Annales Scientia Politica

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Authors: Michal Cirner

Prodemocratic Constitution of Czechoslovakia has been ratified 95 years ago. The political system from 1918 to 1938, is an inspiration and a memento for the current political and social leaders. It is for reflection how many efficient elements of the former system, the present political system still did not adopt and vice versa, how many deficiencies of the former system continues similarly in the current political system.

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Authors: Štefan Surmánek

After the gaining of independence in 1993 we notice a close connection of the Catholic Church and the interests of its managing authorities with the representatives of the state power, what entitles us to claim, that with the establishment of the independent Slovak Republic began the proces of its clericalization. By a close and frequently also co-ordinated cooperation of the religiously oriented political subjects with the representatives of the Catholic Church try the ultimately mentioned to spread their influence on all the areas of the public administration and thus indirectly (in many cases also by an open political engagement) to participate in the political decision making and in the determination of the character of the development of the particular areas of the public life. The consequence is, on the one hand, the „politization“ of the religion and the church activities, on the other hand it leads to the „religionization“ of the political and public life and to the strengthening of the privileged position of the Catholic Church in the structures of the public power in Slovakia as well.

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Authors: Pavol Marchevský

The submitted work has the ambition to get involved in the present discourse of education in the area of neoliberalism. Referring to the works of J. Habermas, the work attempts to present the topical nature of the legacy of this German sociologist and philosopher in the outlines discourse of neoliberal education. The work also focuses on aspects of the discourse in the form of issues related to marketization and public interest in education. The work also attempts to map and confront opinions of current authors concerning applicability of Habermas’s ideas in the given discourse.

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Authors: Gita Geremešová - Helena Melkusová

The study examines the association between the ideology of multiculturalism and political correctness. The policy of multicultural correctness is becoming obsolete as a result of vanishing universal values and the need for trans-cultural harmony. Multiculturalism accompanies politically unlimited globalization where the criterion of social justice is replaced with the criterion of differentiation and where it is diminished to cultural differences. Multiculturalism as an emancipation tool may only function under the circumstances when human rights are treated primarily as social rights. The Islamism of the Western European ghetto abuses the disparity between the political and social rights. The return to the culture of the ancient homeland (=Islam) is a reaction to poverty and a form of protest against social powerlessness.

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Authors: Jaromír Feber

The author analyses the concept of liberal democracy as issue of political philosophy. Liberal democracy is considered as a form of governance with the consent of the people, which is also explicitly assigned value dimension. Western democratic political system derives its legitimacy from a commitment to promoting liberal values (freedom, equality, solidarity). The author expresses skeptically about the possibility of implementing liberal values within the boundaries of global capitalism.