Światło. Drugi przyczynek do badań interdyscyplinarnych
The Light. The Second Contribution to the Transdisciplinary Approach
Contributor(s): Grzegorz Pawłowski (Editor)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: light; metaphysics of light; light of reason; light of Absolute; God; phenomenon of light; symbol of light; physics of light; Christian mysticism; contemplation; cognition; emergence; theatre lighting design; theatre light; theatre sign
Summary/Abstract: The publication is the second step on the journey to the transdisciplinary approach to the phenomenon and problem of light. Such an approach is guaranteed by the authors of the individual chapters, who represent various scientific disciplines, such as theatre studies, architecture, aesthetics, metaphysics, phenomenology, mysticism, theology, and biblical studies. On the basis of these disciplines they reflect on light, which is a problem as complex as it is difficult.
Series: Forum Semantyczne
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-6730-1
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-6722-6
- Page Count: 316
- Publication Year: 2025
- Language: Polish
Kilka słów o porządku bytowym, poznawczym oraz o relacjach transcendentalnych w refleksji nad pojęciem światła
Kilka słów o porządku bytowym, poznawczym oraz o relacjach transcendentalnych w refleksji nad pojęciem światła
(A Footnote Merges with the Journey: Studies in Romanticism, Greece, and Travel Dedicated to Professor Maria Kalinowska)
- Author(s):Grzegorz Pawłowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:7-22
- No. of Pages:16
- Price: 4.50 €
Światło, które jest Osobą – fenomen Janowego ujęcia poświadczający wpływy kultur semickiej i greckiej
Światło, które jest Osobą – fenomen Janowego ujęcia poświadczający wpływy kultur semickiej i greckiej
(Light that is a Person – the phenomenon of John’s perspective evidencing the influences of Semitic and Greek cultures)
- Author(s):Joanna Nowińska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:23-43
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:light; God; person; relationship; John’s Gospel; John’s Epistles
- Summary/Abstract:In the writings of John, light is inscribed on the identity of God. The formula ἐγώ εἰμι (I am) refers back to the personal self-presentation of God in the pages of the Old Testament and points to the identical ontological specificity of Jesus, emphasising an involved, relational presence in relation to the world, manifested in action. Linking it to the light in this interpersonal space results in observing how the entrance of God removes the evil expressed in the image of darkness, highlights the colours and beauty of the world, and allows one to see the way towards development and towards life without limits, because it is based on the results of the death and Resurrection of Jesus. Correlated in the First Letter of John with the formula God is love, it reveals the closeness built by God with man, marked by openness to newness, learning, bringing out aspects of the world unknown to human nature and the possibilities of a relationship with God. There is a progression here, a transgression of the limits of Semitic mentality by linking the designator to the person without objectifying it, and yet not on the basis of comparison. The inspired author, thanks to his encounter with the Greek culture that names the experience of light and discusses it, can understand more deeply the self-presentation of Jesus as light. He points out, however, that the change in the person does not take place by accepting the light, but the Person who, on the basis of an interpersonal relationship, makes that which is light.
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"Bacz na światło, które cię oświeca". Transpozycja znaczenia symbolu światła (Łk 11, 33–36)
"Bacz na światło, które cię oświeca". Transpozycja znaczenia symbolu światła (Łk 11, 33–36)
('Pay attention to the light that illuminates you'. Transposition of the symbol of light (Luke 11: 33–36))
- Author(s):Małgorzata Piotrkowska-Dańkowska, Joanna Nowińska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:45-62
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Luke’s Gospel; symbol of light; semiotics
- Summary/Abstract:Th e aim of this article is to demonstrate the transposition of the meaning of the symbol of light/a lit lamp in the pericope Luke 11:33–36. Th e image from the external realm associated with God, His word, is transferred into the inner realm of the human being. Th is transposition is carried out by Jesus. He remains within the biblical context and emphasizes the value of human dignity, freedom, and the purpose to which God calls them. The deepening of the interpretation of the symbol occurs on the narrative level, which is why the study employs structural-semiotic analysis developed by Algirdas Julien Greimas.
