Subcultures In Czech Republic

The Skinhead Subculture in the Czech Republic

The skinhead scene in the CzechRepublic is characterised by disunity, caused by political orientation and the engagements of its various supporters, who identify either with:(a) the extreme right (National Socialism), (b) the traditional current(patriotism and the classic themes of the original skinhead subculture),or (c) the extreme left (Trotskyism, communism, and anarchist or ‘au-tonomist’ currents).

Skinheads in the Czech Republic

Although some youth subcultures appeared in the Czech society in the 1960s, in general subcultures have become increasingly prominent since the late 1980s. In the post-revolutionary 1990s, the Czec

h situation was fundamentally trans-formed, and the intensification of the processes of European integration meant that the majority of society’s members encountered the various subcultures 

much more often. Skinheads are among the subcultures that appeared in the country before the communist regime collapsed in 1989. In the Czech Republic, skinheads are an imported subculture. They continue to be fairly widespread, although there has been a notable decline since the 1990s. Several factors were instrumental in this retreat: 

a)Demographic change; 

b)New musical genres and styles (rap, hip-hop, but especially the dance 

scenes of the late 1990s and beyond); and 

c) Criminalisation of the far-right section of the skinhead subculture. 

The skinhead scene is characterised by disunity, caused by political orienta-tion and the engagements of its various supporters, who identify either with: (a) the extreme right (National Socialism), (b) the traditional current (patriotism and the classic themes of the original skinhead subculture), or (c) the extreme left (Trotskyism, communism, and anarchist or ‘autonomist’ currents) 

Table 1.Currents within the skinhead subculture in the Czech Republic.

 representation of a Skinhead:

REFERENCES

(PDF) The Skinhead Subculture in the Czech Republic. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305323875_The_Skinhead_Subculture_in_the_Czech_Republic [accessed Mar 10 2019].