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Dialogic Society-the Crisis of Social Communication in Poland

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Tyszka K.

Polish Sociological Review

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2008

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vol. 163

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issue 3

297-310

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This article attempts to diagnose social communication in post-1989 Poland. It analyses the issue against the larger backdrop of the most familiar communication theories formulated by representatives of the contemporary humanities (Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of creative discourse, Lyotard’s dialogue as the differentiation of rationality,Waldensfels’s category of understanding and communication,Charles Taylor’s communitarianism). Another important reference point in addition to these theoretical conceptualisations is the philosophy of Józef Tischner who devoted many of his essays to dialogue in Polish social life, both in communist times and after the fall of the communist regime. The author proposes a diagnosis of the crisis of social communication in Poland. This crisis is rooted in the weakening of community bonds and the resulting lack of foundations on which dialogic society, based on trust and receptiveness to new experiences and ideas, the prerequisites for civil activity, could be constructed. Two forms of communication have taken its place: individualistic communication (the individual’s world is constricted to personal experiences) and collectivistic communication (the individual unreflectively accepts the current social stereotypes and views them as obvious truths). Such an attitude leads to the development and fortification of the “culture of distrust” syndrome with its extremely significant social consequences. This is particularly visible in the context of the quality of public debate and the relations between the government and society. Such phenomena as poor voter turnout, negligible participation in voluntary associations, lack of confidence in the authorities and interpersonal relations are all symptoms of the crisis of social communication

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Człowiek w drodze. O losach metafory wędrowca

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Tyszka K.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2016

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issue 2(221)

85-95

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Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie metafor, które ujmują człowieka jako wędrowca, a świat jako miejsce jego wędrówki. Punktem wyjścia jest tu porównanie dwóch postaw pielgrzyma: charakterystycznej dla społeczeństwa tradycyjnego, której symbolem jest Abraham, i właściwej epoce nowoczesności – purytańskiego przedsiębiorcy. W tym kontekście ukazane zostają przemiany, jakie zaszły w owej „wędrówce” w późnej nowoczesności. Przedmiotem analizy są postacie „turysty” i „włóczęgi” opisane przez Zygmunta Baumana.

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This article is devoted to the analysis of metaphors of a person as a wanderer and the world as a place for wandering. The starting-point is the comparison of the two figures of a pilgrim: the one in traditional society (Abraham) and the other in modernity (a Puritan). At this background the main issue of the transformation of “wandering” in the postmodern times is tackled. The figures of “a tourist” and “a vagabond” described by Zygmunt Bauman are the subject of analysis.

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Homo Sovieticus Two Decades Later

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Tyszka K.

Polish Sociological Review

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2010

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vol. 168

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issue 4

507-522

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This article analyzes the concept of homo sovieticus. Its point of departure is Józef Tischner’s description of the syndrome know under this name. Many of Tischner’s general observations have been reflected in empirical research conducted by distinguished sociologists: Stefan Nowak, Mirosława Marody, Jan Lutyński or Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński. Two basic questions are formulated in this article: 1) Do the specific characteristics of Polish society which emerge from this research allow us to posit the existence of a specific type of human being with a distinct mentality, way of thinking and social functioning which Tischner portrayed? In other words, did communism really produce a “new man”? 2) Is the homo sovieticus attitude syndrome useful? Does it help to explain the various problems of systemic transformation?

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Dialogic Society-the Crisis of Social Communication in Poland

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Homo Sovieticus Two Decades Later