THE EVERLASTING RENAISSANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY

Dominik KUBICKI

Cultural and Literary Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 5 May 2015

Abstract In the context of the contemporary postmodern consumer societies, the era of virtual technologies in he globalising world, the author raises the question of the European university. The European university is seen as a product of the medieval culture (Christianitas), integrally embedded in the civilisation [...] Read more.

THE CITY AS THE WORK OF ART. SHAPING THE PUBLIC SPACE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ONTOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION

Bartłomiej KNOSALA, Grażyna OSIKA, Barbara ROŻAŁOWSKA

Cultural and Literary Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 5 May 2015

Abstract In the article, the authors show how the changing patterns of communication affect the approach to public space. The appearance of electronic media and, later, the digital media causes new ways of cognition and action – the quest of involving and new modes of understanding the relation between art and [...] Read more.

THE PRESENT RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICT FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF IDEAS

Marek JEDLIŃSKI

Politics, Ideology, Conflicts

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 5 May 2015

Abstract In my article I am analyzing and interpreting ideological foundations of contemporary Russian neo-Euroasianism. This movement is lead by Alexander Dugin – an important representative of Russian conservatism, whose political influences among circles of the highest state authority have been growing lately [...] Read more.

ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA IN 2011 AND 2012. CHANGE OR SOCIOPOLITICAL STAGNATION ?

Marek GÓRKA

Politics, Ideology, Conflicts

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 5 May 2015

Abstract Parliamentary elections in 2011 and presidential in 2012 proved to be the most exciting struggle for power in Russia. Despite numerous reports of irregularities, Vladimir Putin was the winner of the presidential elections in Russia. People felt betrayed by the authority, it was found that the four-year [...] Read more.

ANTHROPOLOGY OF PERSONAL AND STRUCTURAL SECURITY IN A PERSPECTIVE OF COLOURS AND SHADOWS

Janusz ŚWINIARSKI, Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI

Safety in Technical and Anthropological Perspective

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 5 May 2015

Abstract This article presents the analysis of security in a context of visual communication by using colors and shadows. In authors opinion this method can be useful in description and explanation of specificity of communication and information processes. Since communication is a cultural and multicultural [...] Read more.

WAR AND NO – PEACE IN CYBERSPACE

Piotr SIENKIEWICZ, Halina ŚWIEBODA

Safety in Technical and Anthropological Perspective

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 5 May 2015

Abstract Modern security systems, both national and international, require the consideration of new possibilities, risks and dangers. New technologies are ambivalent. They generate revolutionary changes in military areas. Military revolutions are discussed and evaluated. Cyber terrorism and info wars are new [...] Read more.

THE ECONOMIC DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL GAMES

Agnieszka SZEWCZYK

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The article describes the main features of social games, the mechanisms that occur in them and the types of users who are using them. The economic aspects of social games are indicated. The the most popular business models and mechanisms that enable for the developers and for the publishers to make [...] Read more.

DILEMMAS OF THE RISK IDENTIFICATION

Paweł ŻUKOWSKI

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract The main target of the article is to present the main dilemma of risk identification. The article consists of 3 sections. The first section provides a general description of the process of the risk identification starting with the identification of risk factors and coming to a construction of a risk [...] Read more.

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND DEFLATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract In this article the author tries to justify the hypothesis that the deflation of responsibility increases proportionally to technological progress. He examines a number of issues related to the transformation of the actual responsibility into the potential one, the individual into the collective, the [...] Read more.

TASKS, PROBLEMS, INNOVATIONS – PROBLEMS OF CREATIVITY

Czesław CEMPEL

Creativity, Technology, Risk, Games

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015,  Publication date: 4 May 2015

Abstract Problems of creativity should be defined and analyzed in terms of tasks, problems and innovations. Creativity is implemental and productive (product – making). The author presents the three – dimensional synthesis of areas of human creativity. Ignorance in science is not so harmful as in engineering [...] Read more.