The Endecja and the Jewish Question

Author(s):  
Roman Wapiński

This chapter views the great attention Polish society devoted to the Jewish question, as well as its hostility towards Jews, as making the stance which the Endecja (Partia Narodowa-Democracja, or National Democratic Party) adopted to some degree inevitable. Virtually from its beginnings, the antisemitic camp urged the strengthening of the Polish national element in all spheres of social life. Its primary founder, Roman Dmowski, stressed in his 1893 book Nasz patriotyzm (Our Patriotism) the need to increase nationalist sentiment daily. This nationalist approach also wanted to strengthen the Polish middle classes in the cities and towns, and correspondingly limit the Jewish hold on this sector, at least in the territories of the Russian and Austrian partitions. Despite the fact that when the Endecja called for a boycott on Jewish trade and artisanry they did not likewise call for greater support for Polish trade and crafts, their programme for the nationalization of economic life increased the gulf between Poles and Jews and added a new context to the traditional distances. In addition, within many urban centres in Russian and Austrian Poland, fierce economic competition between the established and newly emerging merchant classes accompanied the mutual cultural isolation.

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Yousef M. Aljamal ◽  
Philipp O. Amour

There are some 700,000 Latin Americans of Palestinian origin, living in fourteen countries of South America. In particular, Palestinian diaspora communities have a considerable presence in Chile, Honduras, and El Salvador. Many members of these communities belong to the professional middle classes, a situation which enables them to play a prominent role in the political and economic life of their countries. The article explores the evolving attitudes of Latin American Palestinians towards the issue of Palestinian statehood. It shows the growing involvement of these communities in Palestinian affairs and their contribution in recent years towards the wide recognition of Palestinian rights — including the right to self-determination and statehood — in Latin America. But the political views of members of these communities also differ considerably about the form and substance of a Palestinian statehood and on the issue of a two-states versus one-state solution.


2021 ◽  
Vol IV(1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinu Turcanu ◽  
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Natalia Spinu ◽  
Serghei Popovici ◽  
Tatiana Turcanu ◽  
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The process of implementing information technologies in all areas of economic, political, social life, etc. in the Republic of Moldova has also determined the evolution of cybercrime. New “virtual” dimensions of national infrastructure are being formed, which are becoming more and more important for local and international politics. As a result, in recent years it has been found that computer systems, networks and data are being used more and more frequently for criminal purposes, and the materials that could be evidence of these crimes are also stored and transmitted through these networks by perpetrators. Cybercrime, espionage, propaganda, diversion and excessive exploitation of personal data through electronic communications networks are used as basic tools at all stages of designing a hybrid security threat. Cyberspace-specific threats are characterized by asymmetry and accentuated dynamics and global character, which makes them difficult to identify and counteracted by measures proportional to the impact of the materialization of risks. Moldova is currently facing threats from cyberspace at the address of critical infrastructures, given the increasing interdependence between cyber infrastructures and infrastructures such as those in the financial banking, transport, energy and national defense sectors. The globality of cyberspace is likely to amplify the risks to them by affecting both the sector to the same extent private as well as public. Threats to cyberspace can be classified in several ways, but the most commonly used are those based on motivational factors and the impact on society. In the prevailing conditions cybersecurity is becoming one of the most important areas for ensuring internal security and the effective operation of state institutions in all spheres of social and economic life.


Author(s):  
Magdalena Opalska

This chapter focuses on Polish–Jewish relations and the January uprising. The memory of the pro-Polish orientation of the Jews in the January uprising remained alive throughout the 19th and in the early 20th centuries. The legend of patriotic ‘Poles of Mosaic faith’, which crystallized in the 1860s as a part of a broader romantic myth, gained a lasting place in literary tradition. The positive evaluation of the Jewish role generally remained artistically and ideologically rooted in the traditional romantic worldview. From that point of view, many later works can be seen as fossils of Polish romanticism. As the character of Polish–Jewish relations deteriorated, the Jewish legend of 1863 was continually revised in retrospect and it evolved in an increasingly negative fashion. Projecting new problems upon the past, Polish literature of the realist and modernist periods emphasized the economic aspect of Polish–Jewish relations and portrayed Jewish political loyalties with growing ambivalence. Echoing complex structural changes in post-insurrectionary Polish society as a whole, changes which brought about the revision of the larger myth of 1863, the evolution of its Jewish aspect followed closely the course of the debate on the so-called ‘Jewish question’.


