This study is based on the assumption that our understanding of reality, i.e. Islam in this case, is primarily shaped by the mass media: it is the mass media that create value frameworks which help us understand not only the individual key terms of everyday reality, ...

In the past, forests occupied the major part of the land. They left a deep trace in the human cognizance as they incorporated using different traditions and cults to the human culture. The perception of this environment has changed during the ages. From ancient times fore...

This article deals with the problem of statehood of the Slovak State (or the so-called first Slovak Republic). Its aim is to find an answer to whether the Slovak State was a state or an entity different from a state. The analysis is based upon historical facts r...

This text focuses on the specifics of the prison market in terms of its organization, specific rules, and types of implemented exchanges. The data presented in this paper are based on original ethnographic research conducted in Czech prisons. Data were obtained through interviews w...

This text focuses on the changing functions of prison language used by inmates in Czech prisons with a stress on its cryptic function. The data presented in this paper are based on original ethnographic research conducted in Czech prisons. The data for analysis were collected&...