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ZARATHUSTRA'S ANIMALS. PHILOSOPHICAL NOTIONS IMPERSONATED IN MYTHICAL CREATURES (Zwierzeta Zaratustry. Idee filozoficzne w postaci zwierzece wcielone)

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Klosiewicz O.
Przegląd Filozoficzno-Literacki
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2010
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vol. 9
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issue 3(28)
219-241
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The authoress presents animalistic symbols and metaphors appearing in Friedrich Nietzsche's book 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra': A Book for All and None with the reference to symbolic representation of animals in different cultures, especially in Greek mythology and in the Christian tradition. This bestiary, untypical for philosophical works, allows to interpret Nietzsche's main ideas not only as a knowledge of reason but also as a kind of mythical lore: part of the European tradition on the one hand and an exceptional message of a poet and prophet, on the other. The analysis of Nietzsche's symbolic language shows philosopher's original concepts concerning human being and his possibilities of perceptive faculty, cognition and creation of morality and culture. Selection of animal symbols demonstrates clearly how Nietzsche constructs his own myth, humiliates his opponents and seduces his readers with beauty and variety of the described world.
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WHOSE IS THE 'KNEZJI KAMEN'? ABOUT SLOVENIAN POLITICS OF SYMBOLS

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Falski M.
Pamiętnik Słowiański
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2008
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vol. 58
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issue 1
49-66
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The ceremony of enthronment of the Carinthian princes is one of the rare examples of state tradition in Central Europe. After the disintegration of the Habsburg empire this tradition is reclaimed both by Austrian Carinthians, dominated by German-speaking population, and Slovenians. The latter claim that medieval Carinthia was a predecessor of the contemporary Slavic state, what is an usurpation for the first ones. The 'knezji kamen', or princes' stone, is an ancient monument and a testimony to this ceremony, materializing its symbolic meanings. Austrian-Slovenian conflict about who has the right to use this symbol is considered here in a broader context of the Slovenian national narrative. A discussion of this and other symbols can point some major aspects of Slovanian cultural identity.
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Maszyny i symbole (I) – semantyczne aspekty cybernetyki i automatyzacji

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Boruszewski J.
Filo-Sofija
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2011
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vol. 11
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issue 1(12)
397-425
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This article is the first part of the cycle titled “Machines and symbols”. The main issue of this cycle may be formulated as a question: can machines and technical devices operate with symbols? A very important problem raised in this essay is the difference between symbols and signals. The concept of signal is also broadly discussed in the paper, because there are many different definitions of this concept. The present text contains semantic and philosophical considerations concerning cybernetics, mathematical theory of communication, industrial semiotics and semio-technics. In these theories, terms “symbol” and “signal” are often used interchangeably which leads to misconceptions. One of the most frequent misconceptions is confusing discrete signals with symbols. The author focused on communication systems where machines are senders and humans are receivers, because descriptions of these systems tend towards anthropomorphization of a machine-sender. This tendency makes signals sent out by machines treated as symbols comprehensible by a human-receiver. Another interesting aspect of machine-human communication systems is the treatment of a human-receiver as some kind of machine. Such an idea is called “mechanomorphism”.
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SOME REFLECTIONS ON A FLAG. TOWARDS ANTHROPOLOGY OF NATIONALISM (Refleksje o fladze. W strone antropologii nacjonalizmu)

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Jaskulowski K.
Sprawy Narodowościowe
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2009
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issue 35
139-151
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The article investigates the symbolic and mythical significance of a national flag. Drawing on observations of the uses of the American flag and literature the author analyzes different dimensions of a national flag. He looks at a flag from different angles and shows diverse interpretative tropes. The article shortly analyzes such phenomena as modernity of national flag, the cult of a flag, magic of a flag and symbolic emptiness of a flag. Basically, the author argues that from cognitive point of view a flag may be described as metonymy which provides mental access to abstract concept of a nation.
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MIGRANCI CZYNIĄ ZIEMIĘ PODDANĄ

