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The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity

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Delanty G.

Historická sociologie (Historical Sociology)

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2012

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vol. 1-2

9-24

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A systematic typology or comparative analysis of European historical regions does not exist and there is relatively little literature on the topic. The argument in this paper is that a six-fold classification is needed to capture the diversity of Europe's historical regions and that these should be seen in terms of different routes to modernity and have broad civilizational backgrounds in common. The forms of modernity that constitute Europe as a world historical region correspond to North Western Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Central Europe, East Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, North Eastern Europe.

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God in Question: Questioning as a Prerequisite for Theology

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Kočí M.

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica

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2014

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vol. 4

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issue 1

51-66

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There are questions that are so important that it is a pity to spoil them with answers. No doubt, the question of God is one of them. Contrary to many presuppositions, theology is not capable of providing us with the final answers in this respect. On the contrary, theology professed as fides quaerens intellectum is an ongoing struggle with questions. Modernity interrupted this paradigm of theological questioning. Theology was withdrawn from the realm of understanding and shifted to the realm of explanation. Modernity brought the univocalization of God. Nonetheless, the attempts to tackle the question of God lead to hegemonic narratives about God. Such narratives are rightly criticized in a postmodern context for their totalizing pretensions. The problem of postmodern criticism is its one-sided emphasis on the apophatic dimension of theological discourse. I propose that theology can go a step further beyond postmodernity. In order to do so, I deal with the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, who provides an opportunity to rethink God from the perspective of questioning in a new way. Patočka’s insistence on problematicity is the main reading key of his work. In this line of though, I interpret Patočka’s student Tomáš Halík and his thesis about the necessity to take the metaphor of an unknown God into account. I argue that theology must avoid the temptation to remove God from the question and make a well-known God of him. The time has come for theologians to turn their answers back into questions and dwell with them.

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Disenchantment, Rationality and the Modernity of Max Weber

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Carroll A. J.

Forum Philosophicum

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2011

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vol. 16

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issue 1

117-137

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Following Aristotle's distinction between theoretical and practical rationality, Max Weber holds that beliefs about the world and actions within the world must follow procedures consistently and be appropriately formed if they are to count as rational. Here, I argue that Weber's account of theoretical and practical rationality, as disclosed through his conception of the disenchantment of the world, displays a confessional architecture consistently structured by a nineteenth century German Protestant outlook. I develop this thesis through a review of the concepts of rationality and disenchantment in Weber's major works and conclude that this conceptual framework depicts a Protestant account of modernity.

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Arts, crafts and industrial design in Silesia in the first globalization and their non-obvious genres, media and practices

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Stanicka-Brzezicka K.

Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka

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2022

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vol. 77

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issue 4

77-99

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This paper aims to outline the processes of formation of industrial design on a concrete example of the art and industrial landscape of Silesia, with particular regard to the role played by non-obvious genres, media and practices. It is about processes of developing of instances of pluralism and areas of “non-obviousness” at the interface of artistic, economic and social aspects, i.e. areas and phenomena that overlapped or were only vaguely defined, in the late 19th and turn of the 20th century. It is reflected as a result of many developments that began during the industrial revolution and are still affecting the world today, politically, economically, socially and culturally.

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Koniec eschatologii? Poszukiwania modus existendi w świetle (po)nowoczesnych apokryfów bułgarskich

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Drzewiecka E.

