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Polska jako integralna część cywilizacji zachodniej
Poland as an integral part of Western civilization

Author(s): Maciej Guzy
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Western civilization; Europe; Poland

Summary/Abstract: The author bring up a subject Polish state to broadly understood Western civilization based on values and ideas that at the turn of the years laid the foundations for a way of understanding who a modern European is. The article refers to the theory and concept of the most important classical thinkers dealing with issues of civilization and culture, such as: Samuel Huntington, Arnold Toynbee, Oswald Spengler, Feliks Koneczny and others. The author also tries to answer the question: What is the current West and what role does Poland play in it? The article will have a theoretical character and can serve as an introduction to much more detailed aspects falling within the broadly understood Western civilization.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 25-45
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish