Recenzent rekapituluje historické publikace věnované od roku 1990 Filozofické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy v Praze v době komunistického režimu (1948-1989) a hodnotí Petráňovu rozsahem impozantní knihu jako završení dosavadního výzkumu. Podle něj si autor klade podstatné obecné otázky po důvodech snadného přijetí a dlouhodobého trvání komunistického režimu, rezignace společnosti a izolovanosti disentu za takzvané normalizace, domnívá se ale, že přesvědčivějším odpovědím na ně brání částečné zatížení výkladu „totalitárněhistorickým narativem“, stavícím do protikladu vládnoucí režim a společnost. Oceňuje, že profesor Josef Petráň (1930-2017) jako historik raného novověku, který již od šedesátých let přednášel na pražské filozofické fakultě, propojuje líčení její historie s vlastním příběhem v žánru ego-histoire, nevyhýbá se přitom problematickým momentům a neusiluje o sebeobhajobu. Hlavní teze, v níž Petráň částečně rehabilituje kvalitu odborné produkce Filozofické fakulty UK v komunistickém období, je podle něj podložená a největší přínos knihy vidí v mimořádně bohaté faktografii., The reviewer recaps historical publications since 1990 deducated to the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague at the time of the Communist regime (1948-1989), assessing Petráň´s impressive book Philosophers making a revolution: Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague during the Communist experiment (1948-1968-1989) as the climax of the author´s research efforts so far. In his opinion, the author is asking himself essential general questions concerning the reasons of easy acceptance and long-term existence of the Commmunist regime, resignation of the society, and isolated nature of the dissent during the so-called normalization; however, he argues the author´s answers could have been more convincing if the book had not been partly burdened by the "totalitarian historical narrative" presenting the ruling regime and the society as opposite entities. He appreciates that Professor Petráň (1930-2017) as an early modern era historian lecturing at the Faculty of Arts in Prague since the 1960s, connects the portrayal of its history with his own ego-histoire story while not avoiding questionable moments and not attempting to defend himself. The main principle of the book, namely Petráň´s partial rehabilitation of the quality of professional production of the Faculty of Arts at the time of the Communist regime, is, in the reviewer´s opinion, substantiated, and the reviewer sees the book greatest contribution in its exceptionally rich factography., [autor recenze] Petr Andreas., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy
The international conference was held in Prague November 20-21,2009. The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the fall of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War The Conference was organized by the Institute of Con temporary History of the ASCR in the cooperation with the Office of the Government of the CR and the Institute of International Studies of the Faculty of Social Science of the Charles University. Invited world known historians of contemporary history from eleven countries exchanged their opinions on issues concerning the role which the East-Central European countries played during the 45-year Cold War and to consider long-term consequences of this period which the international community is still poring over at the beginning of the 21th century. and Vít Smetana.
Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its Soviet domination after World War II. It began on January 5, when reformist Alexander Dubček came to power, and continued until August 21, when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded this country to halt the reforms. The Prague Spring reforms were an attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to citizens as a part of his partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. and Jitka Vondrová.