Češi proti církvi
Czechs against the Church

Summary/Abstract: BALÍK, Stanislav – FASORA, Lukáš – HANUŠ, Jiří – VLHA, Marek: Český antiklerikalismus: Zdroje, témata a podoba českého antiklerikalismu v letech 1848–1938.(Historické myšlení, sv. 69.) Praha, Argo 2015, 500 stran, ISBN 978-80-257-1373-0. The authors view anti-clericalism as an important part of European modernization processes aimed at the church and its instituions. They monitor its character and transformations since the mid-1800s until the end of the first third of the 20th century in the Hapsburg Empire and the first Czechoslovak Republic, taking in to account differences and specific features in various social and ideological environments, in towns and in the country, and also in Czech compatriot communities in the United States. According to the reviewer, their monograph Czech Anti-Clericalism: Sources, Topics and Forms of Czech Anti-Clericalism from 1848 to 1938 permits perceiving the Czech anti-Catholic anti-clericalism in the European context as a multi-layer edphenomenon which had a significant impact on the society and politics of that period. Because of its comprehensive grasp of the topic, inspiring questions it asks, its broad selection of sources and publications it draws from, as well the compact explanations it provides, the book is definitely recommended to all who are interestedin the history of the Czech thinking and politics in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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