Culture war in a secular country? The case of sex education

JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie. Culture war in a secular country? The case of sex education. In Private, Civil and Public Sexualities XI. International Academic Conference. 2019.

Basic information

Original name

Culture war in a secular country? The case of sex education

Name in Czech

Kulturní válka v sekulární zemi? Případ sexuální výchovy

Name (in English)

Culture war in a secular country? The case of sex education

Authors

JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie

Edition

Private, Civil and Public Sexualities XI. International Academic Conference, 2019

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Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Keywords (in Czech)

kulturní války; sexuální výchva; zdraví; víra

Keywords in English

culture war; sex education; health; religion

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Abstract

V originále

The conflict between the conservative and liberal approaches to sex education is one of the axes of the culture war that is happening in the US since the 1990s. As R. Marie Griffith claims the profound societal divide of American culture has deep historical roots. The origins of these conflicts, she argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago and in the way Christianity and politics were and still are interwoven. But what about one of the most secular countries in the world, the Czech Republic? Culture war issues seem to be imported into current European politics and become a fundamental base of rising populism and ultra-conservative backlash. But how does the culture war translate into the secular context of the Czech Republic? Who are the main actors that foment this ahistorical conflict? Are sexual rights in immediate danger? Using outcomes of her research on sex education the keynote will open the debate addressing these questions.

In Czech

Konflikt mezi konzervativními a liberálními přístupy k sexuální výchově je jednou z hlavních os tzv. kulturních válek, které se odehrávají v USA od devadesátých let dvacátého století. Jak uvádí Marie Griffith, ostré rozdělení americké společnosti má hluboké kořeny v historii. Původ tohoto konfliktu leží v ostrém neporozumění, které se objevilo mezi americkými křesťany před více než sto lety, a také ve způsobu jakým kředsťanství a politika byly a stále jsou propojeny. Témata kulturní války jsou importovány do evropské politiky a tvoří základnu pro rostoucí populismus a ultrakonzervativn backlash. Avšak jak se konflikty americké kulturní války transformují do kontextu sekulární České republiky?

In English

The conflict between the conservative and liberal approaches to sex education is one of the axes of the culture war that is happening in the US since the 1990s. As R. Marie Griffith claims the profound societal divide of American culture has deep historical roots. The origins of these conflicts, she argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago and in the way Christianity and politics were and still are interwoven. But what about one of the most secular countries in the world, the Czech Republic? Culture war issues seem to be imported into current European politics and become a fundamental base of rising populism and ultra-conservative backlash. But how does the culture war translate into the secular context of the Czech Republic? Who are the main actors that foment this ahistorical conflict? Are sexual rights in immediate danger? Using outcomes of her research on sex education the keynote will open the debate addressing these questions.