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Religious symbolism and contemporary culture. The case of Europe

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Sztajer S.

Przegląd Religioznawczy

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2018

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issue 1/267

PL

The aim of this paper is to analyze the ways in which religious symbols are present in non-religious spheres of contemporary European culture. It is widely known that, as a result of secularization, religious symbolic language is no longer present in the public sphere and culture of contemporary European societies in the same way as it was in the past. At first sight, it seems that it has lost its relevance for other fields of culture as well as for everyday communication, and that religion has become a relatively closed system of communication. However, more thorough investigation shows that various religious symbols are widely used in many fields of secular culture. The fundamental question concerning religious symbols is whether and, if yes, in what particular way, they change their meaning as a result of being used in non-religious cultural activity. What is the reason that previously marginalized religious symbols reappear in secular culture? It may be hypothesized that religious symbols are not culturally contingent, but they constitute a universal dimension of culture and are deeply rooted in the human mind.

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Kobieta w dawnej literaturze polskiej. Inspiracje, wzorce, twórczość

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Künstler-Langner D.

Studia Interkulturowe Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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2020

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vol. 13

153-181

PL

This paper presents the images of women in European culture and Old Polish Literature. The works devoted to women from the Middle Ages to Baroque focused on their social and political duties or artistic creation. The authors chose different literary forms: chronicles, poems, epigrams, laments, odes, sonnets, or epic works. The created characters included: a saint, a beloved lady, a donna angelicata, a hero of a chronicle or an autobiography. The works described their life, creative activity, or artistic aspirations. Some of them are panegyric poems, religious works, meditations, or love poetry. Women with an amazing sense of observation were discovering the space of literature and were participating in a world in its dynamic changes. They were excellent creators of humanistic and religious literature, referring to ancient tradition and European values.

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On sexuality, carnality and desire: philosophical reflections on the film The Monk

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Michna N. A., Czakon D., Tendera P.

Estetyka i Krytyka

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2015

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issue 2(37)

79-104

EN

The eighteenth‑century English writer Matthew Gregory Lewis wrote one of the most dramatic Gothic novels, The Monk; over 200 years later, a film of the same name appeared, based on the novel and directed by Dominik Moll. The film, a free adaptation of the book, presenting the story of the moral downfall of the monk Ambrosio, has inspired us to philosophical reflections on sexuality, carnality and physical desire. In the context of these issues we have attempted to analyse and interpret this cinematic work of art. The method we have adopted is based on a thorough discussion on the topics developed in the film and related issues. This method, while not pretending to scientific objectivity, enables us to outline an interesting field of research as well as to identify a number of theoretical problems and questions which remain open. The formula we have adopted is to quote lines from the film The Monk which permit the analysis of selected issues related to sexuality, carnality and physical desire. Moreover, these quotes serve to order the text and enable the precise identification of interpretive trains of thought.

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Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa „Z dziejów książki i prasy. Przegląd badań za lata 2013–2015” (Bydgoszcz, 27 listopada 2015 r.)

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Pokorzyńska E., Gomoliszek J.

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2016

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vol. 9

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issue 1(16)

285-288

PL

W dniu 27 listopada 2015 r. w Bydgoszczy odbyły się obrady konferencji naukowej, której organizatorem była Katedra Informacji Naukowej i Bibliologii Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy. Zgromadziła ona uczestników, którzy w swojej pracy badawczej zajmują się sprawami historii książek, bibliotek i prasy. Zakres prezentowanych wystąpień był bardzo szeroki i objął tematy takie, jak: kształtowanie się europejskiej kultury chrześcijańskiej, rozwój europejskiej kultury chrześcijańskiej w średniowieczu i jego dobrobytu w XVI wieku, pod koniec wieku XIX i XX, historię bibliotek, księgozbiorów klasztornych i księgozbiorów pomorskich dworków, introligatorstwa. Pomimo dużej różnorodności tematów, konferencja ukazała wkład ostatnich pokoleń artystów do rozwoju kultury europejskiej i polskiej, a także kultury współczesnej. Artykuł podsumowuje konferencję i zawiera podstawowe informacje na temat wygłoszonych w jego ramach referatów.

