings associated with them.

Ajajaj — Statistika, testy a rasové nerovnosti

Writing Britské listy · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece argues that racial disparities in test results cannot be interpreted responsibly without examining sampling, social conditions, and the limits of statistical inference.

How do you think you're going?

Writing The Prague Post · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece explains how Czech verbs of motion distinguish walking, travelling by vehicle, flying, and other kinds of movement.

It is necessary!

Writing The Prague Post · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece introduces a column about words and constructions that resist direct translation between English and Czech.

Nebojte se dvojjazyčné výchovy

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece explains how children acquire multiple languages and gives parents practical guidance on contexts, literacy, motivation, and cultural identity.

Nobody's perfect

Writing The Prague Post · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece contrasts the Czech and English tense systems and explains why English perfect tenses lack direct Czech equivalents.

The daily *chleba* and *rohlík*

Writing The Prague Post · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece explains Czech categories of bread and rolls together with the customs and sayings attached to them.

The Road to Czech Paradise

Writing CR Business Guide · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece recommends routes, towns, castles, and outdoor destinations for travelling beyond Prague in the Czech Republic.

The Story of Czech

Writing CR Business Guide · c. 2000 · Journalism

The piece introduces the history and structure of Czech while advising learners how to approach the language.

1999 6

Czech and the Computer

Writing The Prague Post · c. 1999 · Journalism

The piece explains how to configure older computers for Czech fonts, keyboard input, spelling tools, and web pages.

Czech Language Inside Out

Writing CR Business Guide · c. 1999 · Journalism

The piece gives newcomers a practical orientation to Czech pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and language-learning resources.

Czech: Frequently Asked Questions

Writing The Prague Post · c. 1999 · Journalism

The piece answers common questions about the history, grammar, dialects, and perceived difficulty of Czech.

Overview of Czech Textbooks

Writing The Prague Post · c. 1999 · Journalism

The piece compares Czech coursebooks, recordings, and dictionaries for learners at different levels.

Top 5 Frustrations with Learning Czech

Writing The Prague Post · c. 1999 · Journalism

The piece addresses five common frustrations that discourage learners of Czech and suggests practical responses.

1998 3

V moci jazyka: Nad knihou ‘Řeč komunistické moci’

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 1998 · Journalism

The review praises Petr Fidelius's analysis of communist language while questioning whether some identified mechanisms are specific to communism or general properties of language.

Ve stopách Klubu lysek

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 1998 · Journalism

The feature recounts a four-day sailing journey through the Norfolk Broads in the locations of Arthur Ransome's Coot Club.

1997 1

Detektivky už dnes netáhnou

Writing Lidové noviny · c. 1997 · Journalism

Zdeněk Volný discusses writing Dívka z přehrady with Jan Cimický, Czech crime fiction, and changing reader demand.

1994 1

Undated 72

Arthur Ransome

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The review recommends Arthur Ransome's unfinished Lysky na severu chiefly to existing admirers while criticising the Czech edition's cover.

Černé dějiny

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The review argues that The Oxford Companion to Black British History restores minority actors to British history and offers a model for examining groups omitted from other national narratives.

cesky-narodni-korpus-skill

Agent skills Agent skill

Queries the Czech National Corpus (KonText) for concordances, frequencies and collocations from inside an agent.

Chvála politické korektnosti

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece defends political correctness as a natural form of language change that challenges entrenched discrimination without by itself securing equality.

Čistí a špinaví

Writing Respekt · Journalism

The piece shows how differences in praise, cleanliness, idioms, gestures, and refusal create consequential cross-cultural misunderstandings.

Co je to civilizace

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece distinguishes three meanings of civilisation and explains how conflating them can legitimise dehumanising responses to terrorism.

Co nás zajímá

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that citizens and newspapers must attend to distant conflicts because local moral responsibility depends on understanding global history and present suffering.

Czechly

Websites Site

Czech grammar and culture site, including the Czech Navigator.

Daniel Handler, alias Lemmony Snicket

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

Daniel Handler discusses the international reception, literary influences, educational elements, and authorial persona behind his Lemony Snicket books.

Demokracie a demokratismus

Writing Literární noviny · Journalism

The piece distinguishes democratic practice from democratism, an ideology that treats one political model as universally sufficient.

Digitální iluze redux: Iluze pokroku

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The column argues that the internet changes specific practices without removing the social institutions, trust, and human limits that shape communication.

Digitální iluze: Přelud rychlosti

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The column argues that faster computers do not automatically solve hard cognitive problems or transform society as technological forecasts claim.

Dva autoři a jedna detektivka

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The review recommends Dívka z přehrady as a coherent Czech crime novel while criticising its psychological label and poor physical presentation.

Feminismus na konci vaginálního temna

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece uses The Vagina Monologues to argue that Czech public debate missed the feminist reckoning needed to discuss women's sexuality and equality openly.

Hackeři života

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece presents hacking as a collaborative ethic of technical curiosity, freedom, and creative problem-solving rather than an inherently criminal activity.

Jak USB klíčenky mohou zachránit svět

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece uses the replacement of floppy disks by USB drives to argue that durable solutions can change an entire system rather than improve its existing components.

Jak vypadá vítězství terorismu?

Writing Literární noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that the metaphor of war on terrorism obscures political causes and allows fear to redefine democratic priorities.

Kam se poděla literatura?

