“AND THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS...”. ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF DIVINATION

Dorota BRYLLA

Futures – Visions, Interpretations and Narratives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 31 May 2013

Abstract This article presents a look at the phenomenon of divination, within the framework of which the mind and consciousness are made as categories of vital importance. In its first part the text shows why it is impossible to anger, sadden etc. God with the practised acts of divination, that is to see God [...] Read more.

SCENARIOS OF CAPITALISM IN POSTMODERN SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES (Z.BAUMAN, A.GIDDENS, R.SENNETT)

Małgorzata MOLĘDA-ZDZIECH

Futures – Visions, Interpretations and Narratives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 31 May 2013

Abstract The author compares the theoretical approaches to capitalism proposed by some principal researchers of postmodernity: Zygmunt Bauman, Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Scott Lash. In this context the author presents the concept of a “new culture of capitalism” invented by Richard Sennett. The “New culture [...] Read more.

NEGATIVE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

Jan FAZLAGIĆ

Economy - Marketing: Looking for New Ideas

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 31 May 2013

Abstract The main purpose of accounting has always been delivering up-to-date , reliable and objective information regarding the assets and liabilities in a firm. The birth of the industrial era coincided with the development of modern accounting. In industrial enterprises the majority of assets were tangible [...] Read more.

NEW MARKETING FORMS IN LOCAL INITIATIVE

Karolina DZIWAK

Economy - Marketing: Looking for New Ideas

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 31 May 2013

Abstract The Internet does not constitute a separate communication space any more. Partition between virtual and analogue reality disappears and marketing returns to its initial form of communication. Social media marketing is not a privilage but requirement for effective promotion based and depending not on [...] Read more.

MARKETING – BETWEEN SCYLLA OF EXPECTATIONS AND CHARIBDIS OF INDICTMENTS

Lechosław GARBARSKI

Economy - Marketing: Looking for New Ideas

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 31 May 2013

Abstract During the last few decades, marketing has become a very important concept with a high level of efficiency. It is used by enterprises for commercial purposes and also by many non-for-profit organizations to solve contemporary social problems. Achieved successes inclines one to seek new solutions but [...] Read more.

SOME REFLECTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Economy - Marketing: Looking for New Ideas

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

#bark

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 31 May 2013

Abstract This article contains some thoughts on issues located in the philosophy of economics. One issue is the dilemma of whether to distract the economy in the sense of logistics and of multiplication of many small organizations, or to focus it in large organizations - productive, commercial and service complexes [...] Read more.

ANTINOMIES AND CHALLENGES OF THE POLISH TRANSFORMATION

Janusz GOLINOWSKI

Information - Communication - Politics

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract The act of comparing normative aspirations of Poles to democracy with the course of the transformation process, emphasises contradictions and paradoxes associated with the transformation of a political system. The basis of these antinomies is comprised of the thesis of restrained institutional development [...] Read more.

PUBLIC DISCOURSE AS A SUBSTITUTE TO POLITICAL REPRESENTATION – A PARAINSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION OF CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACY

Wiktor SZEWCZAK

Information - Communication - Politics

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract Representation has been one of the foundations of democratic systems throughout the ages. Since the invention of indirect democracy these two phenomena have been closely related. In the article, a traditional model of political representation is examined, and it is stated that it no longer provides [...] Read more.

DIALECTICS OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

Edward KAROLCZUK

Information - Communication - Politics

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract In the term democracy, there is a contradiction between the businesses of the majority and the minority of citizens. In antagonistic societies, this contradiction took dramatic forms. To solve this problem, officials were drawn, a plural voting system was used, new political institutions came into being [...] Read more.

HOMO WIKIPEDICUS AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Magdalena PIŁAT-BORCUCH, Artur BORCUCH

Information - Communication - Politics

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013,  Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract Contemporary e-mails, blogs, online dictionaries and encyclopedias are very important sources of obtaining information. Information exchange between Internet users is growing exponentially. Social media such as MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia contributed to this phenomenon. In this way, the [...] Read more.