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The conference “The History of Books and Press: The Present State of Research 2013–2015” took place in November 2015 in Bydgoszcz. It was an occasion to discuss a variety of interesting problems related to the broadly-defined history of books, libraries and press. The range of topics included subjects such as: the early days of the European Christian culture, the development of the European Christian Culture in the Middle Ages and its prosperity in the 16th century, and finally the 19th and 20th centuries, which enjoyed the greatest popularity among the conference participants (e.g. papers on the subject matters in the Polish specialist press in the 19th and 20th centuries). Furthermore, relevant papers on the history of libraries were presented, including papers on the history of the Jagiellonian Library, the Malbork Castle, as well as the Dominican and seminary book collections. The conference also featured papers on the guilds in Gdańsk, the collections of the Gdańsk Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the ways in which Polish bookbinders signed bindings in the 19th and 20th centuries. This gave us a new insight into the discussed matters. As befits the location, the history of book collections in Pomeranian manor houses was also touched upon. Despite the great diversity of topics, the conference successfully showed the contribution of the past generations of artists to the development of European and Polish culture, as well as the contemporary culture, which was explored in the papers relating to the present days of books, libraries and press. The report summarizes the meeting and briefly outlines papers presented at the conference.

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HANDEL LUDŹMI W ŚWIETLE PRAWA MIĘDZYNARODOWEGO ORAZ PRZEPISÓW PRAWA KRAJOWEGO

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Koziński M.

Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje

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2013

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vol. 14(14)

115-138

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Trafficking in human beings is a phenomenon of rapid and profound changes. They are caused by, inter alia, globalization, the development of social ills and the gains brought by the growth of organized crime at dawn. Crime of this type, because of its low detection and disproportionate profits it brings, is becoming more popular than the trade in weapons or drugs. Human trafficking is a massive crime against humanity and respect for human rights is very important in the life of every individual and the country. We are born with rights, develop, and later with the rules die. Sometimes, however, this is how the acts of trafficking, that our rights are limited and broken. It is therefore necessary to detect all the operations and monitoring, which have as their primary objective to prevent crime.

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European Humanism and Benedictine Monasticism. Around Selected Statements of Benedict XVI

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Kiejkowski P.

Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne

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2020

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issue 36

137-150

PL

Josef Ratzinger problem trwałych fundamentów europejskiego humanizmu uczynił jednym z najważniejszych w swojej pracy naukowej i duszpasterskiej. Powołany na Stolicę Piotrową wybrał imię Benedykta XVI, wskazując świętego Opata z Nursji jako szczególnego patrona swojego pontyfikatu. W opracowaniu omówiono dwie cenne wypowiedzi papieża Ratzingera ukazujące relacje pomiędzy europejskim humanizmem a benedyktyńskim monastycyzmem. Pierwszą z nich jest przemówienie Benedykta XVI wygłoszone w czasie spotkania z ludźmi kultury w Kolegium Bernardynów w Paryżu 12 września 2008 r. Drugą jest tekst Kryzys kultur, w którym papież emeryt przedstawia opata Benedykta i jego sposób życia jako adekwatną odpowiedź na współczesny kryzys humanizmu europejskiego. Poszukiwać na pierwszym miejscu Boga, uwrażliwiać sumienia na wierność prawdzie, wskazywać drogi wolności, która opowiada się za dobrem i pięknem, to powołanie benedyktyńskich mnichów a zarazem konieczny warunek integralnego humanizmu, twórczego rozwoju kultury europejskiej.

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Josef Ratzinger has made the problem of the solid foundations of European humanism one of the most important in his scientific and pastoral work. Called to the Holy See, he chose the name Benedict XVI, indicating the Saint Abbot of Nursia as the special patron of his pontificate. In this study two valuable statements of Pope Ratzinger are discussed, showing the relationship between European humanism and Benedictine monasticism. The first is the speech of Benedict XVI during a meeting with people active in culture at the Bernardine College in Paris on September 12, 2008. The second is the text Crisis of cultures, in which the Pope pensioner presents Abbot Benedict and his way of life as an adequate response to the contemporary crisis of European humanism. To seek God in the first place, to sensitize conscience to trueness, showing the paths of freedom, which advocates good and beauty, is the calling of Benedictine monks and at the same time, a necessary condition for integral humanism, the creative development of European culture.

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Duchowe dziedzictwo chrztu Polski

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Popławski J. M.

