(R)evolution – the concept of political transformations in ancient Greece

This paper presents the evolution and revolution as important factors of the constitutional changes in Greek philosophy. It contains an analysis of the terminology, selected political theories, as well as the necessity and diversity of changes. It is meant to establish the systemic sources of revolution and answer the question whether the revolution and evolution factors were essential for constitutional changes according to the ancients and can those theories still be considered as valid.

Zaścianek Szpakowszczyzna a geneza powstania osady młyńskiej Abramiki – uwagi historyczno-onomastyczne

This article is a contribution to the study of historical settlement of the central part of Podlasie region in the vicinity of Brańsk. On the basis of available archival sources, the author reconstructed the history of the Abramiki mill village and also established that the local family of millers was a branch of the Szpak boyar clan. The subject of the study was also the problem of origin of the toponym Abramiki and the microtoponym Szpakowszczyzna and their relations on the extra-linguistic level. The paper also discusses historical anthroponyms used to identify the members of the Abramik family of millers.

Współczesne reprezentacje rewolucyjnych wydarzeń historii najnowszej Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w grach planszowych

The aim of the article is to look at what and how important for the contemporary history of Central Europe events were presented in popular culture, which is represented here by board games. They are subjected to analysis six historical games created primarily in Poland, although one title comes from Czechoslovakia, which in various ways tell about selected events from the communist period, including about the papal pilgrimage, strikes and martial law.

Jan Walc – Od kultury oficjalnej do kultury niezależnej

Jan Walc was a character with rich achievements, and at the same time colorful and interesting. He was a critic who writes about Tadeusz Konwicki and Adam Mickiewicz, secretary of Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz ordering his archives and at the same time one of the most severe critics of his attitude, teacher, a co-worker of weeklies “Polityka” and “Kultura”, and finally – a longtime activist of the democratic opposition and a leading publicist and printer of the second circulation in the PRL. The above calculation itself shows the originality of this character, today almost completely forgotten. In his texts he critisised party activists, militiamen, prosecutors, luminaries of Polish literature, democratic opposition leaders, former and current colleagues, and even his daughter’s teachers. In the talk I will want to show the Jan Walc’s way to participate in independent publishing movement and his role in this phenomenon.

Политические метафоры в российских СМИ – гендерный aспект

In political discourse, a very important role is played by the conceptual metaphors, which are often gender-oriented. Such metaphors are used to describe an internal and external political relations, what is the subject of our analysis. Particular attention is paid to the evaluative properties of these metaphors, which is their inherent element and very often associated with moral values and stereotypes characteristic of a of a particular culture.

Na czym polega różnica między bratnią pomocą a agresją? Sowiecki dowcip polityczny o agresji przeciwko Czechosłowacji w 1968 r.

The article concerns Soviet political jokes that arose as a reaction to the aggression of the USSR in 1968 in Czechoslovakia. It is emphasized that political folklore is an important source material that gives a fuller picture of the contemporary moods of the Soviet society as well as its evaluation of the Kremlin’s policy towards Czechoslovakia. In this article proposed a thematic classification of Soviet political jokes on the events of 1968 in Czechoslovakia and the so-called normalization.

Rola jedzenia w budowie mitu Austro-Węgier jako elementu tożsamości środkowoeuropejskiej

This work deals with the problem of the self-identity of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe, and their self-determination in relation to the Austria-Hungary. An important element of this issue is the mythologization of history, also cultural memory about the past that can be shown through the certain fragment of the anthropology of everyday life-cuisine and culinary culture. The Austro-Hungarian myth fixed in culture through cuisine becomes the material of regional identity. The paper contains main conclusions of the master thesis On the search of self-identity in Central and Eastern Europe. The role of cuisine in the construction of Austro-Hungarian myth.

Sztuka wyzwolona. Cielesność w ukraińskiej sztuce lat dziewięćdziesiątych

I present in the text describes the period of political transformation at the turn of the eighties and nineties, as well as the first decade of Ukrainian independence. I present various artistic forms that use human body as a tool of social, historical and political analysis. I also try to group artists’ works into a few thematic blocks.

Między oportunizmem a rewolucją. Przeobrażenia instytucji i środowisk artystycznych Bydgoszczy w latach 1980–1981 (studium historyczno-socjologiczne)

The outbreak of “Solidarity” surprised the deep province, especially its artistic community. The seeds of the rebellion struck only in the young creators, especially in those who were not connected with the institutions. Most of them watched the events with concern, waiting for the development of the situation. The less conformist part of the creators however associated with the “Solidarity” movement, for which they organized a concerts and even a special theatrical performance. Young writers wrote occasional poems, and even associated themselves organizationally with “Solidarity” movement.

Opinie studentów z wybranych państw Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej na temat stosunku do zwierząt

The purpose of this article is description of perception and valuation of animals by students from selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In the first part of article was presented the history of the relationship between human and animal. The theoretical part of text includes also reflections on the moral status of animals. In the second part of article was presented results of the research which was conducted by author in 2015. The subject of the researches was: “Environmental values in the awareness of the students of humanities and life sciences from the selected European countries”. The project was conducted based on the quantitative method. The sample was comprised 520 students. In the article proposes the following research problems: Does the perception of animals depend on the direction the respondents study? Does gender affect how respondents perceive animals? The questions and independent variables were nominal, and their analysis required the use of a chi-squared test to examine. On the base statistical calculations can be concluded that sex and faculty of study doesn’t differentiate respondent’s opinion about animals welfare. The lack of differences in opinions between respondents is explained by the fact that it is the result of specifics of cultural Central Eastern Europe, not of gender or field of study. Obtained conclusions are pushing for further research in this area.