Masaryk Institute and Archives: The Search for Identity: intellectual and political conceptions of modern Czech society 1848–1948

Masaryk Institute and Archives of the ASCR, v.v.i.
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The Search for Identity: intellectual and political conceptions of modern Czech society 1848–1948

The research plan is based on the founding charter of the Masaryk Institute CAS. Its subject is the identity of modern Czech society, specifically as expressed in intellectual and political conceptions of Czech society 1848–1948. We consider intellectual and political conceptions to be among the most important and readily identifiable components in the complex of processes and questions that has moulded Czech society from the outside and the inside.The aim of the research plan is many–sided analysis of the relationship between political and intellectual conceptions of Czech society and national identity 1848–1948. The research will make substantial use of the unique set of sources in the care of the Masaryk Institute (archive) and library. Outputs of the plan will include archival data collections, editions of sources, monographs on subthemes and a final synthesizing monograph.