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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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IS eSPORTS A SPORT? – DEFINITION ANALYSIS
Mateusz ROGALEWICZ
Technology – Applications and Evaluations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020, Publication date: 14 June 2020
Abstract Over the course of 2017-2018 International Olympic Committee debated if esports should be part of Olympic Games. Eventually it even debuted during Asian Games 2018 as a demonstration sport. Because of that it can not be seen as surprise that esports, as electronic sports, is often compared to traditional [...] Read more.
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VALUING TECHNIQUES IN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Piotr SIENKIEWICZ, Halina ŚWIEBODA
Technology – Applications and Evaluations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020, Publication date: 14 June 2020
Abstract The development of technology and the accumulation of technological innovations determine the environment of modern society, while technological determinism is one of the features of modern civilization. The purpose of the article is to present a methodology for evaluating a technique (technology) that [...] Read more.
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TECHNOLOGY
Jędrzej MALIŃSKI
Technology – Applications and Evaluations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020, Publication date: 14 June 2020
Abstract In this paper I present a semantic and historical analysis of Polish words technika and technologia. An initial problem is the fact that both terms are often interchangeable. The blurry differentiation between technika and technologia is also present in different language – except for English. Given [...] Read more.
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IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY CHALLENGE FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL INNOVATION
Małgorzata GOTOWSKA, Paweł ANTOSZAK
Sustainable Development – Some Challenges
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020, Publication date: 14 June 2020
Abstract The aim of this article is attempt to present the challenges for contemporary social innovation in terms of sustainable society. The article presents the role of innovation in the Europe 2020 Strategy Innovation is one of the five main objectives of this strategy. That is why it seems important to implement [...] Read more.
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WHO WILL HAND OUT THE CARDS IN THE GAME FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Sustainable Development – Some Challenges
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020, Publication date: 14 June 2020
Abstract The article contains reflections on shaping the future in accordance with the concept of sustainable development. In the first part, the author considers the issue of the purposefulness of shaping a sustainable future. In the second one, he presents the problem of responsibility for the further development [...] Read more.
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STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION INFORMATIZATION
Andrzej TARGOWSKI
Sustainable Development – Some Challenges
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020, Publication date: 14 June 2020
Abstract The article proposes strategic objectives for the development of a sustainable civilization. These should be based on a Geoinformation Management System monitoring civilization based on established indexes measuring the state of civilization. The monitoring needs be based on a uniform system on many [...] Read more.
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POVERTY - CHALLENGE OF THE MODERN WORLD
Murman KVARATSKHELIA
Everlasting Problems
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019, Publication date: 11 December 2019
Abstract Poverty is still one of the most serious problems in developing countries. The social and economic effects of global structural change are difficult to assess. Poverty, as a negative phenomenon, in order to be eliminated, requires a scientific study. Increasing knowledge of the conditions of poverty [...] Read more.
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OUTLINE OF CHANGES IN POLISH ELITES: FROM NOBLE DEMOCRACY TO CIVIL SOCIETY
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI
Formation of Elites – Between Theories and Practices
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019, Publication date: 11 December 2019
Abstract The problems discussed in the article are interdisciplinary character and fit mainly in the area of sociology of social structures, historical sociology and intellectual history1. The issues presented in it are focused on the analytical approach to changes taking place in the evolution of the elites [...] Read more.
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WHO WILL HAND OUT THE CARDS IN THE GAME FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Modeling Development – Between History and the Future
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019, Publication date: 11 December 2019
Abstract The article contains reflections on shaping the future in accordance with the concept of sustainable development. The first part contains consideration on the issue of the purposefulness of shaping a sustainable future. The second part deals with the problem of responsibility for the further development [...] Read more.
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CHINA ACCORDING TO CARROLL QUIGLEY’S MODEL OF EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATIONS
Alfred SKORUPKA
Modeling Development – Between History and the Future
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019, Publication date: 11 December 2019
Abstract Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), an American scientist, distinguished seven phases in a development of every civilization: mixture, gestation, expansion, age of conflict, universal empire, decay, invasion. In the case of Middle Kingdom, he identified there two communities: Sinic (2000 BC-400 AD) and Chinese [...] Read more.