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Sport e politica nelle relazioni internazionali dell'Europa centro-orientale

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Bielański S.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2014

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vol. 11(11)

202-208

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Article discusses three basic issues: 1. Relationship between Sport and Politics during “the Cold War”; 2. Sport and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe during the fall of Soviet communism; 3. Sport and Politics in the context of changes in International Relations at the beginning of the XXIst century. During the „Cold War” – what has meant Soviet domination over Central and Eastern Europe – the sport was regarded by the communist regimes as an important factor of politics therefore its role was ambivalent: on the one hand it was a key element of propaganda, on the other one, it became a “niche of freedom” and resistance against totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe. Ironically, after 1989, sport in this part of Europe has become a “victim” of socio-political transformation, in particular, such statement refers both to the professional sport as well as to the issue of mass sport. The situation has changed as a result of European Union's enlargement in 2004, and emergence of a new market that was ready to perform the tasks related to the organization of major sporting events. In this context – not only socio-economic but also geopolitical one – we should understand why Poland and Ukraine organized UEFA European Football Championship in 2012. It should be also recognized that the sport – as result of activities of organizations such as the IOC, FIFA, UEFA – has reached a significant role in the overall International Relations in Europe and the world.

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Włoscy utopiści epoki nowożytnej (Machiavelli, Botero, Campanella) w polskich badaniach naukowych XX i przełomu XX i XXI wieku

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Bielański S.

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Politologica

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2017

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vol. 18

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issue 247

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The author of the article analyzes the place and importance of the works of Italian utopiansfrom the modern era (such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Tommaso Campanella and Giovanni Botero)in Polish research from the range of the history of political thought from the 20th and the turnof 20th and 21st centuries. The first works dedicated to the aforementioned political thinkersfrom the 16th and 17th centuries by Bolesław Limanowski and Aleksander Świętochowski andthe publications from the interwar period were the starting point of the research. They werepresented much broader – also because of the appearance of the translations of the utopiansfrom the modern era in the 1940s and 1950s. Much interest – before 1956 – was attracted tothe concepts by Campanella, included in his famous work, City of the Sun. In the later times theimportant place in the Polish research on the history of Italian political thought was taken bythe content and expression of Niccolò Machiavelli, especially those fragments of The Prince,which show signs of utopian thought. Much interest was also brought to the works of GiovanniBotero, the author who was the first to use the term “reason of state” and who also proposedthe utopia of “universal monarchy”. The final part is dedicated to the reflections on theItalian utopians of the modern era (but also influencing the modern utopias and dystopias –for example Orwell) by such Polish researchers as e.g. Jerzy Szacki, Janusz Tazbir, LeszekKołakowski, Bohdan Szlachta, Marcin Król, Monika Brzóstowicz-Klajn or Andrzej Dróżdż. Inthe context of the reflections on the possible negative influence of the work of utopians, it isworth to remind the significant observation by J. Baszkiewicz, who thought that “politicalreflection is not always conducted innocently. Political ideas can bring socially beneficialeffects, but they also can become a cause for destructive actions and severe havoc”.Key words: Italian utopians of the Renaissance, history of political thought, state of scientificresearch

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A Difficult Legacy: Christopher Columbus in the Perspective of Polish and Italian Science and Education in the 21st Century

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Łukasik P., Bielański S.

Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne

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2022

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vol. 75

116-136

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Krzysztof Kolumb, odkrywca Nowego Świata i ojciec chrzestny amerykańskich Indian, nigdy nie postawił stopy na terytorium współczesnych Stanów Zjednoczonych, jednak od 1937 roku Amerykanie obchodzą federalne święto o nazwie Dzień Kolumba. Od lat 60. XX wieku upamiętnienie 12 października jest przedmiotem coraz większej krytyki ze strony potomków amerykańskich Indian. W 500. rocznicę odkrycia Nowego Świata przedstawiono kontrpropozycję upamiętniającą ten dzień jako Dzień Ludów Rdzennych. W XXI wieku Kolumb stał się dla wielu symbolem eksterminacji dokonywanej przez białych kolonizatorów w Nowym Świecie w Wieku Odkrywców. Jego pomniki są oblewane czerwoną farbą, będącą symbolem krwi przelanej przez kolonizatorów. Według niektórych sondaży z 2017 roku społeczeństwo amerykańskie jest podzielone niemalże pół na pół co do tego, które z tych dwóch świąt należy upamiętnić. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie zmian dotyczących wizerunku Kolumba oraz dziejów kolonializmu poprzez porównanie perspektywy naukowej i edukacyjnej we Włoszech i w Polsce w XXI wieku.

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Actually, Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the New World and the godfather of American Indians (Native Americans), never set foot on the territory of the contemporary United States. However, since 1937, Americans have been celebrating the federal holiday named Columbus Day. From the 1960s, commemoration of October 12 has been subject to gradually increasing criticism by ancestors of Native Americans. On the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the New World the counterproposal was presented to commemorate this day as the Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In the 21st century, Columbus has become for many the symbol of extermination performed by white colonizers in the New World during the Age of Discovery. His monuments were stained with red paint as a symbol of blood shed by colonizers. According to some opinion poll from 2017, the US society is divided almost in half on which of these two holidays should be commemorated. The purpose of this paper is to present the changes regarding the image of Columbus and the history of colonialism by comparing scientific and educational perspectives in Italy and Poland in the 21st century.

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Sport e politica nelle relazioni internazionali dell'Europa centro-orientale

Włoscy utopiści epoki nowożytnej (Machiavelli, Botero, Campanella) w polskich badaniach naukowych XX i przełomu XX i XXI wieku

A Difficult Legacy: Christopher Columbus in the Perspective of Polish and Italian Science and Education in the 21st Century