Roczniki Teologiczne

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2015

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vol. 62

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issue 5: Teologia duchowości

41-53

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The article emphasises the effects and significance of the baptism of Mieszko I in 966 in the history of Poland. The arrival of Christianity opened Poland to the legacy of culture and theological thought of the Western world. In consequence, it resulted, not only, in the perception of the western spiritual and intellectual tradition, but triggered the development of Poland’s theological thought. Thus, Poland has its own notable contribution to the creation and distribution of that spiritual legacy for the sake of both the Church and Europe.

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Artykuł uwydatnia skutki i znaczenie chrztu świętego Mieszka I w 966 r. w historii Polski. Przyjęcie chrześcijaństwa otworzyło Polskę na dziedzictwo kultury i myśli teologicznej świata Zachodu. W wyniku tego doszło nie tylko do percepcji zachodniej duchowości i intelektualnej tradycji, ale i ukierunkowania rozwoju polskiej myśli teologicznej. Dzięki temu Polska ma swój znaczący wkład w tworzenie duchowego dziedzictwa Kościoła i Europy i dzielenie się nim z innymi.

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Соціальна міфологія як явище в європейській культурі нового часу

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Дарморіз О.

Prosopon. Europejskie Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne

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2011

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issue 1(1)

103-122

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European culture of the modern and contemporary periods is often associated with socalled social mythology, which arose in the 19 century as a specific type of spiritual activity aimed at creation and dissemination of political myths. Social mythology studies mythical consciousness as a form of public consciousness regarding new phenomena of the reality, a reason for change in historical processes and development of national communities. All national histories include descriptions of feats of ancient heroes and kings, who promoted nation's exaltation, strengthening of the national spirit, establishment of national states, etc. Wide propagation of mythology marks the evolution of nationalism and dissemination of socialist trends in the 19-20 centuries. Contemporary ideology tries to use myths, since it understands their specific effect on people. Besides, it is implementation of social myths that makes manipulation of the populace possible. Most frequently employed in contemporary mythology and ideological systems are the Myth of the Hero, Myth of Return to the Origins and Myth of Noble Origins. The 20 century saw these myths to be implemented in Nazism (Hitler's Germany), SocialCommunism (Soviet Union), as well as in democratic ideology. Social myth propagation media are in line with the development level of society and its scientific and technical potential. Society is most influenced by mass media – press, radio, television, web, etc. Mass media also play a part in mythologization of personalities, their transformation into images which later on, if in agreement with the public demand, serves as a model. Mythologization is widely applied in advertising. In the contemporary world, ads are inherent in human life. Advertising has crossed the boundaries of commercial communication and generally market business to embrace all human spheres: everyday life, politics, social, intellectual and cultural activities. Dissemination of information shaped as social myths through the intricate network of mass media is a means of ideological, political, economic and cultural influence on the human mind and behavior. Messages sent embrace the whole gamut of psychological impact ranging from informing and instructing to persuading and suggesting, which facilitates mass manipulation and determines specificity of cultural evolution.

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Moral Basics of Education in European Cultural-Spiritual Territory

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Žilínek M.

The New Educational Review

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2005

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vol. 7

11-22

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The study works up three aspects of creation of the fundamental level for moral evolution context of education. Culture and moral phenomenon cannot be investigated in isolation from the development, with no regard to broader links, by neglecting their complex and human character. There are more than just one point of view to regard Europe. I have decided to focus on ethical/educational interests. I have characterized Europe as a multicultural – value community, its identity, cultural awareness, the complementary relation between culture and morality. I emphasized and developed humanistic ideas of education and the ethical dimension of education.

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Kultura europejska a filozofia i pytanie o „przyszłość”

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Zachariasz A. L.

ΣΟΦΙΑ. Pismo Filozofów Krajów Słowiańskich

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2017

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vol. 17

31-53

RU

Автор рассматривает роль философии в формировании европейской культуры. Он показывает, что европейская культура относится к таковым, которые не столько направляют человеческую деятельность на то, чтобы её сохранить, сколько на становление и развитие. Одной из причин такого положения вещей является присутствие в этой культуре философского мышления. Это такое мышления, которое направляет человеческую деятельность на выяснение и понимание реальности в постоянно расширяющемся контексте, и тем самым на преодоление актуального состояния человеческого знания. В рамках этого мышления была сформирована идея исторического времени, которая включает в себя прошлое, настоящее и будущее, и полностью обретает своё выражение в идее прогресса. Автор не формулирует тезис, что прогресс необходим. Он его видит как следствие доминирования значений направленных на будущее с анателическим характером. Прогрессивный процесс европейской культуры можно отрицать отрицая анателические значения и события независимые от человека. Будущее человечества зависит как от природных процессов, так от интенциональности человеческой деятельности. Философия как критическое и преодолевающее мышление даже обязана исполнять функцию исправляющую ход истории и определяющую цели, и тем самым смыслы человеческой деятельности.