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Katedra – czyli wszechświat budowany światłem w ujęciu Pseudo-Dionizego Areopagity
Katedra – czyli wszechświat budowany światłem w ujęciu Pseudo-Dionizego Areopagity
(The Cathedral – the Universe built with the light in the thought of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite)
- Author(s):Tomasz Stępień
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:63-84
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita; light; cathedral; cosmos; hierarchy
- Summary/Abstract:Philosophy of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is oft en called the metaphysics of light. In his system the light plays the central role, but it is primarily presented as intellectual while sensual one is only a symbol of the more perfect immaterial one. In platonic tradition, since the time of Plato himself the sun was the symbol of Supreme Good, but in Christian system of Pseudo-Dionysius it is a symbol of God, who is the true source of intellectual light. This light is given to creations first to hierarchy of angels and then to ecclesiastical one. In celestial hierarchy God’s light can act directly, but in earthly hierarchy it works through material symbols and signs, which are used in sacramental rituals, and which are rituals themselves. However intellectual light works differently than material one. It does not shine externally but light through them from the inside allowing the intellectual contemplation and understanding of what is the true meaning of material symbol. This metaphysical vision in the Middle Ages become the basis of creating new gothic style in which the building symbolizes the Universe and interior is built by the light.
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"Nomen lucis ad manifestationem refertur". Koncepcja światła w ujęciu Tomasza z Akwinu
"Nomen lucis ad manifestationem refertur". Koncepcja światła w ujęciu Tomasza z Akwinu
('Nomen lucis ad manifestationem refertur'. The concept of the light in Thomas Aquinas thought)
- Author(s):Michał Zembrzuski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:85-117
- No. of Pages:33
- Keywords:light; physics of the light; metaphysics of the light; agent intellect; possible intellect; God; Christ; communication
- Summary/Abstract:In iconography, St. Thomas Aquinas is shown with the symbol of the sun on his habit, and in the Catholic Church, because of the authority he hold, he is treated as light and the sun. In his works, he addressed the subject of light by describing it in various aspects. First of all, he understood light in physical terms, as the act of a transparent body (air, water, glass). Metaphysical categories (accidentality, relation, effect, participation) made it possible to organize the physical problem of light. The subject of light was also used in epistemological considerations. Light is the condition for realizing the act of seeing, and the agent intellect as light makes intellectual cognition possible. The consequence of light being something physical is that we can only by analogy attributed light to spiritual substances and God. God is not light, although He acts towards created reality similarly as light. In his theological works (especially his biblical commentaries), Thomas strongly emphasizes the role of Christ as light. With the category of light, Thomas also describes cognitive action, which aims to show, reveal and also manifest the known reality.
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Światło w perspektywie mistyków katolickich
Światło w perspektywie mistyków katolickich
(Light in the perspective of catholic mystics)
- Author(s):Anna Grzegorczyk
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:119-147
- No. of Pages:29
- Keywords:Christian mysticism; mystical experience; contemplation; absolute cognition; absolute truth; comprehension; Mystical Light; God in the Trinity; Logos
- Summary/Abstract:Absolute cognition, which is associated with mystical experience, transcends rationalistic and metaphysical forms of knowing reality: explanation, understanding or interpretation. It activates a non-rationalist form of it – an understanding that moves away from traditional, scientific cognitive norms, opening up through the intuition of a transcendent Being – personified in the Trinity – to the Divine Creator Instance, which is the Light – Logos. This opening is at the same time a subordination of Her reason, imagination and will. Comprehension, therefore, occurs in the Light thus experienced – the light that transforms and divinizes man. Th e Trinity as Light reveals the absolute Truth of God, impressed in the Word – Christ, initiated by the Holy Spirit. In this sense, there is absolute cognition in God in the Trinity, along with the ascent to the sense of being through the fusion and union of man with God; fusion being the pinnacle of this cognition. Its attainment is processual, maturing through spiritual growth that transcends man’s nature, language and reason, while accessing supernatural realms. Immersion in the Trinity is the apogee of mystical experience and the highest cognitive form of comprehension, which is contemplation.
