Przyjazny nieznajomy. Esej o kulturze społecznej

• Authors: Piotr Skudrzyk

Title variants

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A FRIENDLY STRANGER. AN ESSAY ON SOCIAL CULTURE

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

To begin with, the author introduces features of private life friendship. From that perspective, he observes “friendly” elements of social life. He describes a continuous spectrum of communities – from the ones which are united by the highest number of positive ties to those full of fight and hatred. The author points out that even in a fight to death one feels some remnants of positive ties with an enemy as a human being. He calls this phenomenon “a friendship with an enemy”. Even a little experience of “the friendship with an enemy” gives power to use possibilities of friendly relations with a stranger – the most common type of human we meet in social life. The author points out that high culture, as well as social climate are the conditions of developing positive ties.

Keywords

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COMMUNITY; FRIENDSHIP; STRENGER; SOCIAL CULTURE; SOCIAL LIFE

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Bielsko-Bialski
• Journal: Świat i Słowo
• Year: 2011
• Volume: Świat i Słowo 2011, nr 1 (16)
• Issue: Świat i Słowo 2012 nr 2 (17)
• Pages: 17-32

Contributors

author

Piotr Skudrzyk

• Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Wydział Nauk Społecznych, ul. Bankowa 11, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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