Mentality of the Oppressed: An Analysis of Czech Inferiority Complex Towards the West

• Thesis title in Czech: Mentalita utlačovaných: analýza českého pocitu méněcennosti vůči Západu
• Thesis title in English: Mentality of the Oppressed: An Analysis of Czech Inferiority Complex Towards the West
• Key words: Češi, národnost, orientalismus, méněcennost, sebe-vnmání, morální duplicita, post-komunismus, post-kolonialismus, kapitalismus
• English key words: czech, nationality, orientalism, inferiority, self-perception, moral duplicity, post-communism, post-colonialism, capitalism
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2020/2021
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Programme Historical Sociology (24-HS)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Alena Marková, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 31.05.2021
• Date of assignment: 31.05.2021
• Date of electronic submission: 06.05.2022
• Date of proceeded defence: 06.06.2022
• Course: Thesis Defence (YMH601)
• Opponents: Mgr. Marek Německý, Ph.D.

Preliminary scope of work

Through ideas of chosen authors, I will outline a general framework of the mentality of the oppressed and apply it to Czechs to show how they view themselves in regards to the, so called, West and how it affects them.