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Ars ancilla historiae. O historii i sztuce według T. Lessinga

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Kłonkowska A.

Estetyka i Krytyka

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2010

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issue 19

73-83

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The paper concerns an attitude towards art which is to be found in the writings of Theodor Lessing. Lessing’s reflections on art and its cultural role are presented in the context of his philosophy of history. The article is focused on the function which, according to Lessing, art fulfils in the process of creating history as well as lending credence to it. History itself is perceived by him as an arbitrary construct of Western culture, an ideological vision giving sense to the senseless.

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How the attributes of Cleopatra VII changed over time

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Kostuch L.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

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2016

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issue 3(22)

112-122

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The legend of Cleopatra VII in Western culture is a frequently researched topic. However, little thought is devoted to the Queen’s attributes which, as centuries passed, underwent frequent metamorphoses. In art and literature, the attributes and motifs associated with Cleopatra are mainly the crocodile, the pearl, the snake and the cat (the panther, the lion and the sphinx). These royal symbols seem to have lived their own “lives” and form an interesting linear pattern. Furthermore, their history is full of paradox. The crocodile, although probably attributed to Cleopatra by the Romans, never became Cleopatra’s perennial symbol. The famous cobra, initially huge and multiplied, was reduced over time to the size of a bracelet and was eventually replaced by the cat. The latter, undeniably an ancient animal, became Cleopatra’s symbol only in the nineteenth century. Moreover, most probably, the snake was not linked to Cleopatra because of the erotic association, neither was the cat assigned to her because she was a voluptuous witch. Modern representations of Cleopatra with African animals are not necessarily a misunderstanding.

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Ewolucja podejścia do niepełnosprawności w kulturze zachodu – perspektywa antropologii

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Żuraw H.

Pogranicze. Studia Społeczne

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2016

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vol. 28

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Anthropology is a field broadly understood as a description of ubiquitous human existence as far as homo sapiens emerged from community of human being until present-day society. Anthropology provides description of mechanics of integration of societies or how they distance themselves from certain group and individuals. It describes permanence and changes of culture order. According to Mary Douglas‘s anthropological resolving I analyse – in perspective of anthropology – evolution of social attitudes in to people with disabilities. Basical questions of my article are – „who, why, how, what” normal people thinks about persons wiht disfunctions. I present specific conceptualisation of disability’s causes, ways of a treatment people with features of otherness in traditinal era and in postmodernism. I say – they give us something inducing to thinking about another face of humanity.

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Human Rights in China and the Philosophical Perspective

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Raszewski A.

Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia

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2015

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issue 28

39-49

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In today’s socio-political reality, human rights take an important place as part of the debate on the relationship between the citizen and the state. Against this background, we can distinguish those states which do not belong to the circle of Western culture, including China. The author raises the question of a presence of human rights in China, treating it as a philosophical issue. He points to the need for taking on a perspective of economic development as an opportunity to improve the situation of the individual. The author considers the possibility of an implementation of a new political model and indicates the threats to human rights in China.

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Re-Thinking Cultural Hedonism: On the Principle of Utility According to John Stuart Mill

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Stepukonis A.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2023

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issue 1

181-194

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Hedonism, driven by mass culture and widespread consumerism, is a salient factor in the modus vivendi of contemporary Western civilization. This general psychological and behavioral backdrop is exploited in the article as an opportunity to both reinvigorate and re-appraise the theoretical underpinnings of modern hedonism as developed by John Stuart Mill in his Utilitarianism. The article proceeds in two steps: Firstly, a detailed exposition of Mill’s arguments for the principle of utility is undertaken, with an accompanying elucidation of the core notions of utility, expediency, happiness, and pleasure. Secondly, five points of criticism (logical, phenomenological, and analytical in method) are raised to challenge what the author thinks are the weakest links in Mill’s syllogistic chain.

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Discursive Contexts of Image of an Odysseus‑nostalgic

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Фокина С.

Slavia Orientalis

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2021

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vol. LXX

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issue 3

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Adolescencja współczesnej kultury zachodniej –kryzys tożsamościowy i sekularyzacja

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Kłosowski M.

Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne

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2019

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vol. 32

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issue 1

82-102

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Description of modern Western culture is especially made from philosophical, sociological and political science perspective. Much less psychology understood as contemporary social science is used for analyzing cultural phenomena. The article uses developmental psychology as a frame for such analysis. The main idea is to compare adolescent crisis with the crisis of modern Western culture. Justas the identity crisis is in the heart of adolescence, the identity crisis is the center of transformation processes in Western culture. In this perspective, secularization may be seen as a manifestation of such crisis and the militant atheism as a manifestation of negative identity. The article also shows how processes attributed to adolescence such as emotional liability, rebellion, undermine authorities, increase ofconsciousness, and self-knowledge, moral independence and relativity thinking can be correlated with many phenomena associated with Western culture. The point of this text is that one can perceive modern Western culture as being in a process of maturation. There is not only the comparative analysis, but also some practical implications. The article also contains some recent researches analysis from psychology of religion and spirituality perspective related to secularization process incontemporary times.