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Kula M.
Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
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2013
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vol. 39
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issue 1(147)
49-58
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The history of humankind may be seen as a process of domination of a territory. Nowadays, there are practically no places on Earth, which would be untouched by man. The migration waves of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played an important role in the process of taking possession of the earth's surface. The migrants settled in many previously inhabited areas, took advantage of them, by different means marked them as theirs, built roads and railways, measured and described them, gave names to different landmarks of the occupied territory, introduced their symbols, designed frontiers, and, last but not least, organised cemeteries.
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POLICY OF SOVIETIZATION OF THE WESTERN REGIONS OF UKRAINE IN 1944 – 1953 THROUGH THE PROPAGANDIST SYMBOLS AND RITUALS

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Starodubec G., Popp R.
Studia Historica Nitriensia
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2020
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vol. 24
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issue 2
412 – 426
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The article deals with the peculiarities of the process of Sovietization of the western regions of Ukraine in the first postwar years. The problem of using the political symbols as tools of propaganda by the authorities is particularly emphasized. The scientific novelty is that the process of symbolizing the living space of the population of the Western Ukrainian region in the period of restoration / establishment of Soviet power there is disclosed in the article. The authors indicate what The main promoters of the spread of "Soviet" were the propaganda and agitation departments of regional and district committees of the CP(b)U in Western Ukraine. The change of symbolic space occurred through the creation and implantation into the public consciousness of a new narrative of the historical uniqueness of the Soviet state of the Stalinist format.
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JEWISH TOMBSTONES IN KURZEME: SYMBOLICS AND EXEMPLA (Die Judischen Grabdenkmale in Kurzeme (Kurland): Symbolik und Exempla)

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Leitane I.
Makslas Vesture un Teorija
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2006
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vol. 5
15-30
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The article explores motifs and symbols of Jewish tombstones found in Kurzeme, Western part of Latvia.
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„VLASŤ V MALOM”(KORUNOVAČNÉ SLÁVNOSTI V OBDOBÍ DUALIZMU A SYMBOLIKA KORUNOVAČNÉHO VŔŠKU)

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Pál J.
Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
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2009
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vol. 57
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issue 3
443-468
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The study analyses the development and function of political rituals and myths from the time of two coronation ceremonies in the period of dualism (1867 and 1916). The coronation was splendid opportunity for the application of the whole range of political symbols. The study is mainly concerned with the ceremonies associated with the coronation hill, and in this context considers various aspects of cultural memory and political identities. In 1867 and again in 1916, all the municipia, that are counties and cities, were asked to send earth for the coronation hill from 'historically important' places. The hill was intended to symbolize the unity and extent of the state. It had to legitimize also the new situation created by the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (Ausgleich). The hill was supposed to summarize the whole of Hungarian history and symbolically to unite the past with the present.
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CLASSICAL ARAB POETIC CONVENTION BY THE UMAYYAD PERIOD: PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF IMAGINATION

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Mahmud H. A.-S.
Asian and African Studies
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2012
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vol. 21
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issue 1
35 – 69
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This study is concerned with a set of questions to illustrate the main aspects of images of thoughts, which emanate from the depths of the mind, and the underlying forces and their symbolic functions: particularly, the archetypal images of the ‘hero-heroine’, ‘nature’ and ‘animal’, and their symbols in the “Classical Arabic Lyrical Traditional Ode Convention” elaborated by Umayyad poets. What are the aspects of their archetypes and the plans of reality according to which the imaginary experience of each of them is constructed? What are the forces that stand against the hero from the very beginning of the traditional amatory prelude and along the movement of the Arabic poem till the end, where the poet receives the prize from his praised patron or from his beloved woman? These questions are essential in exploring and revising ethics and profound values; they could be answered differently from various standpoints. Notably, the transmutation of sentiment is one of the more vital constituents that offer a clue to understanding the meaning of the whole poem.
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