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Światło (w) fenomenologii
Światło (w) fenomenologii
(Light of (or in) phenomenology)
- Author(s):Daniel Roland Sobota
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:149-207
- No. of Pages:59
- Keywords:light; phenomenology; phenomenon; appearance
- Summary/Abstract:Th e aim of this paper is to characterise and examine the essential and intrinsic affinity existing between the phenomenon of light and phenomenology. Starting with a brief presentation of the fundamental laws of heliologics and an outline of phenomenology of light that relates to the research of Hedwig Conrad-Martius, I try to show systematically the individual moments of phenomenology and its “object”, which is appearing and that which appears as the philosophical problems of light itself. It follows from the presented analysis that phenomenology appears as a luminous philosophy, which brings the phenomenon of light to the heights of philosophical questioning. Our considerations lead to a critical insight into the attempts to date to “detach” phenomenology from light. It transpires that staying close to light, which seems the most metaphysically fertile motive for philosophical thinking, is at the same time the most effective safeguard against the “darkness” of metaphysics.
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Światło i atmosfera
Światło i atmosfera
(Light and atmosphere)
- Author(s):Mateusz Salwa
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Physical Geopgraphy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:209-233
- No. of Pages:25
- Keywords:atmosphere; aesthetics; art; light
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this article is to discuss light as an aesthetic phenomenon. In order to accomplish this task, the author refers to the aesthetics of atmospheres proposed by Gernot Böhme, for whom light is one of the main factors creating atmosphere, understood as an aura or mood characteristic of a place. Such a perspective allows, on the one hand, to overcome the traditional metaphysical and epistemological meanings associated with light, and, on the other hand, to broaden the field of aesthetics by including sensory experiences that one can have outside of art. The author briefly analyses selected works of art (Bruno Munari’s, Olaf Eliasson’s) and certain anthropological or sociological approaches to light (Tim Edensor’s, Tim Ingold’s).
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Światło jako znak teatralny
Światło jako znak teatralny
(Light as a theatre sign)
- Author(s):Jędrzej Skajster
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:235-274
- No. of Pages:40
- Keywords:lighting design; theatrical lighting; theatrical sign; The Great Theatre Reform
- Summary/Abstract:Light has accompanied the theater since its inception, undergoing numerous transformations alongside it. Depending on the adopted convention, it can have a purely utilitarian character (defining the scope of the playing area and ensuring good visibility of actors) or shape the dramaturgy along with other important elements of staging, crucial for communication and message delivery. Theatrical lighting is now an autonomous discipline, constituting one of the key theatrical signs. This article outlines the basic historical processes through which the direction of lights has gained its current role and increasing importance.
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Światło jako nośnik emocji
Światło jako nośnik emocji
(Light as a medium of emotions)
- Author(s):Radosław Achramowicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Sociology, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:275-308
- No. of Pages:34
- Keywords:architecture; space; light; emotions; screen
- Summary/Abstract:The article presents an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of lighting design in architecture. Three basic and intertwined threads can be distinguished within it: technological, aesthetic and emotional. However, there is another new thread, related to the so-called light screens at the meeting point of those three. We can follow the evolution of screens, starting from medieval imagines fenestrarum, through modern concepts, to the latest experimental digital screens, where light is “harnessed” to the role of the interface between architecture and the user. The analysis of examples from different historical eras and different design disciplines leads to the conclusion that lighting does not have to be a secondary element in relation to the architectural work itself but is the primary one. And what’s more: it is often the basic mean of expression of the mentioned objects, supporting the interactive nature of their space.
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O autorach
O autorach
(About the authors)
- Author(s):Grzegorz Pawłowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:309-313
- No. of Pages:5
Podziękowania
Podziękowania
(Acknowledgments)
- Author(s):Grzegorz Pawłowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
- Page Range:315-315
- No. of Pages:1
