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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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THE INFLUENCE OF AUTOMATION ON PHYSICAL WORK. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Andrzej LEMAŃSKI
In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018
Abstract The automation of work it is not a new economic or social problem. The roots of this date back to the beginning of the industrial era to the luddite movement and then to the 60s and 70s of the XX century when first computers and robots started to perform the human job. Nowadays we are witnessing another [...] Read more.
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NEO-LUDDISM AS AN ANALYTICAL CATEGORY. AN ATTEMPT OF CONCEPTUALIZATION
Maciej D. KRYSZCZUK
In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018
Abstract The paper proposes a typology of neo-luddism, examines its relevance for studying contemporary labour relations and catalogues selected empirical manifestations of neo-luddist behaviour and attitudes. It is by necessity interdisciplinary, as the phenomenon touches upon the field of sociology of labour [...] Read more.
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ON THE CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONOF THE CONCEPT OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Wojciech KOZYRA
In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018
Abstract In the article I attempt to defend the concept of enlightenment understood as an unequivocally moral concept. Such defense is needed because in the recent debates the idea of enlightenment has rather been associated with progress conceived not in moral, but in scientific and technological terms instead [...] Read more.
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POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES USE IN HEALTH CARE
Ewa M. KWIATKOWSKA, Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract With the development of modern technologies, it is only natural to try to use them in order to improve the health care services. E-health can contribute i.a. to reduce the cost of health care, to increase the effect of treatment, to reduce the amount of medical errors and consequently to achieve more [...] Read more.
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PROCRASTINATION AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AS CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
Antoni WONTORCZYK, Anna ENGLERT-BATOR
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract The aim of this research was to present the phenomenon of procrastination and academic dishonesty as two contemporary forms of transformation of social life in the academic environment. Academic procrastination has become a serious problem of modern education, especially in the group of younger students [...] Read more.
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CHANGING DIETARY TRENDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Agnieszka MAJ
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract The aim of the article is to show that changes in eating habits can be interpreted as a kind of social change. The author analyzes examples referring to Poland, a country where traditional approaches to food, nutrition and culinary practices are undergoing transition through the influence of media patterns [...] Read more.
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INTERNET SENIORS: BETWEEN STEREOTYPES AND REALITY
Małgorzata ORŁOWSKA, Krystyna M. BŁESZYŃSKA, Izabela KSIĄŻKIEWICZ
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract Digital exclusion is perceived as the form of social exclusion. Social stereotypes refer this form mainly to the category of seniors. The presented study critically exams this image pointing the statistical data related to the activities of seniors in the cyberspace. Read more.
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THE PHENOMENON OF FASHION BLOGS AMONGST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Krzysztof JUREK, Karolina PIĘTA
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract Fashion blogs, although they are a relatively new phenomenon on the Internet, quickly gained approbation and popularity among of Internet users. According to many rankings (e.g. Blogosfera and Social Media) authors of fashion blogs belong to the most influential groups of bloggers. The proof of that [...] Read more.
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ANALYSIS OF THE CONSUMPTION OF INFORMATION GOODS IN POLISH HOUSEHOLDS
Agnieszka SZEWCZYK
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract The article contains basic information on two economic categories - consumption and household. Included is also a classification of consumer goods, with particular emphasis on information goods. The central part of the article consists of a presentation of statistical analysis of consumption of information [...] Read more.
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ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN EDUCATION DURING THE TRANSFORMATION FROM THE INDUSTRIAL TO THE POST-INDUSTRIAL STAGE
Ewa SKRZETUSKA
Educational Challenges of the Technological World
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018
Abstract Thinking about the education of the young generation usually results from social needs. However, rapid political and social changes, such as the collapse of the system of the PRL in 1989, are not immediately translated into changes in education, some of them are too slow, others not necessarily in line [...] Read more.