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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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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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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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ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF A WITNESS WHO IS A PERPETRATOR OF A PROHIBITED ACTION FOR GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE (ARTICLE 233 § 1A OF THE PENAL CODE) IN VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATIONS
Jan KLUZA
Selected Interantional Aspects of Legal Regulations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 22 February 2022
Abstract The article presents the problems of the amendment article 233 criminal code, respecting crime of false examination. On the ground of this act, catalog of this prohibited act was extended to include a new type consisting in the situation of making false statements or concealing the truth in order to [...] Read more.
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE JURISPRUDENCE LINE OF POLISH COURTS IN CASES CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IN THE INTERNAL LEGAL ORDER AFTER WORLD WAR II - THEORY AND PRACTICE
Ben SASSI
Selected Interantional Aspects of Legal Regulations
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 22 February 2022
Abstract During the era of the constitution of the Polish People's Republic, the positions regarding the relations between international and national law, taken by the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court and – to some degree – the Constitutional Tribunal, were heterogeneous. A lack of coherence in [...] Read more.
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SARS-COV-2 PANDEMIC VERSUS PERSONAL AND STRUCTURAL SECURITY
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI
The Pandemic - not only National Problems
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 20 February 2022
Abstract The article attempts to explain and justify the need to undertake diagnostic and preventive measures in the fight against a pandemic, based on a probabilistic decision-making strategy. Important premises for the possibility of limiting, thanks to their application, by institutions and organizations, [...] Read more.
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THE HELPLESSNESS OF SCIENCE AND EXPERTS IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC
Ewa POLAK
The Pandemic - not only National Problems
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 20 February 2022
Abstract Modern scientific and technical development helps to solve many problems and to improve the comfort of life, but it can create new problems and threats too. The purpose of this analysis is to show, that science and technology do not guarantee safety and predictability of life. Pandemic covid-19 has [...] Read more.
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VIRTUAL WORLD, VIRAL WORLD. SHADOWS EMERGED FROM THE CAVE
Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK
The Pandemic - not only National Problems
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 20 February 2022
Abstract The article is aimed at critical analysis of view points related to social consequences of pandemic desease Covid-19 in the context of digital technologies. I attempt at grasping new trends of social change which they are just sprouting under the impact of pandemic. Our attention should in the months [...] Read more.
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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE HISTORY OF THE MAYAN CIVILISATION?
Alfred SKORUPKA
Expieriences of the Past and Challenges of the Futures
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 20 February 2022
Abstract Article discusses history of Maya civilization. Author claims, that two causes of decline Maya civilization: wars between cities- states and ecological defeats are also danger for contemporaries’ civilizations. Read more.
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NOVELTIES, REPETITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN CIVILISATION
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Expieriences of the Past and Challenges of the Futures
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021,  Publication date: 20 February 2022
Abstract Western civilization (especially in the countries of Western Europe, the United States of America, Canada and Australia) undoubtedly surpassed in many respects earlier civilizations in human history. First of all, due to the number of significant scientific discoveries and technical inventions, the [...] Read more.
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BREGMAN, R. (2020) HOMO SAPIENS. PEOPLE ARE BETTER THAN YOU THINK. POZNAŃ: DOLNOŚLĄSKIE PUBLISHING HOUSE (ISBN 978-83-271-6043-0)
Krzysztof MUDYŃ
Reviews
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021,  Publication date: 19 February 2022
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE ELDERLY IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS – THE NEED TO IMPLEMENT NEW LEGAL SOLUTIONS
Ewa M. KWIATKOWSKA
Health Safety– some transformative examples
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021,  Publication date: 19 February 2022
Abstract With the aging of societies and the growing possibilities of modern medicine, healthcare systems face new challenges. The ongoing digital transformation may allow for some of them to be overcome, i.a. enabling the provision of some remote healthcare services. Such activities can not only reduce costs [...] Read more.
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HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AFFECTING ROAD SAFETY
Łukasz WRÓBEL, Krzysztof JUREK
Health Safety– some transformative examples
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (108) 2021,  Publication date: 19 February 2022
Abstract Road safety determinants can be divided into personal and non-personal factors. In the case of the former, the psychophysical state of road users and social determinants of dangerous behaviour are taken into account. This article is a voice in the discussion on the improvement of road traffic safety [...] Read more.