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The author discusses the role of philosophy in shaping the European culture. He points out that the European culture is one of those that do not direct peoples actions to its maintenance, but to the development. One of the reasons for that is the functioning of philosophical thinking in it. It is the thinking that directs human actions to explaining and understanding the reality in increasingly broader context and thus to crossing actual states of human knowledge. Within this thinking the idea of historical time embracing the past, present and future, finds its full expression in the idea of progress. The author does not formulates the thesis that progress is necessary. He perceives it as a consequence of the dominance of meanings aimed at future, of anatelic nature. The progressive process of European culture can be negated by negating anatelic meanings and by events not controlled by man. The future of humanity depends both on natural processes and intentionality of human actions. Philosophy as the critical and transcending thinking can and even should function as the corrective course of history and settings goals and thus the meaning of human actions.

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Nowa ewangelizacja a kultura w świetle myśli Benedykta XVI. Powiązania i perspektywy

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Szewczyk J. R.

Roczniki Teologii Duchowości

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2013

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vol. 5(60)

101-125

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The aim of the present article is to make a peculiar synthesis of Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching on modern culture and on new evangelization. Apart from the detailed analyses, the article is focused on showing a broad panorama of the undertaken issues. Starting from a synthetic definition of culture the author points to its close connections with evangelization on the level of the human heart. Then he goes on to show the post-Enlightenment secularism and the false anthropological conception resulting from it as the main sources of the deep crisis of culture, at present especially spread in Europe. Finally the issue of “new evangelization” is discussed with special emphasis on the role of dialog in it, that is supposed to lead to restoration of “full rationality”, more adequate to the human nature, gifted with a craving for God. Also saints and sanctity are pointed to as the basic categories of efficient evangelization and the means that allow stopping further degradation of the cultural environment of man.

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Tożsamość natury ludzkiej i dominująca w kulturze europejskiej strategia tożsamościowa

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Flis M. J.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2020

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vol. 64

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issue 2

139-155

PL

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that there is a strong correlation between the concept of human nature and culturally dominant strategies for constructing the “Other” in European culture. This relationship results in specific challenges for the social anthropologist, particularly in connection with efforts to overcome common knowledge by unveiling and disclosing the real structure of social processes. The sphere of biopolitics has shown that citizens can be stimulated by fear to act. Yet fear has a moral dimension, and thus an engaged anthropology is now needed in order to combat social injustice more actively.

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Kultury narodowe w kontekście europejskości i wielokulturowości w refleksji Leona Dyczewskiego

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Szulich-Kałuża J.

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2016

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vol. 7

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issue 4

25-42

PL

Artykuł jest próbą krytycznej interpretacji tekstów autorstwa Leona Dyczewskiego podejmujących zagadnienie relacji między kulturą narodową, kulturą europejską, tożsamością kulturową i wielokulturowością. Artykuł rozpoczyna charakterystyka koncepcji kultury europejskiej Leona Dyczewskiego wraz z kanonem wartości europejskich. Następnie zaprezentowana została analiza zjawiska wielokulturowości w nowoczesnych społeczeństwach. Wielokulturowość jest rozumiana jako cecha środowiska społeczno-kulturowego, które odzwierciedla jego wewnętrzną złożoność i zróżnicowanie (dzięki czynnikom kulturowym, antropologicznym, psychologicznym i socjologicznym). Artykuł kończy charakterystyka pojęcia domowej wielokulturowości medialnej.

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The article presents an attempt to critical interpret texts written by Leon Dyczewski discusing issues of the relationships between the national culture, European culture, national identity and multiculturalism. The article begins with the descriptions of the Dyczewski’s concept of the European culture with the canon of the European values. Subsequently was presented the review of the phenomenon of multiculturalism in the modern societies. Multiculturalism is understood as a feature of the socio-cultural environment, which mirrors its internal complexity and diversity (due to the cultural, anthropological, psychological and sociological factors). The article ends the characteristic the notion of the multiculturalism from the media in home.

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Ostatnia podróż – czyli polska i francuska metaforyka śmierci

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Krzyżanowska A.

