Prezident Masaryk jako anonymní publicista (1918-1935)

• Main Author: Vašek, Richard
• Other Authors: Kvaček, Robert
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-308474

This thesis focuses on the literary and journalistic works of Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk - how he attempted to influence public opinion through them and entered into the current disputes on various topics. The main interest of this thesis is his anonymous journalistic output, i.e. articles and commentaries that he wrote under different initials, or were published anonymously. In these writings, Masaryk continued his previous wartime and pre-war activities. After the war, however, they took on completely different proportions since he couldn't remain a purely private person. He was seen primarily as the head of the state. His political function thus began to intersect with his tendency to express his opinions on various topics in public and enter into the current political and cultural arena. Masaryk tried to overcome (or circumvent) this contradiction, which was limited by the formal delimitation of the powers of the president of the republic, by publishing anonymous articles. In these texts he could express hismelf more freely and openly than he could in signed articles or official speeches. The goal of this thesis is not only to capture and collect, but also to analyze and interpret the president's output, including the description of the background and the...