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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
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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EDUCATIONAL PATHS OF YOUNG POLES IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING ADULTHOOD
Jolanta GROTOWSKA-LEDER, Marcin KOTRAS
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023, Publication date: 29 December 2023
Abstract The paper aimed to analyse the transition into adulthood of young adult Poles, with particular attention to their educational experiences. The investigation frameworks are several theoretical perspectives, including concepts of the life course, the institutionalisation of the life course, reaching adulthood [...] Read more.
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WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF DOYENS OF WORK SOCIOLOGY IN THE ERA OF POLISH PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
Elżbieta KOLASIŃSKA
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023, Publication date: 29 December 2023
Abstract The paper tackles the issue of academic work of Polish doyens of work sociology. The authors present selected aspects of their academic work and its determinants. Project methodology is set out, along with research experiences of academics in the period of communist Poland. Their professional experiences [...] Read more.
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GAMES FOR FUTURE WORLDS. CONTINUATION TO FOLLOW
Alina Betlej
Memories from the future
Publication language: Polish
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Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
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FANTASY–NUMISM STORY. ROBOT NUMISMATIST OR MEMORIES FROM THE FUTURE
Lech W. Zacher
Memories from the future
Publication language: Polish
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Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in Memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The story was first published in Numismatic Bulletin, No. 2-3 (100-101) in 1975. The present version is a reprint of the original text. Read more.
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MEMOIR OF PROFESSOR LECH W. ZACHER
Krystyna LEŚNIAK-MOCZUK
Publication language: Polish
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Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract Memories are sometimes fleeting. However, it is worth recalling the memory of those who have passed away. Their legacy always remains with us, even if we are not aware of it. In the text I remember a great scholar, Professor Lech W. Zacher. An outstanding and unique individual. In it I recall the moments [...] Read more.
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NETWORKS OF INFORMAL STRUCTURES IN EDUCATION
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI, Adam KRUK, Anna RULKIEWICZ, Alina BETLEJ
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract Knowledge about the flow of data and information on the functioning of the network of informal structures of public institutions in sociological, psycho-logical, economic and pedagogical literature is still at the stage of early structur-ing, not to say amorphous or metaphorical in relation to needs [...] Read more.
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN JUDICAL PROCEEDINGS–SOME REMARKS ON SWEDISH JUDICAL PROCEDURE
Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The use of modern digital technologies enabling real-time video and audio transmission has had a significant impact on the functioning of societies, including public administration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, court hearings conducted partly or completely remotely necessarily became a reality in many [...] Read more.
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THE CRISIS OF CAUSALITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
Janusz GOLINOWSKI
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The paper aims to provide an overview of the major opportunities and challenges of the fourth phase of globalization, characterized by a high level of economic and geopolitical complexity and uncertainty. AI holds tremendous potential in enabling progress in all segments of society. Rapid technological [...] Read more.
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FUTUROLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FROM ECO-PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The article contains the author's thoughts on what awaits humanity in the near future, probably still this century. And it looks dramatic. Contrary to common sense and the warnings of ecologists, people continue to irresponsibly destroy the natural environment and exterminate many species of fauna. [...] Read more.
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SENIORS IN THE NETWORK SOCIETY. GENERATION GAP OR DIGITAL EXCLUSION?
Małgorzata ORŁOWSKA
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023, Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract This text addresses the issue of the quality of life of Polish retirees from the babyboomers generation, putting the question whether, and if YES, to what extent and extent it differs from the level of life of their peers living in individual countries of the European Union. Special attention is paid [...] Read more.