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10Introduction
tiesinthecentreoftheCzechkingdom.Italsoassertsthatstatemakinginthe
Silesiahasmanyautonomousaspectsthatresultfromdiferentkindsofcultural,
political,andeconomicbackgrounds(institutions),aswellasfromspecificrela-
tionsbetweenthestateadministrativecentreandlocalstateagents.
DanielTopinkain“Ethno-nationalparadox:TecaseofHlučinarea”deals
withtheautochthonousinhabitantsoftheHlučinareadistrictandfocuseson
changesinthenationalidentityformationamonggenerationsoftheHlučinpeo-
ple.Duringthreecenturies,theinhabitantsoftheHlučinareawereexposed
toethno-nationalparadox.Teyfacedtheoverlayofnationalprojectsthatcre-
atedchangeablesituationsandsimilarsocialreality,wherethesocialcategories
ofunlikenesswereintensivelyformed.Teideologyofnationalisminthe19th
centuryformedthedestinyoflocalinhabitants.Whiletheethnicidentitiesena-
bledacompatibilitywithCzechnationalismandtheafliationtothesubstantial
Czechtribe,thenationalidentitieskepttheorientationtoGermancultureand
thoughtduringthe20thcentury.Today,intheperiodofdeconstructionofna-
tionalism,theseidentitiesdonotplaysuchanimportantroleastheydidinthe
past.
HelenaKubátováin“ChanginglifesituationsofSilesiansinHlučinregion”
pointsouttheuniquenessoftheSilesianregionofHlučinandidentifiesthe
changinglifesituationsofitsinhabitantsasperceivedbythemselves.Tetext
containsbasicstatisticaldataconcerningtheregion,aconciseoutlineofitshis-
toryandananalysisofnon-standardizedinterviewswiththeregion’snativein-
habitants.Teanalysisisbasedonthechangesinfourtopicareaswhichform
thenotionoflifesituations:theuniquenessoftheregionanditsinhabitants,
workinglife,familylifeandpubliclife.Mostofthechangeswerecausedbygen-
eralmodernizationandcivilizationtrendsinmodernsocieties.Tedisruption
ofgenerationalcontinuityasaconsequenceofthepost-SecondWorldWartrau-
maisaspecificcauselimitedtoHlučinregion.Althoughtheregionislosingits
uniqueness,itisstillworthstudyingasitcherishesvaluesandlifestylesthathave
completelyvanishedelsewhere.
Teproposedtopicsshowthepossibleviewpointsfromwhichwecanob-
serveandcomparetheeventsinthetwosocieties.Tereaderhastheoppor-
tunitytobecomefamiliarwithdiferentviewsofsociologistsonsimilartopics
andobservethechangingshapeofbothcontemporarysocieties.Itmayprove
importantnotonlyforourpresent,butforourfutureaswell.
UrszulaSwadźba,DanielTopinka