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Western Culture: A Collective Achievement

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Dougherty J. P.

Studia Gilsoniana

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2019

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vol. 8

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issue 3

751-758

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By examining selected works by Stephen Gaukroger, Alfred North Whitehead, Lynn White, Jr., Benjamin Farrington, and Paul Gans, the author discusses the formation of Western culture and the intellectual tools and the social conditions that contributed (and still contribute) to its being. He concludes that a metaphysics and a realistic epistemology—based on an ancient Greek confidence in the human intellect, in its ability to reason to truths that acknowledge the immaterial character of human intellection—is required for the West to retain its identity and develop its own culture.

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Jeźdźcy Apokalipsy: O trzech wizjach zagrożeń współczesnej kultury Zachodu

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Moreno-Szypowska J. C.

Roczniki Kulturoznawcze

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2019

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vol. 10

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issue 2

43-63

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Autorka artykułu porównuje trzy wizje współczesnych myślicieli, którzy obserwując obecny świat, widzą w nim zagrożenie nadchodzącą apokalipsą, w rozumieniu końca ludzkości w jej tradycyjnej formie. Człowiek wykorzeniony oraz zagubiony, nie znając własnej kultury, staje przed pytaniem: kim jest? I w niemożności odpowiedzi na nie upodabnia się do nieświadomych siebie dzieci, które żyjąc w ignorancji, pozostają poza możliwością zarówno potępienia, jak i zbawienia. Dzieci te podlegają jednak procesowi dojrzewania i kiedy osiągają dorosłość, szukają siebie, próbując upodobnić się do innych, lecz ci inni są w tej samej sytuacji co oni. Stąd powstaje społeczeństwo nieokreślonych obywateli, którzy w sytuacji niebezpieczeństwa, oskarżają jedni drugich, tak że każdy staje się poniekąd kozłem ofiarnym, którego wolno lub nawet należy poświęcić dla uratowania większości. Wtedy to każdy staje się tzw. homo sacer, ofiarą, której nie przysługuje żadne prawo, nawet prawo do życia. Aby do tego nie dopuścić, trzej myśliciele wzywają do powrotu do form kultury, w których ludzkość zostaje przedstawiona całościowo i poprzez jej zobrazowanie współczesny człowiek może stworzyć swoją tożsamość

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The author of this article compares three visions of modern thinkers who, observing the present world, see in it the threat of the coming apocalypse, in understanding the end of humanity in its traditional form. An uprooted and lost man not knowing his own culture faces the question: who is he? In the impossibility of answering, he becomes like unaware children who, living in ignorance, remain beyond the possibility of both condemnation and salvation. However, these children are in the process of growing up. When they reach maturity, they look for themselves, trying to become like others, but those others are in the same situation as them. Hence, a society of indefinite citizens, who, in danger, accuse one another, so that everyone becomes a scapegoat of which should be sacrificed to save the majority. Then everyone becomes the so-called homo sacer, a victim who has no right, not even the right to live. To prevent this, the three thinkers call for a return to forms of culture, where humanity is presented in a holistic form and by depicting it, modern man can create his identity.

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Bośnia i Hercegowina w kontekście wyznaniowym współczesnej Europy. Proces westernizacji islamu i islamizacji Zachodu

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Moroz-Grzelak L.

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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2018

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vol. 53

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issue 2

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Tekst poświęcony jest monografii wyróżnionej w 23. edycji konkursu o Nagrodę im. prof. Jerzego Skowronka. Jej autor, Marinko Zekić, odnosząc się do sytuacji kulturowej, społecznej i wyznaniowej Bośni i Hercegowiny, w szerokim kontekście historycznym ukazał kwestię funkcjonowania muzułmanów na świecie w przeszłości i współcześnie. Podjął się próby odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy przemiany dokonujące się obecnie prowadzą do islamizacji świata zachodniego, czy raczej do modernizacji świata islamu. Dla znalezienia odpowiedzi Marinko Zekić wskazał przyczyny, przebieg wzajemnych kontaktów i zarysował ich potencjalne następstwa w przyszłości. Bosnia and Herzegovina in the religious context of modern Europe. The process of Westernisation of Islam and Islamisation of the WestIn the review a book is discussed that addresses crucial issues of coexistence of culturally and religiously diverse societies. Its author, referring to the cultural, social and religious situation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a broad historical context has shown the issue of functioning of the Muslims throughout the world in the past and presently. The review mentions that Marinko Zekić undertook an attempt to answer the question whether the present changes are leading to an Islamisation of the Western world or rather to a modernisation of the Islamic world. He also showed the reasons for mutual relations, their history and sketched their possible future consequences. The history of Islam and mutual relations between the Muslim world and the West were based on a thorough source material and a reinterpretation of the researchers’ opinions, as the author referred to the issue of threats and the vigorous dispute about the future of Western culture that strongly polarises the public opinion. M. Zekić analysed deeply the reasons for these concerns and finds them in the radical Islamic movements that result in the painful experience of terrorism. Босния и Герцеговина в религиозном контексте современной Европы. Процесс вестернизации ислама и исламизации ЗападаВ рецензионной статье была рассмотрена проблематика книги, которая занимается существенными вопросами сосуществования культурно и религиозно разнообразных обществ. Ее автор, ссылаясь на культурное, общественное и религиозное положение Боснии и Герцеговины в широком историческом контексте, сосредоточился на вопросе функционирования мусульман в мире в прошлом и настоящем. В обсуждении монографии было указано, что Маринко Зекич предпринял попытку ответить на вопрос: ведут ли происходящие сейчас перемены к исламизации Западного мира или к модернизации исламского мира?. При этом он показал причины, развитие взаимных контактов и начертил их потенциальные последствия в будущем. История ислама и взаимные отношения между мусульманским миром и Западом были основаны на тщательно подобранных первоисточниках и переосмыслении суждений исследователей, так как автор отнесся к проблематике угроз и стихийногоспора о будущем западной культуры, сильно поляризующего общественное мнение. М. Зекич глубоко проанализировал причины этих страхов, находя их в радикальных исламских движениях, которых результатом является болезненный опыт терроризма.