Etnolingwistyka. Problemy Języka i Kultury

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1997-1998

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vol. 9-10

93–109

PL

Celem artykułu jest opis językowego sposobu wyrażania faktu śmierci, jego różnych aspektów oraz pokazanie podobieństw i różnic w sposobach ujmowania tego zdarzenia w języku polskim i francuskim. W zebranym materiale wydzielono kilka grup semantycznych: śmierć jako podróż, sen, przełomowy moment egzystencji człowieka, zmiana formy bytu, pogrążenie się w ciemności, zgaśnięcie płomienia życia, zaprzestanie funkcjonowania mechanizmu, do którego porównuje się organizm człowieka. Motywacja metaforycznych znaczeń zwrotów frazeologicznych jest na ogół czytelna i ma charakter kulturowy. Wszystkie związki zawierają w swej strukturze treści wspólny element znaczeniowy ‘koniec’ oraz mieszczą się w ramach kategorii konstytuowanej przez pojęcie zmiany. Podobieństwa w obrazowaniu śmierci w języku polskim i francuskim wynikają ze wspólnego podłoża kultury europejskiej i uniwersalności doświadczeń ludzkich, różnice – z odmiennych postaw intelektualnych wobec tego zjawiska. Wspólnym punktem odniesienia jest tu religia chrześcijańska, mitologia grecko-rzymska, dualistyczna koncepcja człowieka, wiedza o świecie naturalnym. Wspólnym dla obu języków jest obraz śmierci ujmowanej jako sen i podróż. We frazeologii francuskiej, w odróżnieniu od polskiej, bardziej widoczny jest wpływ mechanistycznej koncepcji człowieka, uwydatnienie społeczno-prawnych aspektów zakończenia życia oraz przedstawianie śmierci z perspektywy zdarzeń codziennych. Ponadto wydaje się, że język francuski śmielej i częściej korzysta z elementów groteskowych i drastycznych w budowaniu obrazów śmierci.

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In the paper an attempt is made to describe the various aspects of linguistic means of expressing death. Similarities and differences between Polish and French are investigated. Several semantic groupings have been discriminated in the material collected: death as a journey, falling asleep, the turning point or a change in one's mode of existence, or plunging into darkness. Death is also seen as the 'flame of life1 going out, or a mechanism symbolizing the human organism which ceases to function. The motivation behind metaphorical meanings of phraseological units is culture-based and on the whole transparent. Ali set phrases contain the common element of' ‘the end (of something)’ and belong to the category constituted by the concept of change. Similarities between Polish and French linguistic imagery of death derive from the common background of European culture and the universality of human experience. Differences stem front dissimilar intellectual attitudes towards the phenomenon. The common reference points are Christianity, Greek and Roman mythologies, a dualistic view of the human being and the knowledge about the natural world. In both languages death is portrayed as falling asleep and a journey. In French phraseology, however, one can see a more conspicuous influence of the mechanistic view of the human being, a greater stress on social and legal aspects of death as well as the presentation of death from the perspective of everyday life. It also seems that in French grotesque and drastic elements in portraying death are more frequent and pronounced.

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Religious symbolism and contemporary culture. The case of Europe

Kobieta w dawnej literaturze polskiej. Inspiracje, wzorce, twórczość

On sexuality, carnality and desire: philosophical reflections on the film The Monk

Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa „Z dziejów książki i prasy. Przegląd badań za lata 2013–2015” (Bydgoszcz, 27 listopada 2015 r.)

HANDEL LUDŹMI W ŚWIETLE PRAWA MIĘDZYNARODOWEGO ORAZ PRZEPISÓW PRAWA KRAJOWEGO

European Humanism and Benedictine Monasticism. Around Selected Statements of Benedict XVI

Duchowe dziedzictwo chrztu Polski

Соціальна міфологія як явище в європейській культурі нового часу

Moral Basics of Education in European Cultural-Spiritual Territory

Kultura europejska a filozofia i pytanie o „przyszłość”

Nowa ewangelizacja a kultura w świetle myśli Benedykta XVI. Powiązania i perspektywy

Tożsamość natury ludzkiej i dominująca w kulturze europejskiej strategia tożsamościowa

Kultury narodowe w kontekście europejskości i wielokulturowości w refleksji Leona Dyczewskiego

Ostatnia podróż – czyli polska i francuska metaforyka śmierci