Slavia Meridionalis

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2014

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vol. 14

EN

The end of eschatology? Searching for a modus existendi according to (post-)modern Bulgarian apocryphaThe paper is an attempt to reflect on the place of eschatological themes in modern and post-modern Bulgarian literature from the viewpoint of the istory of ideas. The objective of the study is literary paraphrases of the evangelical history of the 20th and early 21st centuries, which are perceived as modern apocrypha and thus as evidence of philosophical exploration of the epoch. These are placed in the context of three worldview systems competing in Europe: Judeo-Christian, Gnostic (Esoteric), and rationalistic (the Enlightenment), which considered as a epistemological paradigms (or ideal types) serve only as a hermeneutic perspective. In this light, the authors’ paraphrases about God’s Kingdom (and its Prophet and Messiah) give a diagnosis about the present crisis (of values), and therefore define an evil, speaking in fact about the Bulgarian search for a Modus Existendi. Their soteriological proposal bring about an eschatological perspective, revealing some ethical concepts (hidden in the author’s anthropology). The subject of interest relates to sources of salvation (i.e. the higher good), which manifest itself in the concepts of time (and narrative). Therefore, at the philosophical heart of the paper is Charles Taylor’s idea about the fundamental relation between the concepts of good, self, narrative and society. The analyses are provided in the light of the philosophical reflections of Agata Bielik-Robson, Philip Rieff, Paul Ricoeur, Luis Dupré, and Jacob Taubes.The main aim of the paper is to reveal the progressive process of internalising the sources of salvation, which makes the eschatological perspective disappear. Therefore, after a brief presentation of the Judeo-Christian and Gnostic apocrypha from the first half of the 20th century,in which the promise of (some king of) salvation is still valid, it is shown that most of the Bulgarian apocrypha written after 1989 create an absolutely nihilistic message, since with the help of the positive pattern they give a radically negative interpretation of the world, and thus essentially announce a complete lack of hope for its improvement. Paradoxically however, by creating a world without a good end, by revealing the mechanism of slipping into a Neognostic worldview (based on the reversed Gnostic spiritual monism), the Bulgarian apocrypha illustrate the need for a (re)dynamisation of the axiological sphere, the need for a restoration of multidimensional existence. In consequence, a connection is pointed out – according to Taubes – between the condition of the eschatological man, who pins his hope on the future, and the messianic necessity to approve the ontological leap. Koniec eschatologii? Poszukiwania modus existendi w świetle (po)nowoczesnych apokryfów bułgarskichArtykuł jest próbą refleksji nad miejscem motywów eschatologicznych w nowoczesnej i ponowoczesnej literaturze bułgarskiej z punktu widzenia historii idei. Przedmiotem badania są literackie parafrazy wątków ewangelijnych z XX i początku XXI wieku, które postrzegane są jako nowoczesne apokryfy, i w efekcie jako świadectwa poszukiwań światopoglądowych epoki. Teksty umieszone zostały w kontekście trzech konkurujących ze sobą na gruncie kultury europejskiej światopoglądów: judeochrześcijańskiego, gnostyckiego (ezoterycznego) i racjonalistycznego (oświeceniowego), której wszakże pojęte jako paradygmaty epistemologiczne (lub typy idealne) służą jedynie jako perspektywy hermeneutyczne. W tym świetle autorskie parafrazy o Królestwie Bożym (oraz jego proroku i Mesjaszu) budują diagnozę na temat aktualnego kryzysu (wartości) i w efekcie definiują zło, tj. ukazują w istocie bułgarskie poszukiwania Modus Existendi. Ich soteriologiczna propozycja aktualizuje perspektywę eschatologiczną, odsłaniającą koncepcje etyczne (ukryte w autorskiej antropologii). Przedmiotem uwagi są źródła zbawienia (tj. dobro najwyższe), które ujawniają się w koncepcji czasu (i narracji). W konsekwencji, u podstaw badania znajduje się pogląd Charlesa Taylor na temat fundamentalnego związku między koncepcjami dobra, „ja”, narracji i społeczeństwa. Analiza prowadzona jest przez pryzmat refleksji filozoficznej Agaty Bielik-Robson, Philipa Rieffa, Paula Ricoeura, Luisa Dupré i Jacoba Taubesa.Celem artykułu jest ukazanie postępującego procesu uwewnętrzniania źródeł zbawienia, powodującego zanikanie perspektywy eschatologicznej. W konsekwencji, po skrótowej prezentacji apokryfów judeochrześcijańskich i gnostyckich z pierwszej połowy XX wieku, w których to obietnica (jakiegoś) zbawienia jest wciąż aktualna, pokazane jest, że większość apokryfów napisanych po 1989 roku tworzy przekaz absolutnie nihilistyczny, ponieważ za pomocą wzoru pozytywnego oferują radykalnie negatywne ujęcie świata i tak w istocie głoszą kompletny brak nadziei na jego poprawę. Paradoksalnie, jednak poprzez stworzenie świata bez dobrego końca, poprzez ujawnianie mechanizmu osuwania się w światopogląd neognostycka (oparty o odwrócony gnostycki monizm spirytualistyczny), apokryfy bułgarskie ilustrują potrzebę ponownego zdynamizowania sfery aksjologicznej, potrzebę odbudowania wielkowymiarowości egzystencji. W konsekwencji, wskazany jest związek – w myśl Taubesa – między kondycją człowieka eschatologicznego, który lokuje swą nadzieję w przyszłości, a mesjaniczną potrzebą afirmacji ontologicznego odstępu.