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Vietnamese culture in chopstick use compared to western culture in utensil use

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Nguyen T. T. T.

Rocznik Lubuski

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2020

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vol. 46

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issue 2

103-116

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Kultura kulinarna jest ciekawym i ważnym tematem, który wzbudza zainteresowanie badaczy. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie i analiza niektórych cech korzystania pałeczek w kulturze wietnamskiej i porównanie jej do wykorzystania sztućców (widelców, noży, łyżek) w kulturze zachodniej. W celu podkreślenia różnic i podobieństw pomiędzy tymi dwoma obszarami w zakresie kultury materialnej i niematerialnej przyjęto punkt widzenia kulturoznawstwa porównawczego oraz wykorzystano metodę typologiczną. Wyniki badania przyczynią się do lepszego zrozumienia i poznania kultur na świecie, kierując uwagę czytelnika na kwestie empatii i wzajemnego szacunku.

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Culinary culture is an interesting and meaningful aspect that has captivated the scholars’ attention recently. This article introduces and analyses some features in chopstick use of Vietnamese culture in comparison with the use of utensils (forks, knives, spoons) in Western culture. Comparative cultural studies viewpoint and typological method were applied to highlight the diﬀerences and similarities in tangible and intangible culture of those cultures. The ﬁndings of the research will help the audience have better understanding and knowledge of cultures in the world aiming to orientate towards the empathy and mutual appreciation.

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“The Many Languages of the Avant-Garde”: In conversation with Grzegorz Bral of Teatr Pieśń Kozła (Song of the Goat Theatre)

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Sakowska A.

Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance

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2014

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vol. 11

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issue 26

45-63

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How to theorise and review avant-garde Shakespeare? Which theoretical paradigms should be applied when Shakespearean productions are multicultural and yet come from a specific locale? These and other many questions interrogating the language of performance in global avant-garde Shakespeare productions are put forward to Grzegorz Bral, the director of the Song of the Goat ensemble in the context of their evolving performance of Macbeth (2006/2008) and their Songs of Lear (2012).

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Beauty in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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Jaroszyński P.

Studia Gilsoniana

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2018

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vol. 7

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issue 4

579-595

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The author considers the problem of beauty. He identifies beauty as an analogically understood property of reality, of human products (including art), and of the human mode of conduct, and as that which, in the tradition of Western culture, is expressed under the form of harmony, perfection, or splendor, which as beheld and for beholding arouses complacency or pleasure. The article discusses the following topics: classical theories of beauty, beauty in the metaphysical conception, beauty in aesthetics, the separation of beauty from reality, and the problem of ugliness.

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Ars ancilla historiae. O historii i sztuce według T. Lessinga

How the attributes of Cleopatra VII changed over time

Ewolucja podejścia do niepełnosprawności w kulturze zachodu – perspektywa antropologii

Human Rights in China and the Philosophical Perspective

Re-Thinking Cultural Hedonism: On the Principle of Utility According to John Stuart Mill

Discursive Contexts of Image of an Odysseus‑nostalgic

Adolescencja współczesnej kultury zachodniej –kryzys tożsamościowy i sekularyzacja

Western Culture: A Collective Achievement

Jeźdźcy Apokalipsy: O trzech wizjach zagrożeń współczesnej kultury Zachodu

Bośnia i Hercegowina w kontekście wyznaniowym współczesnej Europy. Proces westernizacji islamu i islamizacji Zachodu

Vietnamese culture in chopstick use compared to western culture in utensil use

“The Many Languages of the Avant-Garde”: In conversation with Grzegorz Bral of Teatr Pieśń Kozła (Song of the Goat Theatre)

Beauty in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy