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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)

Lech W. ZACHER

UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016 Publication date: 12 May 2016

Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.

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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE

Magdalena SZPUNAR

Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022 Publication date: 30 March 2022

Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.

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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS

Lech W. ZACHER

Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013 Publication date: 13 November 2013

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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)

Lech W. ZACHER

National Cases Augmented

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017 Publication date: 30 November 2017

Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.

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POLITICAL ELITES IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOGOS, ETHOS AND PROFESSIONALISATION

Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI

Human Aggregates – Old and New Structurations

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021 Publication date: 18 March 2021

Abstract The article presents an analysis of the formation of the elite from the classic - cultural and identity form to the hybrid ethos and professional form. The focus was on the political elite as a segment structurally and functionally separated from the intelligentsia. The roles, attributes and determinants [...] Read more.

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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: NEW SOCIETY OR THE END OF SOCIETY?

Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK

Human Aggregates – Old and New Structurations

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021 Publication date: 18 March 2021

Abstract The article attempts at answering topical questions, what is the morphology of present-day societies like, or what image of „socjety” emerges from sociological studies and research works devoted to technology, in what degree our knowledge on society is satisfactory, what we do not know yet, what are [...] Read more.

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WORLD WITHOUT AUTHORITIES

Marek CHLEBUŚ

Civilizational transformations – from theory to political practice

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021 Publication date: 18 March 2021

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CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT ALBERT SCHWEITZER’S PHILOSOPHY OF CIVILIZATION

Alfred SKORUPKA

Civilizational transformations – from theory to political practice

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021 Publication date: 18 March 2021

Abstract The article presents considerations about civilization written by Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Except that is here his curriculum vitae, philosophy and views about Indian religion and philosophy. The author claims that Schweitzer’s theory of civilization is rather “too idealistic”, because too much [...] Read more.

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DEHUMANIZATION OF REALITY? COMPARISON OF SUBJECTIVE REALITY REFERENTS OF SELECTED CONCEPTS IN 1989, 2004 AND 2020

Krzysztof MUDYŃ

Civilizational transformations – from theory to political practice

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021 Publication date: 18 March 2021

Abstract The aim of the presented research was to compare the assessments of the degree of realness of referents of 40 different concepts and to track the changes that took place between 2004 (previous research) and 2020. The results of similar research from 1989 were also taken into account. Each time the subjects [...] Read more.

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ESSENCE OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES

Vazha KAKABADZE

Varia

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020 Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract There are as many Parallel Universes as there are magnetic field. Single range of magnetic field is the unity of electron particles with an approximate uniform velocity. All ranges of the magnetic field differ from each other not only in the velocity of the particles, but also in the directions of motion [...] Read more.

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CREATING A COMPANY’S IDENTITY AND IMAGE IN THE MODERN MARKET - A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Karolina PIĘTA

Transformations of Enterprises: a Conceptual Framework

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020 Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract In the article, the author analyses the differences in the perception of the identity and image of the company in the modern market. She defines the differences between the identity and image of the company, shows the problems related to the perception of the identity and image of the company and the [...] Read more.

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PROCESSES AND FACTORS SHAPING URBAN SOCIAL SPACE

Katarzyna KWIATOSZ

Sustainable Urban Development: Challenges and Practical Experiences

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020 Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract The article analyses processes and factors of shaping urban social space. It defines the process of social production of space and the entities co-shaping it. Particular attention should be paid to the processes of perception and valorisation of space, i.e. its reception and evaluation. In the further [...] Read more.

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Jan GONDEK

Sustainable Urban Development: Challenges and Practical Experiences

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020 Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract Author analyses functions of new technologies in sustainable urban development from the theoretic point of view. He considers how technological transformations imply changes in social life in many spheres of social activities. A special attention is focus on the idea of sustainable development. The [...] Read more.

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IMPACT OF THE CYBERWORLD ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL

Larysa FEDONIUK, Arkadiusz D. LEŚNIAK-MOCZUK

New Technologies and Social Change

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020 Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract The 20th century saw a huge expansion of new information technologies and, at the same time, discoveries in the field of sociotechnology have led to an increase in the interest of large economic concerns in influencing people's choice to buy certain products. The 21st century, on the other hand, is [...] Read more.