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An Essay on the Social Costs and Benefits of Technology Evolution

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Korstanje M. E., Skoll G.

Human and Social Studies

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2013

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vol. 2

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issue 2

13-39

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After the Chernobyl’s and Three Miles’s accidents, the relation between technology and risk started to be questioned. Social scientist posited considerable criticism against technology and how its interventions may engender new dangers. However, these views ignored the fact that risks are not just a result of technology, but also depend upon the trust and knowledge. Any risk, first, should be defined as a narrative which is enrooted in a previous cultural and stereotyped framework. By itself, technology is only an instrument employed in different directions. This essay review explores the limitations and approaches of two senior sociologists who delved in the study of risk and climate change, Cass Sunstein and Anthony Giddens.

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“Idzie o to, żeby szło. Miało wzięcie. Działało. Żyło”. Improwizowanie filomatów

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Żaglewska A.

pl.it / rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi

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2022

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issue 13

132-151

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The article discusses improvisational performances of the Philomaths in the context of the advent of a so-called modernity which correlated with a rapid change in people’s lifestyles. My starting point in examining the most characteristic phenomena of the literary life in Vilnius is the newly emerged economic environment: the enormous popularity of improvised poems (performed or written impromptu) and the development of the printed press. The analysis of the Philomaths’ performances, letters and poems focuses on various aspects of improvising, and not only on poetry presentations but also on a spontaneous way of living and the process of literary production. I argue that the improvisational activity of the Philomaths can be considered as an act of experimenting with and adapting various (traditional as well as innovative) literary patterns, and therefore as a poetic laboratory of the new romantic era.

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Kadżarskie źródła myśli Ahmada Kasrawiego?

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Jaśkowski S. A.

Przegląd Orientalistyczny

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2017

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issue 3-4 (263-264)

263-276

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Although Ahmad Kasravi presented himself as the creator of an entirely ori-ginal movement encompassing religion, society and politics, called Pakdini, one finds influences of other intellectual movements in his works. He was especially heavily influenced by various thinkers from the Qajar period, particularly Mirza Agha Khan Kermani. This paper aims to present some of these influences, focusing mostly on the impact of the above-mentioned intellectuals. This is achieved by comparing elements of Kasravi’s thought with those of the thinkers that had preceded him. At the same time, some attention is given to Kasravi’s argument that—as he differed from them in various aspects—one cannot consider these influences to be direct loans from previous intel-lectuals, which is an argument that cannot be ignored. As it seems, Kasravi created an original system, yet he borrowed many ideas from his predecessors. At the same time it may be difficult to pin-point the exact source of these influences.

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Decadentes e modernidade

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Rodrigues E.

Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)

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2017

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vol. Special Issue: O mundo da literatura

49-67

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The paper explores definitions of modernity, with a particular focus on the relationship between Baudelaire’s modern poetry and the Portuguese poetry of Decadentismo.

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Moderna v časopisech kolem 1900: kontexty, funkce, strategie

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Tureček D.

Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)

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2018

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vol. 57

9-21

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The study deals with the way of the selection and apropriation of modern European literature in Czech journalism. The Czech point of view was formed by the aesthetics of Parnassism, and the modern literary movements were interpreted in this context. The Czech debate on Modernity was marked by personal animosities and, after 1900, it was sceptical towards the productive possibilities of this type of literature.

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Euclides da Cunha nas vascas da modernidade

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Galvão W. N.

Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)

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2017

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vol. Special Issue: O mundo da literatura

71-79

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Euclides da Cunha embraced the role of posthumous champion of the backlanders slaughtered by the Brazilian army during the Canudos War. He claimed to have written an “avenging book”. Coming of age at the turn of the century, his work would bear witness to a Modernity that was both historical and aesthetic.

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Augusto Del Noce and the problem of totalitarianism

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Berti F.

Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem

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2018

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vol. 40

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issue 3

35-48

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The aim of this paper is to present the refl ections of the Italian philosopher Augusto Del Noce (1910–1989) on totalitarianism and highlight some of the problems that this perspective can lead to in the analysis of the totalitarian phenomenon. Del Noce originally developed a philosophical and transpolitical interpretation of modernity, secularization and totalitarianism, pre-empting, in the early 1960s many of the arguments developed later by “revisionist” scholars: Fascism was an imperfect form of totalitarianism; Nazism was a reaction to Communism; Communism was the most perfect example of the totalitarian State. The philosophical reconstruction of Del Noce is focused on the dichotomy between theism and atheism. Modernity is identifi ed tout court with the rationalist rejection of the concept of original sin, from which atheism and totalitarianism necessarily follow, the latter being as an essential and necessary moment in the process of atheization of society. The assumption on which this interpretation is founded, however, is questionable, in that it is reductive.

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Italy in the Balance. Electrons and Bourbons. Thinking of the recent past in order to understand the present and to plan the future

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Ferrarotti F.

Academicus. International Scientific Journal

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2013

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issue 08

13-55

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The aim of the paper is try to make a dynamic picture of the modern (or post-modern) Italian identity, from a political, social and cultural point of view. The status of this country is in the balance, between a fast industrialization without an analogous industrial culture and a lumbering memory where the traditional rules are still strong. The analysis will be carried out through an historical and sociological excursus both in Italian ascent memories and in political processes and events after the Second World War.

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Fradique Mendes, o “algo nuevo que mirar”

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Loureiro R.

Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)

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2017

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vol. Special Issue: O mundo da literatura

107-113

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Carlos Fradique Mendes is a fictional character whose journey very much follows that of Eça de Queirós’ during various moments of his career between 1869 and 1900. The Correspondence of Fradique Mendes is the result of this mirroring. Although it has not been published as a book by the author, it nonetheless offers a way of understanding the world that dominated the late nineteenth century. The article seeks to demonstrate how Eça used Fradique to lay out his expectations for the century that was about to begin.

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Българската реформация? За хибридизацията на идеите в процеса на модернизацията на културата

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Drzewiecka E.

Slavia Meridionalis

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2017

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vol. 17

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Bulgarian Reformation? On hybridization of ideas in the process of modernization of cultureThe paper raises the question of the Bulgarian notion of Reformation both as a particular historical event and its local reinterpretations and adaptations. The focus is on the history of the concepts of “Reformation” and “Protestant propaganda” in Bulgarian culture as well as on the cultural influences of the protestant thought in nineteenth-century Bulgaria. Particular interest is given to the Bulgarian scientific discourse, especially the Marxist one, as a dominant in the Bulgarian historiography. The paper studies in depth the case of Todor Ikonomov (1835–1892), a Bulgarian enlightener involved in religious and Church matters during the National Revival, perceived as an example of meaningful hybridization of ideas of Protestant and Enlightenment origins. The main question is about the relation between secular and religious power, and thus between religion and nation, as a sign of the Modern thinking. Bułgarska reformacja? O hybrydyzacji idei w procesie modernizacji kultury W artykule podjęto problem bułgarskiego rozumienia reformacji zarówno w sensie wydarzenia historycznego, jak i jego lokalnych reprezentacji i adaptacji. Przedmiotem uwagi jest historia pojęć „reformacja” i „propaganda protestancka” w kulturze bułgarskiej, jak również wpływy myśli protestanckiej w Bułgarii w XIX wieku. Szczególne miejsce poświęcono bułgarskiemu dyskursowi naukowemu, zwłaszcza marksistowskiemu jako dominującemu w bułgarskiej historiografii. Szczegółowo przeanalizowano przypadek Todora Ikonomowa (1835–1892), bułgarskiego działacza na rzecz oświecenia narodu, który w okresie odrodzenia zaangażowany był w sprawy religijne i kościelne. Jego poglądy zostają uznane za przykład znaczącej hybrydyzacji idei o protestanckiej i oświeceniowej proweniencji. Stawiane w konkluzji pytanie dotyczy relacji między władzą świecką i religijną, a także – między religią a narodem – jako wyrazem myślenia nowoczesnego.