Author(s):  
Moshe Mishkinsky

This chapter describes a turning point in the history of Polish Socialism and its attitude towards the Jewish Question. In dealing with the concept of the Jewish Question, the intention is not, as is often the case, to dwell solely upon the legal status of Jews (emancipation) but to view the problems of Jewish existence in their diversity. According to one view, the dependence upon non Jewish society represents an integral element or, even a determinant, in these problems. In the context of Polish–Jewish relations from the historical perspective of the last hundred years, one may discern six aspects of the subject. These include the development of Socialist thought in its different versions as regards the Jews; the influence of the gradual growth and development of the emerging working class in Polish society; the influence of the relatively large involvement of Jews within the Socialist Labour Movement; the impact of the new processes which matured in the last quarter of the 19th century on the life of Eastern European Jewry in general, and on the Polish–Jewish area in particular; the growth alongside each other, but also in conflict, of two political and ideological movements — Polish Socialism and Jewish labour Socialism; and the tension between the Socialist and the national elements which was common to both yet different in its concrete content.


2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Stanciu Miltiade

Social life including economic life should evolve in harmony with live world ecology. The economy, as human society product should harmonize with the exigencies of “the health of whole living entity”. However, the realities of the present lived at local and global level reveal: inhuman social inequalities, frustrating consumerism, systemic pollution, poverty in the middle abundance, science without humanism, wealth without honest work etc. generated by negative human behaviors. The transition towards healthy development defined by the win-win principle, assumes that everything healthy for the natural environment is also healthy for man-created environment. This complex and long process is based on the re-spiritualization of the current educational model based on skills with the educational model in the cause of life.


1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivienne Jabri ◽  
Stephen Chan

The focus of inquiry for a critical, post-positivist International Relations requires a shift away from concern over universalist epistemological legitimacy and a move towards understanding the ontological underpinnings of international social, political, and economic life. Recent debates over the ‘agency—structure problem’, as represented in the Wendt vs Hollis and Smith debate and more recently in the latter's response to Walter Carlsnaes, have centred around Hollis and Smith's assertion that there are always ‘two stories to tell’, both ontological and epistemological, and that because of an assumed causal relationship between agency and structure, epistemology is as important as ontology, or stands on the same footing. In providing two further stories in our reply to Hollis and Smith, we argue firstly, that an ontological discourse, such as that suggested in Giddens's theory of structuration, must precede substantive epistemological questions, and secondly, that an assumed universalist epistemology negates difference in international social life.


2021 ◽  
pp. 161-188
Author(s):  
Ryszard Ficek

The subject of the presented article is the analysis of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński’s personalistic vision of social life in the context of the liberal capitalism concept. The author’s interpretation of the source materials aims to display Wyszyński’s praxeological and ethical reflection and place it in the context of the socio-economic aspects of human life, characteristic of liberal capitalism. The exploration of the above research will analyze the source texts and their reinterpretation using the inductive-deductive method. The above paper’s primary research goal is to show the moral message of Cardinal Wyszyński in the context of the Christian vision of involvement in socio-economic life and its application to the specific reality of contemporary public life. The author of the article asks whether the moral message rooted in the personalistic vision of the human person presented by Cardinal Wyszyński can be applied to the contemporary reality of social, political, and economic life, where liberal capitalism seems to be the dominant ideology of the Western world? The answer to such questions is essential, especially in the context of the revival of “collectivist” populism, which, combined with the ideas of the so-called “Ideological pluralism,” emphasizing the moral ambivalence of “liquid” postmodernity, becomes a severe challenge to the entire modern world


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL A. MARTINEZ

For a social movement and urban scholar, these are not the best days for conducting fieldwork on the streets. Off-line demonstrations, protests with gathering bodies and banners, deliberative assemblies and the like have been on hold for a long period in countries such as Spain. The coronavirus pandemic and the stringent measures taken by the government have set an unprecedented situation in terms of social life and politics, especially for the generations who did not live under the Francoist dictatorship (1939–1978), where surveillance and repression determined daily routines and anti-regime mobilisations. The current ruling coalition between the social democratic party, PSOE, and the more leftist Unidas Podemos, had opened up a promising term for, at least, some progressive policies since they took office in January 2020. However, the sudden economic crisis that the pandemic is unfolding has abruptly undermined even the least optimistic prospects. As a regular online observer of bottom-up organisations, campaigns, and collective actions, as well as a follower of the debates that stir and flood the political sphere in Spain, I was surprised by some of the innovative ways of continuing to protest during these difficult times of home confinement, starting March 15, 2020, when the government declared a state of emergency. Obviously, online protests are not new at all but, in this short period of time, activists explored appealing forms of articulating discourse and campaigns. Grassroots mobilisations for social justice have included practices and challenges to the authorities previously unforeseen. In particular, the following selection of experiences resembles the context of the 2008 global financial crisis, although some dimensions have changed too. Hence, this preliminary analysis aims at understanding what seems like the first stage of an emerging cycle of mutating mobilisations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Ahmad Maulidizen ◽  
Mohammad Anton Athoillah

