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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
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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PARTICULAR RATIONALITY PERSPECTIVES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Tadeusz MICZKA
Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014, Publication date: 29 November 2014
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NON-KNOWLEDGE, RISK AND TECHNOLOGY IN A NETWORKED WORLD – TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Alina BETLEJ
Information Society – Aspects and Dimensions
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (82-83) 2014, Publication date: 29 November 2014
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SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNETHICAL PRACTICES OF SPORTS POLICY DURING THE COLD WAR ERA
Michał Marcin KOBIERECKI
Responsibility - Ethics
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract Cold War was a time of a comprehensive rivalry between two blocks of states led by the USA and the Soviet Union. The confrontation had various dimensions, and one of them was sport, which most of all could be used for the sake of political propaganda. Winning over athletes representing a hostile ideology [...] Read more.
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BETWEEN PATERNALISM AND AUTONOMY OF THE PATIENT. THE ETHICAL DIMENSION IN TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATION
Maria Teresa MISIK
Responsibility - Ethics
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract What the presented article refers to is the contemporary discussion on models and patterns of the relations between the doctor and the patient. Especially in medical ethics, changes in these relations are discussed and called for. Critical analyses of paternalistic relations will be presented as well [...] Read more.
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ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GEORGIA
Małgorzata SIKORA-GACA
Responsibility - Ethics
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract Corporate social responsibility in Georgia is a very disputable phenomenon, mostly because of the tribal character of the region’s political transformation. Business elites do not cooperate with society, but place themselves above it. Exception from this general rule may be made of situations when they [...] Read more.
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. COMMUNITARIAN PERSPEC
Janusz GRYGIEŃĆ
Responsibility - Ethics
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract The last two decades have resulted in a popularization of the participatory democracy ideal. This means, in practice, utilizing it not only as a political concept (i.e. inspiration do decentralize decision processes according to the idea of subsidization) both on a national and international level ( [...] Read more.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT IN POLAND AGAINST THE MANENVIRONMENT SYSTEM
Arkadiusz NIEWIADOMSKI
Environment – Contexts – Policies
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract The article describes waste management system with reference to dependences between the man and environment. The main aim of this work was to explain the complexity of the four-stage process of waste management in Poland. Different classifications of waste were described as well as the foundations and [...] Read more.
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LOCAL CONFLICTS AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD BYPASSES. NIMBY SYNDROME ON THE EXAMPLE OF ROAD INVESTMENTS
Antoni WONTORCZYK, Marian TRACZ
Environment – Contexts – Policies
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract The ‘NIMBY’ (Not In My Back Yard) concept is commonly useing to explain public opposition to new developments near houses and communities, such as: wind farms, electricity pylons, large dams, medium and maximum security prisons, commercial nuclear power plants, and gambling casinos. Despite its common [...] Read more.
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INFRASTRUCTURAL INVESTMENTS DECISION MAKING PROCESSES WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRACY
Katarzyna IWIŃSKA, Marek TROSZYŃSKI
Environment – Contexts – Policies
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract The intensive economic growth in Poland puts pressure on investors and decision makers to also take into account various social matters. This study tackles the problem of decision making concerning infrastructural investments in Poland. The aim of the article is to present the idea of environmental [...] Read more.
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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE SHAPING IN ECOHUMANISTIC WAY (CYBERNETICS APPROACH)
Lesław MICHNOWSKI
Environment – Contexts – Policies
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 26 May 2014
Abstract The world is in crisis. It is the result of a big XXth century’ science-technology development without adjustment of social relations, including economics, to such new - additionally rapidly changed - life-conditions (level of technology development, state of environment, accessibility of resources, [...] Read more.