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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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MAROONED DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY MARINERS’ ABORIGINAL CONNECTIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: THE UNTOLD STORY

Nonja PETERS, Dora MARINOVA, Glen STASIUK

Socio-Cultural Transformations: Stories and Cases

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014 Publication date: 29 November 2014

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DEATH – „I LIKE”

Bogdan ZELER

Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014 Publication date: 29 November 2014

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GAMES WE LIVE BY

Monika WOJTAS-TARNOWSKA

Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014 Publication date: 29 November 2014

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THE ROLE OF RETENTION AND DATA ANALYSIS IN THE UBICOMP PARADIGM

Anna MAJ

Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014 Publication date: 29 November 2014

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PARTICULAR RATIONALITY PERSPECTIVES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

Tadeusz MICZKA

Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014 Publication date: 29 November 2014

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NON-KNOWLEDGE, RISK AND TECHNOLOGY IN A NETWORKED WORLD – TOWARDS THE FUTURE

Alina BETLEJ

Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014 Publication date: 29 November 2014

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SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNETHICAL PRACTICES OF SPORTS POLICY DURING THE COLD WAR ERA

Michał Marcin KOBIERECKI

Responsibility - Ethics

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 26 May 2014

Abstract Cold War was a time of a comprehensive rivalry between two blocks of states led by the USA and the Soviet Union. The confrontation had various dimensions, and one of them was sport, which most of all could be used for the sake of political propaganda. Winning over athletes representing a hostile ideology [...] Read more.

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BETWEEN PATERNALISM AND AUTONOMY OF THE PATIENT. THE ETHICAL DIMENSION IN TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION

Maria Teresa MISIK

Responsibility - Ethics

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 26 May 2014

Abstract What the presented article refers to is the contemporary discussion on models and patterns of the relations between the doctor and the patient. Especially in medical ethics, changes in these relations are discussed and called for. Critical analyses of paternalistic relations will be presented as well [...] Read more.

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ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GEORGIA

Małgorzata SIKORA-GACA

Responsibility - Ethics

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 26 May 2014

Abstract Corporate social responsibility in Georgia is a very disputable phenomenon, mostly because of the tribal character of the region’s political transformation. Business elites do not cooperate with society, but place themselves above it. Exception from this general rule may be made of situations when they [...] Read more.

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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. COMMUNITARIAN PERSPEC

Janusz GRYGIEŃĆ

Responsibility - Ethics

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 26 May 2014

Abstract The last two decades have resulted in a popularization of the participatory democracy ideal. This means, in practice, utilizing it not only as a political concept (i.e. inspiration do decentralize decision processes according to the idea of subsidization) both on a national and international level ( [...] Read more.