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Humanizm europejski a świadomość narodowa. Przemyślenia literaturoznawcy

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Fieguth R.

Postscriptum Polonistyczne

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2013

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issue 1(11)

19-28

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Thinking in national categories is rooted in man’s and woman’s nature as a „communitarian animal“ who is permanently producing collective community imaginations. It can be found a long time before the French Revolution and acquires astonishing strength in the 15th and 16th Centuries, implying denomination quarrels and linguistic questions (Latin and vernacular). Italian humanist writings challenge colleagues in Germany and Poland to develop their own nation centred programmes of historiography, in which Tacit’s Germania and Miechovita’s Sarmatia constitute analogous points of reference (H.-J. Bömelburg). The evident arbitrariness inherent to some of these nation centred writings reflects the principally imaginary or „intentional“ (Ingarden) character of any communitarian consciousness. This does however not diminish the real historical impact of national consciousness, nor the importance of the cultural and moral universe connected with it – despite the crisis of traditional authorities, hierarchies and values we have to deal with in actual Europe and the world.

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Seksualny kapitał w wersji publicznej

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Steppa H.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2014

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issue 24

369-374

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The main intention of Samuel Nowak-the author of Sexual Capital-is to define “what the mass media are for men labelling themselves as gay, taking into account various, although always treated collectively, contexts: economic, political and medial”(p. 9). The sub-title of the study, which defines the direction of the whole text, is Wyobrażone wspólnotysmaku i medialne tożsamości polskich gejów (“Imagined Communities of Taste and Medial Identities of Polish Gay Persons”). In the Nowak’s study, important is the evaluation from outside (as viewed by science) and from within (as viewed by proponents of LGBT). The critical review of Sexual Capital is compatible with the structure of the original text: originally focuses on scientific theories in order to end with the examples from Polish medial realities.

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Native Americans as a source of wisdom. History and analysis of a contemporary mythology

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Campion-Vincent V.

Studia Ethnologica Pragensia

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2017

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issue 2

13-29

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The article investigates the important element of alternative spiritual beliefs, often designated as New Age, connected with cultural appropriation of spirituality of the “imagined community” of idealized Native Americans. First, origins and historical background of this social imaginary is being provided, rooted in popular literature, impact of influential Buffallo Bill’s Wild West shows of the 1800s, and youth movements, Indian hobbyist and (Euro)indianist movement of the 1900s. Second, important cultural texts such as Chief Seattle (alleged) Speech, Rainbow Family legends (and its connection to Greenpeace) and Black Elk message are thoroughly investigated. Third, the current “source of wisdom” with renewed social dynamics is being analysed, along with search for a new paradigm for studies of this syncretic phenomenon.

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Imagined Religious Communities and the “Culture of Bible-Readers”: Hinduism’s Challenge to European Religious Studies

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Helton C. J.

Ethnologia Actualis

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2015

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vol. 15

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issue 2

8-18

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This paper will discuss the challenges posed by modern conceptions of Hinduism - in particular Heinrich von Stietencron’s conception of a “collection of religions” and Romila Thapar’s application of Benedict Anderson’s theory of “imagined communities” to Hinduism-to the European style of religious studies, particularly at the undergraduate level.

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Humanizm europejski a świadomość narodowa. Przemyślenia literaturoznawcy

Seksualny kapitał w wersji publicznej

Native Americans as a source of wisdom. History and analysis of a contemporary mythology

Imagined Religious Communities and the “Culture of Bible-Readers”: Hinduism’s Challenge to European Religious Studies