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A Polish Sattelzeit? New Concepts in the Political Language at the Twilight of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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Grześkowiak-Krwawicz A.

Acta Poloniae Historica

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2021

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vol. 122

31-50

PL

The political discourse in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth changed deeply in the second half of the eighteenth century. New concepts, terms and notions were integrated into it, some of them drawn from the vocabularies of Western philosophers. The article tries to answer the question what these concepts or notions were, and how their adaptation informed the language itself and the descriptions of the political world and political-system projects formulated in it. Based on the analysis of theoretical treatises as well as writings produced as part of current political debate of the years 1764–92, the author seeks to demonstrate the ways in which the political disputants of King Stanislaus Augustus’s time endeavoured to face the state’s crisis through introducing new words and ideas, and in which the language was adapting to the challenges of the changing socio-political situation. She argues that the concepts which appeared in the last quarter of the century in the Polish political language were fundamental to the description and view of the world – to the extent that a breakthrough in Polish discussion on society and state is identifiable along these lines.

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A Real Brain Twister, or, How to Outline the Evolution of the Concept of Nation between the Enlightenment and the Year 1939?

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Janowski M.

Acta Poloniae Historica

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2021

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vol. 122

5-29

PL

Most historians studying the evolution of the concept of nation and national idea in East Central Europe, assume that through the nineteenth century the political meaning was gradually giving place to the ethnic understanding of ‘nation’. Without radically questioning this evolution of the meaning, I would like to stress that it is far from obvious. Starting with the Enlightenment, the term and concept of ‘nation’ were used so widely in the Polish public debates that it is relatively easy to find quotations to support any generalisation. Any decision about choosing some source materials and discarding some others is inevitably grounded in certain methodological and philosophical assumptions. Some assumptions have to be accepted (for otherwise, a historian would not be able to say anything), but we need to be conscious that their choice is, in the last resort, arbitrary.

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Changes in the structure of historical consciousness and the perception of architectural style: A case study in the popular perception of Brutalism from 1945 to 2019

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Lack A., Korynta J.

Świat i Słowo

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2020

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vol. 34(1)

179-210

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This study investigates changes in the popularity of Brutalist buildings from the 1940’s to present. Our methodological framework is derived from three sources: (1) Reinhardt Koselleck’s work on historical consciousness in the field of conceptual history; (2) Martin Heidegger’s phenomenological approach to temporality, mood, and perception, and: (3) Ernst Becker’s work on the denial of death and the quest for immortality. Our thesis is that changing perceptions of Brutalist architecture, in many cases radically different evaluations of the same buildings, are the effects of historically specific cultural, political, and social structures. In phenomenological terms, these structures form fairly discrete systems of relevance. That which is held to be profoundly interesting, or exciting, or progressive in one system of relevance can appear dull, menacing, or foolish in another. The systems that we identity, describe, and explain, are: (1) Collective mobilization in the service of progress (1941- 1978); (2) In the Shadow of the Tyranny of the State 1978-2001; and (3) Seeking Certainty and Security in the Ambiguity of Global Risk: 2001 to 2019. We show how each system has produced a distinct perspective on brutalist architecture which influences the popularity of the style, or lack thereof.

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Dzieje pojęcia „folklor” w polskim dyskursie humanistycznym

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Sobczyk U.

Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk

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2014

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issue 4

417-425

PL

Termin folklor jest jednym z najmniej precyzyjnych i funkcjonalnych pojęć polskiej humanistyki. Użycie do analizy jego ruchu, metody historii pojęć w ujęciu Reinharta Kosellecka, umożliwia uchwycenie zmian obsługiwanych przez nie znaczeń oraz związanych z nimi horyzontów ludzkich doświadczeń – od pierwszych folklorystów badających „wiedzę ludu” w czasie szczytowego rozwoju jego kultury, poprzez działających w PRL-u badaczy folkloru wtórnego, rozumianego jako ludowa twórczość artystyczna, po autorów współczesnych, podkreślających jego nieoficjalny, interspołeczny oraz powszechny charakter.