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that television series now perform many cultural functions once monopolised by novels and presents Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a canonical narrative work.

Konečně školné: jenže k čemu je dobré?

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece supports tuition fees as a limited way to balance private and public benefits while rejecting claims that fees alone will fund, improve, or diversify universities.

Krok stranou

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The review presents Katharyn Rosser's The Sidestep Chronicle as an accomplished online fan-fiction novel that exceeds the conventions of its genre.

Magie - sestra vzdělávání

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that education policy often mistakes suggestive similarities and metaphors for causal evidence about prosperity, democracy, employment, and literacy.

Manifest levicového intelektuála

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The satirical piece rejects caricatures of left-wing intellectuals and questions claims that Western power consistently embodies absolute moral values.

Maso, ženy a svoboda duše

Writing A2 · Journalism

The piece argues that education should confront the unequal representation of women while preserving open discussion rather than imposing approved readings.

Metafory intelektualniho vlastnictvi

Writing Literární noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that metaphors of ownership and theft distort debates about copying, creativity, and intellectual property.

Moc perspektivy

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The review introduces Noam Chomsky's political and linguistic work and recommends Perspektivy moci despite its uneven selection and editorial shortcomings.

Morálky a doktríny

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that the doctrine of preventive war and political pressure for conformity defeated moral and democratic objections to invading Iraq.

Musíme se srovnávat jen s těmi nejlepšími

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

Zdeněk Starý discusses the Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis, comparative social-science teaching, and reforms needed to make Czech universities more flexible.

Mýtus o lásce k moudrosti

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The review criticises Jaroslava Pešková's Role vědomí v dějinách for using opaque philosophical language in place of explanation and evidence.

Náboženství a demokracie

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The piece argues that compatibility between religion and democracy depends on historically situated interpretations rather than on religious texts or Islam as a single essence.

Náš středověk

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The essay argues that commercial medieval reenactment reveals modern identity-making more clearly than it recreates medieval life.

Nejsme jako oni

Writing Respekt · Journalism

The piece argues that opposing the death penalty protects society from institutionalised revenge, irreversible error, and ineffective prevention.

Nejsme jako oni, aneb jak neměřit člověka

Writing Literární noviny · Journalism

The piece reviews Psychologie Romů and criticises attempts to measure Roma people through racialised assumptions presented as social science.

O nesnášenlivosti jako kulturní slepotě

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The essay argues that intolerance arises from cultural blindness and from language that makes one worldview appear universally valid.

Paradoxy rozvoje

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The essay argues that development programmes fail when they export Western institutions and technologies without understanding local social systems and contradictions.

Prosím zrušte víceletá gymnázia

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The essay argues that selective multi-year grammar schools reproduce social advantage and should be replaced by equitable provision for able pupils in all schools.

Průměrností proti terorismu

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The essay argues that terrorism remains rare because ordinary social and psychological constraints make organised violence difficult to execute.

Pynsent: Rozhovor pro LN

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

In this interview Robert Pynsent challenges nationalist accounts of Czech literary history and assesses major Czech writers, democracy, and national identity.

Romsky Brute

Writing Lidové noviny · Journalism

The essay argues that Romani children's educational success requires bilingual schooling that values Romani language and identity rather than assimilation alone.

Spravedlnost nebo pomsta?

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The essay argues that the United States should negotiate over the Taliban's offer to extradite Osama bin Laden instead of pursuing vengeance through bombing.

Stephen Colbert je Amerika

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The review explains how Stephen Colbert's book uses an invented conservative persona to expose contradictions in American right-wing politics.

Střet fundamentalismů

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The review presents Tariq Ali's critique of both religious fundamentalism and Western economic imperialism while questioning his confidence in democratisation.

Ti, kteří přežili

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The review presents Jared Diamond's Collapse as an account of how environmental pressures interact with social decisions and cultural values.

To za Saddáma nebylo

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The essay argues that treating Saddam Hussein as a metonym for all Iraqi history prevents serious comparison between his regime and post-invasion Iraq.

Totalita v anarchii: aneb k čertu s mateřštinou

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The essay argues that standard Czech is a useful convention but becomes oppressive when linguistic conformity is equated with intelligence, morality, or social worth.

Úhly pohledu a střet civilizací

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The essay argues that wartime conflicts presented as clashes of civilisation often arise from different cultural interpretations of shared values such as privacy, family, and dignity.

V každém z nás

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The essay argues that understanding terrorists as ordinary human beings is necessary to resist revenge and preserve the rule of law after 11 September.

Válka proti liberalismu

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The essay argues that the Taliban's rapid defeat does not invalidate liberal scrutiny of war, state power, and restrictions on civil liberties.

Věřme politikům

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The essay argues that political decisions are constrained by complex institutions and public expectations, so minor personal misconduct does not prove general political incompetence.

Výjimeční

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The review presents Malcolm Gladwell's argument that exceptional achievement depends on opportunity, accumulated practice, and social context as well as talent.

Za sekulární komunismus

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The essay argues that communist commitments to equality and solidarity can function constructively when secularised, pluralised, and separated from state power.

Zamyšlení nad meditacemi o základech vědy

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The review presents Petr Vopěnka's account of horizons and indeterminacy as a human-centred critique of science's claims to objective and complete knowledge.

Zamyšlení nad Multikulturní výchovou

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The review commends Jan Průcha's critical survey of multicultural education while arguing that it underrepresents classroom practice, adult learning, and the interpretive limits of positivist research.