Indonesia is an agricultural country because most of the population has a livelihood in agriculture. In addition, agriculture is the second largest contributor to national economic growth and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Rural areas have vast agricultural land, but not all communities have land so most farmers work on land owned by other people and then get a share of the results by a variety of methods. The research objective is to analyze the implementation of muẓāraʻah contract based on Law No. 2 of 1960 and Islamic law and It’s implications for the socio-economic life of the society in Cianjur. Data collection was carried out using the method of observation, interview and documentation (library) and data analysis deductively, inductively and comparatively, then presented in a qualitative descriptive manner. The population in this study was 120 people, and the study sample was 12 people (10%) who were selected by purposive sampling method. The results of the research are (1) the implementation of muẓāraʻah contract in Cianjur, West Java is not fully in accordance with Law No. 2 of 1960 and Islamic law, (2) The implications of muẓāraʻah on the economic life of farmers are the fulfillment of ḍarūriyyah needs, namely consumption and secondary education, while landowners can meet more complex needs., including fulfillment of ḍarūriyyah, can allocate part of the funds to go on pilgrimage, charity to other people in need. And (3) The Implications of muẓāraʻah contract on the social life of society is a concern between landowners and farmers that is realized by helping each other when in trouble. However, attention from the government is still needed to ensure good relations between the two parties that are cooperating.[Indonesia merupakan negara agraris karena sebagian besar penduduk mempunyai pencaharian di bidang pertanian. Selain itu, pertanian merupakan kontributor kedua terbesar terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional dan Produk Domestik Bruto (PDB). Daerah pedesaan mempunyai lahan pertanian yang sangat luas, namun tidak semua masyarakat mempunyai lahan sehingga sebagian besar petani menggarap lahan milik orang lain kemudian mendapatkan bagi hasil dengan metode yang beragam. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk menganalisis pelaksanaan konsep muẓāraʻah berdasarkan UU No. 2 Tahun 1960 dan hukum Islam dan implikasinya terhadap kehidupan social ekonomi masyarakat di Cianjur. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi (perpustakaan) dan analisis data secara deduktif, induktif dan komparatif, kemudian disajikan secara deskriptif kualitatif. Jumlah populasi dalam penelitian ini 120 orang, dan sampel penelitian sebanyak 12 orang (10%) yang dipilih dengan metode purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian adalah (1) pelaksanaan perjanjian bagi hasil akad muẓāraʻah di Cianjur belum sepenuhnya sesuai dengan UU No. 2 Tahun 1960 tentang perjanjian bagi hasil lahan pertanian dan hukum Islam dalam kerjasama pertanian. Hambatan dalam melaksanakan peraturan No 2 Tahun 1960 dan hukum Islam dalam kerjasama pertanian adalah tidak ada sosialisasi dari pihak manapun terkait UU No. 2 Tahun 1960 tentang perjanjian bagi hasil tanah pertanian dan hukum Islam dalam kerjasama pertanian. Adanya kebiasaan-kebiasaan yang telah berlangsung turun temurun. (2) Implikasi akad muẓāraʻah terhadap kehidupan ekonomi petani adalah pemenuhan kebutuhan ḍarūriyyah yaitu konsumsi dan pendidikan keturunanya, sedangkan pemilik lahan dapat memenuhi kebutuhan yang lebih kompleks, antaranya pemenuhan ḍarūriyyah, dapat mengalokasikan sebagian dana untuk pergi haji, bersedekah dan zakat kepada orang lain yang membutuhkan. Dan (3) Implikasi akad muẓāraʻah kehidupan sosial adalah adanya kepedulian antara pemilik lahan dan petani yang diwujudkan dengan saling membantu ketika dalam kesulitan. Namun demikian, perhatian dari pemerintah tetap diperlukan untuk menjamin hubungan baik antara kedua belah pihak yang bekerjasama.]


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (13 (113)) ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Tetiana Ostapenko ◽  
Igor Britchenko ◽  
Valentyna Marchenko

The definition of nanoeconomics can relate to different levels and areas of economic life. First of all, this is the nanolevel of the economic system. As a human economy, nanoeconomics provides for the allocation of an individual factor within the framework of a socio-economic phenomenon. The nanoeconomic aspect is central to the definition of inclusion. So, the inclusion of a person, as the main subject of nanoeconomics, to the formation and stabilization of economic systems is the initial one in the integration of an individual in relation to production processes and economic development. A person is involved in academic and social life by making decisions about their own business and integrating it into the sectoral and national economic space. It is proved that its indicators are the conditions for clustering the economic system. The study carried out a cluster analysis of the innovation system in a country with an economy in transition. In addition, the study outlined that inclusive phenomena in the economy are close to integration and are the opposite of segregation and isolation. It is noted that different institutions of integration can be used to form objective conditions for the development of babyeconomics. Public decisions of inclusion involve the use of Arrow's impossibility theorem. The research results can be used: – the individualistic functions of inclusion should be used in the formation of the babyeconomics, the human economy and the economy of nanotechnology; – states of inclusion must be created at all levels of the economic system; – a person and wealth are an individualistic aspect of an inclusive economy, because national wealth consists of individual wealth. Nanoeconomics is just beginning to be included in the systemic processes of inclusive economic phenomena, especially in countries with economies in transition


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