Search results

1

Kastracja przestępców seksualnych w Trzeciej Rzeszy w świetle śląskich dokumentów prowincjonalnych

100%

Kruszewski T.

Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem

|

2014

|

vol. 36

|

issue 1

35 - 45

EN

The author examines one of the notorious elements of Nazi criminal law, i.e. castration of sexual offenders introduced in 1933. The issue is analysed in the context of documents of the Provizialverband Niederschlesien, preserved in the State Archives in Wrocław, which include fi les entitled Kastration der Sexualverbrecher. The paper combines an analysis — carried out from the point of view of the legal dogma — of Third Reich laws (amended Articles 42k and 226a of the StGB) with the literature on the subject. However, the author’s main objective is to discuss the surviving archive documents from Silesia.

2

From Castration to Misogyny. Meaning of Liudprand of Cremona’s Humour

100%

Grabowski A.

Acta Poloniae Historica

|

2015

|

vol. 112

EN

Liudprand of Cremona is one of the most interesting authors of the tenth century. He is well known for his description of the Byzantine court and also for his jokes in Antapodosis – a first chronicle of Europe. Based on these tales, he is treated by scholars as a prime example of medieval misogyny. Lately the more political view of these narrations emerged, but still women in Liudprand’s works are seen mainly as victims. This essay shows that this view is wrong and that there is much more to be found in the text. Through Liudprand’s jokes emerges a much more complicated view of the position and role of woman in the society. To see this, the stories have to be put in the context of the tenth-century society.

3

Autokastracja Orygenesa - fakt czy nieporozumienie?

84%

Szram M.

Vox Patrum

|

2003

|

vol. 44

171-202

FR

L'article presente les arguments pour et contre l'authenticite de l'automutilation d'Origene, en montrant a l'occasion le contexte historique du probleme de castration dans l'Eglise ancienne.

4

Motyw bobra w kulturze antycznej i średniowiecznej – między toposem literackim a rzeczywistością

84%

Rosa I.

Rocznik Antropologii Historii

|

2017

|

issue 10, Antropologia - folklor - historia

203–231

XX

The article concerns the motif of beaver in the medieval literature. The first part of this study is an attempt at genetic criticism of the antique roots of this motif; we demonstrate a plurality of approaches to describing this animal and a profound connection of early Christian writings and ancient pagan texts. Furthermore, it is impossible to trace, with all certainty, the origins of this topos, as we have shown through source criticism of Aesop's Fables and The Histories of Herodotus. Physiologus and Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, taking from a selection of antique texts, the transformed motif of beaver, so as to adapt it to new guidelines. Since Physiologus was written, until the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, the ancient plurality of approaches to the description of this animal has been limited and adjusted to requirements of Christian writings. In addition, the analysis of the topos of beaver allowed the voicing an opinion on the subject of the still disputed origins of Physiologus. In the high Middle Ages, the discussion concerned the contradictions between marvellous early Christian literary tradition, the observations of Gerald of Wales and the rediscovered plurality of ancient approaches to zoology. The analysis of Itinerarium Cambriae and medieval encyclopedias along with iconographical material sheds a new light on the origins and functioning of the motif of beaver in medieval writing as well as medieval relations between human and nature in general.

5

Płeć jako arche, czyli czy według Arystotelesa możliwa jest zmiana płci?

84%

Sowa J.

Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny Hybris

|

2016

|

vol. 32

|

issue 1

73-95

EN

According to Aristotle’s views presented in his logical works and Metaphysics, sex appears to be an essential attribute of the genus animal, and maleness and femaleness are a pair of contrary qualities, although it is not quite clear what sort of contrariety Aristotle understands the contrariety of sex to be. As qualities admit of variation of degree, and in the case of contraries there are possible changes from one into the other, in this article I address the question if the sex of an individual animal can also be changed into the opposite one. In De generatione animalium Aristotle describes sex as arche - arche of generation, but also arche of every animal’s external appearance and generative ability. Aristotle applies this term to two body parts, which he presents as factors determining sex: the heart as an origin of natural heat, and, above all, the genitals. In the case of males, destruction of the latter, i.e. castration, is depicted as a sex change, because the male becomes like the female in respect of external form and lack of generative power. As change in the other direction is impossible, we can conclude that the contrariety of sex seems to be, according to Aristotle, an opposition of possession and privation.

Refine search results

1 Acta Poloniae Historica

1 Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny Hybris

1 Rocznik Antropologii Historii

1 Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem

1 Vox Patrum

1 Grabowski A.

1 Kruszewski T.

1 Rosa I.

1 Sowa J.

1 Szram M.

1 2017

1 2016

1 2015

1 2014

1 2003

Kastracja przestępców seksualnych w Trzeciej Rzeszy w świetle śląskich dokumentów prowincjonalnych

From Castration to Misogyny. Meaning of Liudprand of Cremona’s Humour

Autokastracja Orygenesa - fakt czy nieporozumienie?

Motyw bobra w kulturze antycznej i średniowiecznej – między toposem literackim a rzeczywistością

Płeć jako arche, czyli czy według Arystotelesa możliwa jest zmiana płci?