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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
Journal article
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
Journal article
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
Journal article
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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POLISH UNIVERSITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS: POSITION, CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Jan SADLAK
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract University rankings are arecognized source of information about performance of higher education institutions in particular with regard to research and prestige. This essay presents a comprehensive analysis of the performance of Polish universities in the period 2010-2013 in the most relevant international [...] Read more.
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SATURN OF GOYA. TRANSFORMATION OF THE MYTH
Joanna ALEKSANDROWICZ
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract In his painting Saturn, Goya has transformed the traditional myth version – stripped divinity of its attributes and transferred it into a universal dimension, causing an image of a father devouring his own children to start being interpreted in new socialpolitical contexts. The reception of the Saturn [...] Read more.
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ZORBA THE GREEK - A SCORE FOR LIFE-MEDIA-CULTURE A FILM BY MICHAEL CACONYANNIS IN OLD AND NEW CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Karina BANASZKIEWICZ
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract Globalized societies constantly need heroes and stories that would be able to explain the meaning of the world. When religions of fathers lose their position, their place is taken by myths of the popular culture: Star Wars, Matrix, Pokemons, Indiana Jones' crusades – they all integrate multinational [...] Read more.
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TABLE MANNERS: FEASTING AND LE GRAND BOUFFE AS TWO FORMS OF MODERN CONSUMPTION.
Katarzyna PYSZKOWSKA
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract The text describes two opposite forms of table manners in the context of the contemporary culture of consumption. Based on terms such as feast, feasting, etiquette, conversation, hospitality, appetite, or disgust, it is possible to point out not only the differences between feasting and le grand bouffe [...] Read more.
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BODY PRACTICES IN A CRISIS PERIOD. SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE SMELLS OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Aleksandra RZEPKOWSKA
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract The presented article is based on commentaries that have appeared in the Internet forum – an online discussion site where people can hold conversation in the form of posted messages. The discussion forum contains a great numbers of subforums, each of which have several topics. The author of the article [...] Read more.
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FROM PEEKING TO THE PROFESSION. A NEW DIMENSION OF SOCIOLOGY OF FASHIO
Urszula SOLER
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract The twentieth century brought many changes in many areas, including in the world of fashion. "Little Black Dress" Coco Chanel, the emergence of the great designers and the capital of fashion, creating brands, fashion magazines – those are all the achievements of the past century. The end of the century [...] Read more.
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MUSIC IN OPPOSITION. BINARY THINKING IN PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC
Magdalena WOŁEK
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract The article entitled „Music in Opposition. Binary Thinking in Philosophy of Music” focuses on the schemata of thinking in the field of philosophy of music as well as musicology. This thinking, according to Author, oscillates around binarisms and dichotomies. Things such as music/noise, music/language [...] Read more.
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THE CONDITIONING ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN BUILT-UP AREA CONDITION
Marek KUBIŃSKI
Varia: Management and Logistics
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 14 November 2013
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LOGISTICS AND LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT IN CRISIS SITUATIONS
Eugeniusz NOWAK
Varia: Management and Logistics
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 14 November 2013
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ACTIVE WELFARE STATE AND ACTIVE AGEING. INERTIA, INNOVATIONS AND PARADOXES OF THE ITALIAN CASE
Emma GARAVAGLIA, Rosangela LODIGIANI
Transformational Case Studies Worldwide
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 14 November 2013