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Pojęcie dzieła sztuki a sztuka współczesna

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Kostyrko T.

Estetyka i Krytyka

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2003

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issue 2(5)

36-42

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Poniższe uwagi dotyczą różnych strategii rozumienia i traktowania dzieła sztuki. Skrótowo zostały przywołane teorie trzech wybitnych filozofów i estetyków zeszłego wieku: R. Ingardena, E. Panofsky’ego i U. Eco. Mimo głosów krytycznych co do przydatności i potrzeby stosowania pojęcia dzieła sztuki wobec najnowszych wytworów artystycznych, wydaje się jednak, że pojęcie to wciąż dobrze spełnia swoją funkcję w odniesieniu do sztuki modernistycznej, a także posiada duże znaczenie dla kultury symbolicznej.

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This paper refers to different strategy of understanding and treatments of a work of art. There are mentioned three theories of R Ingarden, E. Panofsky and U. Eco, the outstanding philosophers and aestheticians of the last century. In spite of critical opinions regarding usefulness and a need of usage of notion of work of art in the face of latest artistic products, it appears however that this notion still functions well with reference to modernist art and possesses its importance for symbolic culture.

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Antonín Mendl, an Architect in a State of Tension Spanning Antiquity and Modernity

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Líbal P.

Studia Hercynia

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2016

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vol. 20

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issue 1

151-158

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The present article deals with the relationship between modern architects and classical architecture as far as both academic study and creative inspiration are concerned. This relationship is examined through the specific example of Professor Antonín Mendl. First of all, Mendl’s publication on Resafa is analysed and then a selection of his architectural activity is offered. On the basis of this analysis one can arrive at the conclusion that modern architecture was not in total contradiction to the historic or more precisely the classical model, but that in its fundamental principles modern architecture was based on the classical model.

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Mit der ungarischen Nation in Mitteleuropa

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Garaczi I.

West Bohemian Historical Review

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2013

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vol. 3

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issue 2

156-190

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The term ‘Central Europe’ can be nowadays reflected on as part of Europe. Rethinking the concept of nation is realistic and important for the ten countries who joined the EU in 2004 from two perspectives: on the one hand in the relation to the pace and quality of catching up with the Western part of Europe, on the other hand in the context of the European participation in the process of globalization. Namely, only the Europe of nations can be a guarantee against the negative effects of Americanisation, therefore it is necessary that in the period of catching up the representation of cultural heritage should also be a decisive factor beside economic processes. Only a Europe with a human face and based on the principle of community is able to play the role of a balance in the current world political processes, which also requires the re-evaluation of the structure and role of the current European Union. In my paper I am examining the social, cultural and political processes taking place in East-Central Europe in the last two hundred years from the above point of view.

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Problem z „ponowoczesnością”: pusty spór formalny czy zmiana charakteru egzystencji ludzkiej?

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Lipowicz M.

Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne

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2014

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issue 26

111 - 134

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The present article poses an attempt of conceptualization the cognitive and normative basis of postmodernity. The primary aim is the demonstration that the post- modernization of the western culture recasts the fundamental parameters of social life and therefore also changes the ways of reflecting the human existence. In order to demonstrate this dependency I intend to portray modernity as a period, which tried to preserve the stabile structure of being of the Middle Ages by reproducing a centralized cultural order. Postmodern thinking tries to reach beyond metaphysically founded forms of social life and therefore attempts to decentralize the stabile structures of human existence. This is a very risky but also a very inspiring stride for the philosophical discourse, which one should – despite the awkward rhetoric of several postmodernists – appreciate as one of the most important challenges of contemporary philosophy.

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In the trap of agnosticism: Judas according to Emiliyan Stanev

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Drzewiecka E.

Slavia Meridionalis

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2016

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vol. 16

EN

In the trap of agnosticism: Judas according to Emiliyan StanevThe article discusses the modern sensation of complete enslavement. It offers an in-depth analysis of Emiliyan Stanev’s short story Lazarus and Jesus (Lazar i Isus; 1977) in the context of relevant entries from the author’s diaries. The article centres on the presentation of Judas as a debunker of Christ’s teaching. Stanev presents his vision of a permanent rift between spirit and reason that is not only a clear expression of the tragedy of agnosticism, but also, paradoxically, an indication that the state of ignorance is blessed, albeit impossible to achieve. Stanev’s story can be interpreted as a deeply ambiguous polemic not only with Christian religion understood as an “irrational” truth about transcendence but also with ideology, i.e. a doctrine that promises future happiness but is just as oppressive as formal secular power. W pułapce agnostycyzmu, czyli Judasz według Emiliana StanewaArtykuł omawia problematykę nowoczesnego poczucia totalnego zniewolenia. Przedmiotem uwagi jest opowiadanie Emiliana Stanewa Лазар и Исус (Łazarz i Jezus, 1977), zaś kontekstem – osobisty dziennik autora oraz rola jego Judasza jako demistyfikatora Chrystusowej nauki. Postawiona przez pisarza diagnoza wiecznego rozdarcia między duchem a rozumem staje się nie tylko kryptonimem tragizmu postawy agnostycznej, lecz – paradoksalnie – także przesłanką dla tezy o błogosławionym, choć niemożliwym do osiągnięcia stanie niewiedzy. Utwór interpretowany jest jako głęboko ambiwalentna polemika nie tyle z religią chrześcijańską jako irracjonalną „prawdą” o transcendencji, co z ideologią, tj. doktryną obiecującą przyszłe szczęście, choć równie zniewalającą jak formalna władza świecka.

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The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity

God in Question: Questioning as a Prerequisite for Theology

Disenchantment, Rationality and the Modernity of Max Weber

Arts, crafts and industrial design in Silesia in the first globalization and their non-obvious genres, media and practices

Koniec eschatologii? Poszukiwania modus existendi w świetle (po)nowoczesnych apokryfów bułgarskich

An Essay on the Social Costs and Benefits of Technology Evolution

“Idzie o to, żeby szło. Miało wzięcie. Działało. Żyło”. Improwizowanie filomatów

Kadżarskie źródła myśli Ahmada Kasrawiego?

Decadentes e modernidade

Moderna v časopisech kolem 1900: kontexty, funkce, strategie

Euclides da Cunha nas vascas da modernidade

Augusto Del Noce and the problem of totalitarianism

Italy in the Balance. Electrons and Bourbons. Thinking of the recent past in order to understand the present and to plan the future

Fradique Mendes, o “algo nuevo que mirar”

Българската реформация? За хибридизацията на идеите в процеса на модернизацията на културата

Pojęcie dzieła sztuki a sztuka współczesna

Antonín Mendl, an Architect in a State of Tension Spanning Antiquity and Modernity

Mit der ungarischen Nation in Mitteleuropa

Problem z „ponowoczesnością”: pusty spór formalny czy zmiana charakteru egzystencji ludzkiej?

In the trap of agnosticism: Judas according to Emiliyan Stanev