ELEMENTS OF RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW VERSUS THE ANTI-CRISIS INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE IN THE POST-HUMANIST WORLD

Jadwiga SEBESTA, Eugeniusz SZYMIK

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract The present-day ideological decline entails a serious crisis of values, taking place against the background of civilisation changes. The exceptional economic achievements in the developed countries clash with the destabilisation of a thought which diverges from any coherent vision of a human being and [...] Read more.

POST-NATIONAL REVOLUTION AS A SOURCE OF POLILTICAL CONFLICTS IN THE EU COUNTRIES

Jakub POTULSKI

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract Processes related to the formation of the so-called Information society affects the transformation of social structure in highly developed countries. Alongside these processes, new social divisions and new areas of political conflicts are emerging. The arrival of the "third wave of civilisation" is [...] Read more.

POLITICAL GELOTOLOGY

Marek SOKOŁOWSKI, Wojciech Krzysztof SZALKIEWICZ

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract Humour and laughter with it have been for many years the subject of research by many scholars who for centuries have been thinking about their essence and their function in social life because of the important and diverse role that it plays in the everyday life of individuals and groups. One of the [...] Read more.

THE INFLUENCE OF AUTOMATION ON PHYSICAL WORK. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Andrzej LEMAŃSKI

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract The automation of work it is not a new economic or social problem. The roots of this date back to the beginning of the industrial era to the luddite movement and then to the 60s and 70s of the XX century when first computers and robots started to perform the human job. Nowadays we are witnessing another [...] Read more.

NEO-LUDDISM AS AN ANALYTICAL CATEGORY. AN ATTEMPT OF CONCEPTUALIZATION

Maciej D. KRYSZCZUK

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract The paper proposes a typology of neo-luddism, examines its relevance for studying contemporary labour relations and catalogues selected empirical manifestations of neo-luddist behaviour and attitudes. It is by necessity interdisciplinary, as the phenomenon touches upon the field of sociology of labour [...] Read more.

ON THE CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONOF THE CONCEPT OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Wojciech KOZYRA

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract In the article I attempt to defend the concept of enlightenment understood as an unequivocally moral concept. Such defense is needed because in the recent debates the idea of enlightenment has rather been associated with progress conceived not in moral, but in scientific and technological terms instead [...] Read more.

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES USE IN HEALTH CARE

Ewa M. KWIATKOWSKA, Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract With the development of modern technologies, it is only natural to try to use them in order to improve the health care services. E-health can contribute i.a. to reduce the cost of health care, to increase the effect of treatment, to reduce the amount of medical errors and consequently to achieve more [...] Read more.

PROCRASTINATION AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AS CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Antoni WONTORCZYK, Anna ENGLERT-BATOR

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract The aim of this research was to present the phenomenon of procrastination and academic dishonesty as two contemporary forms of transformation of social life in the academic environment. Academic procrastination has become a serious problem of modern education, especially in the group of younger students [...] Read more.

CHANGING DIETARY TRENDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

Agnieszka MAJ

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract The aim of the article is to show that changes in eating habits can be interpreted as a kind of social change. The author analyzes examples referring to Poland, a country where traditional approaches to food, nutrition and culinary practices are undergoing transition through the influence of media patterns [...] Read more.

INTERNET SENIORS: BETWEEN STEREOTYPES AND REALITY

Małgorzata ORŁOWSKA, Krystyna M. BŁESZYŃSKA, Izabela KSIĄŻKIEWICZ

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract Digital exclusion is perceived as the form of social exclusion. Social stereotypes refer this form mainly to the category of seniors. The presented study critically exams this image pointing the statistical data related to the activities of seniors in the cyberspace. Read more.