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The term folklore is one of the least precise and functional concepts of the humanities. Its use for analysis in the polish discourse, the history or terms method in Reinhart Koselleck’s approach enables one to grasp the changes serviced by meanings and connected with them horizons of human experiences – from the first folklorists who researched "the folk knowledge" in times of high development in its culture, through explorers of secondary folklore operating in socialism meant as folk artistic output, to current authors who underline its intersocial and common character.

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Towards Conceptual History of Management: The Language of the 1950s Textbooks in Finland

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Peltonen T.

Problemy Zarządzania

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2020

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issue 2/2020 (88)

34-54

PL

Cel: celem artykułu jest uzupełnienie powstającego zbioru literatury na temat konceptualnej historii zarządzania na przykładzie trzech czołowych fińskich podręczników z lat pięćdziesiątych XX wieku. Postępowanie badawcze: koncepcje zarządzania przeanalizowano przez pryzmat dynamiki językowej kilku historycznie osadzonych podręczników fińskich. Semantyczny wymiar analizy dotyczy struktur pojęciowych kryjących się za określonymi konstrukcjami językowymi. Natomiast wymiar pragmatyczny jest dostosowany do aspektów aktu mowy związanych z kształtowaniem pojęć. Wyniki: z analizy wynika, że obecne pojęcie „zarządzania” w języku fińskim nie występuje jako słowo kluczowe w podręcznikach z lat 50. Zamiast niego do określenia realnych struktur i procesów organizacyjnych i zarządczych stosowane są takie pojęcia, jak „dbałość o biznes”, „administracja”, „organizacja” lub „edukacja”. Ponadto w podręcznikach starano się potwierdzić istnienie zarządzania głównie w kategoriach moralności menedżerów i moralnego charakteru procesu zarządzania. Implikacje badawcze: konceptualne historie nieanglojęzycznych kontekstów językowych prezentują interesujący kontrast wobec dominujących anglo-amerykańskich dyskursów zarządzania i powiązanych zjawisk. Potrzebne są szersze empiryczne badania konceptualnej historii zarządzania. Oryginalność: artykuł stanowi uzupełnienie niewielu badań empirycznych dotyczących konceptualnej historii zarządzania, organizacji i zagadnień pokrewnych. JEL: M10 Acknowledgements: This research received no funds. Suggested Citation: Peltonen, T. (2020). Towards Conceptual History of Management: The Language of the 1950s Textbooks in Finland. Problemy Zarządzania (Management Issues), 18(2), 34–54.

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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to add to the emerging body of conceptual histories of management by undertaking a reading of three leading Finnish textbooks from the 1950s. Design: Management concepts are analysed through the linguistic dynamics of a set of historically situated Finnish textbooks. The semantic dimension of analysis is concerned with the conceptual structures behind particular linguistic constructions. The pragmatic dimension, on the other hand, is attuned to the speech act aspects of conceptual formations. Findings: The analysis shows that the current concept used for “management” in Finnish does not feature as the key word in the 1950s textbook articulations. Instead, concepts such as “business caretaking”, “administration”, “arranging” or “education” are employed to signify the reality of organizational and managerial structures and processes. Furthermore, the texts strove to legitimize management mainly in terms of the moral character of managers and the management process. Research implications: Conceptual histories of linguistically non-English contexts offer interesting contrasts to the dominant Anglo-American discourses of management and related phenomena. More empirical studies of conceptual history of management are needed. Originality: This article adds to the limited body of empirical investigations of conceptual history of management, organization and related issues. JEL: M10 Acknowledgements: This research received no funds. Suggested Citation: Peltonen, T. (2020). Towards Conceptual History of Management: The Language of the 1950s Textbooks in Finland. Problemy Zarządzania (Management Issues), 18(2), 34–54.

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The genre of biography as an object of historiographical research: The case of publishing edition “Legacy of the progressive personalities of our past”

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Sixta V.

Historyka Studia Metodologiczne

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2018

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vol. 48

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Reinhart Koselleck’s Historical Semantics. An Outline of the Concept

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Widzicka M.

Historyka Studia Metodologiczne

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2010

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vol. 40

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