Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

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Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini - » Chrysis «

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini - » Chrysis «

Author(s): Eneasz Sylwiusz Piccolomini / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Renaissance; humanism; Renaissance comedy; Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini; Chrysis

The first Polish translation of the Neo-Latin comedy Chrysis by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II), made by Ewa Skwara. An excellent example of a humanistic comedy that was written in 15th-century Italy as an expression of imitation and creative competition with the works of Plautus and Terence. A full scientific study for researchers in Renaissance humanism, literary scholars, cultural historians and readers interested in theatre.

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19.00 €

Marek J. Siemek, Works III. » A Contextual Approach to Fichte «

Marek J. Siemek, Dzieła. III. » Fichte w kontekście «

Author(s): Marek J. Siemek / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: transcendental philosophy; idea of transcendentalism; Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre); spontaneity; reflection; freedom; subject; epistemic vs epistemologic; epistemological difference

A collection of works by Marek J. Siemek devoted to the author of The Science of Knowledge, complementing and developing the themes of Idea transcendentalizmu u Fichtego i Kanta [The Idea of Transcendentalism in Fichte and Kant]. The texts come from different periods of Professor’s work – from the second half of the 1960s to the first years of the 21st century. Their juxtaposition shows how integral, consistently developed whole was the thought of Marek J. Siemek throughout four decades of his scientific activity.

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43.00 €

The University of Warsaw Library 1817–2017. Miscellanea

Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie 1817-2017. Miscellanea

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: University of Warsaw Library in Warsaw; history of the University of Warsaw Library; directors of the University of Warsaw Library; Joachim Lelewel; University of Warsaw

The jubilee publication contains the papers describing the University of Warsaw Library at the beginning of its existence (1817–1831) and nowadays (1993–2013). They are accompanied by: the critical study of Joachim Lelewel’s autographs Projekt utrzymania i urządzenia biblioteki [A Project of Maintaining, Classification and Organization of the Library Collection] and Urządzenie Biblioteki [A Scheme of Classification and Organization of the Library Collection], presentation of the sources for the history of the University of Warsaw Library in the archives of Saint Petersburg, as well as the historical timeline of the University of Warsaw Library in the years 1817–2017, and the appendix with biographical notes of all the directors of the library.

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24.00 €

Anthropology of Memory. Topics and Selection of Texts

Antropologia pamięci. Zagadnienia i wybór tekstów

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: memory; memory studies; cultural anthropology; history of memory; tradition; past; postmemory

An anthology of translations of several dozen texts on various aspects of memory studies as a modern field of research and anthropological reflection. The texts present the problem of cultural memory in the context of anthropology of the body, things, media, space, as well as different types of social and historical anthropology.

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30.00 €

Poggio Bracciolini - » Liber Facetiarum «

Poggio Bracciolini - » Opowieści ucieszne «

Author(s): Poggio Bracciolini / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Poggio Braccilini; Liber facetiarum; facetiae; jocose tales

The first Polish translation of Poggio Bracciolini’s Liber facetiarum, an unknown work of 15th-century Renaissance Latin literature, comprised of over 270 moralizing, bawdy, at times scandalous, tales. This piece of literature has greatly influenced the work of many authors, including vernacular Polish ones: Mikołaj Rej and Jan Kochanowski.

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29.00 €

Marek J. Siemek, Works VI. » Scattered writings «

Marek J. Siemek, Dzieła. VI. » Pisma rozproszone «

Author(s): Marek J. Siemek / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Europe; philosophy; democracy; modernity; Hegel; Marx; Marxism; Siemek

Writings of Marek J. Siemek published in journals, collective works and in the press in the years 1963–1973 and 1991–2007: scholarly, journalistic and popularizing articles, lectures and reviews, interview and discussion transcripts. They reveal the diversity of the Professor’s interests and portray the dynamic and intense character of his critical thought, which, in confronting the most current issues of 20th-century humanities, constantly reminds us about the crucial role that philosophy is to play in the understanding and co-shaping of the whole of the social and historical human world.

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18.00 €

Leon Battista Alberti - » One Hundred Apologues «

Leon Battista Alberti - » Sto bajek «

Author(s): Leon Battista Alberti / Language(s): Polish,Latin

Keywords: Leon Battista Alberti; apologue; Renaissance fable; Apologi centum; moral philosophy of the Renaissance

The work of one of the most eminent Renaissance humanists of the 15th century, Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472). The book consists of one hundred philosophical or allegorical fables, belonging to a literary genre called an apologue. These short stories contain a moral doctrine, often not stated explicitly, which derives from a told story. The books is the first Polish translation by Włodzimierz Olszaniec, supplemented with an academic commentary and a preface.

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Marek J. Siemek, Works I. » The idea of transcendentalism in Fichte and Kant: A study of the history of the philosophical concept of knowledge «

Marek J. Siemek, Dzieła. I. » Idea transcendentalizmu u Fichtego i Kanta. Studium z dziejów filozoficznej problematyki wiedzy «

Author(s): Marek J. Siemek / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Kant; Fichte; transcendentalism; epistemology; German idealism

The most important Polish publication devoted to the philosophy of Kant and Fichte. The fundamental aim of the Author was to describe a way of thinking called transcendentalism, as the works of the two philosophers have played a crucial role in its birth and development. The idea of transcendentalism has been extracted by Siemek from various historical entanglements, presented using a language independent of the old philosophy, but most importantly – the ground-breaking character of transcendentalism and its timeliness from the point of view of modern thought has been argued in a fascinating way.

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23.00 €

Marek J. Siemek, Works VIII. » The Reception and Influence of Marek Siemek in Europe «

Marek J. Siemek, Dzieła. VIII. » Recepcja i oddziaływanie Marka Siemka w Europie «

Author(s): Marek J. Siemek / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: transcendentalism; German philosophy; social philosophy; epistemology; hermeneutics

This volume contains articles written by eighteen representatives of the philosophical continental Europe, that bear witness to the fact that the concepts that made Professor Siemek famous worldwide – especially the epistemico-epistemological difference and late-modern socialization – are now more relevant than ever. Without referring to these concepts it is impossible to determine, where to find reason presently and what it should be concerned with.

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30.00 €

Andrea Alciato - » Emblems «

Andrea Alciato - » Emblematy «

Author(s): Andrea Alciato / Language(s): Polish,Latin

Keywords: Alciatus; emblem; Emblematum liber

Volume 8 in the series introduces Polish readers to the work of Andrea Alciato (1492-1550), a Milanese jurist and humanist, considered the father of the canonic emblem, a literary genre combining picture and text, which flourished in 16th and 17th century Europe. The book contains the first Polish translation of Alciatus’ work together with a critical commentary and a comprehensive preface.

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Marek J. Siemek, Dzieła. VII. » Inedita «

Marek J. Siemek, Dzieła. VII. » Inedita «

Author(s): Marek J. Siemek / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Kant; Hegel; Marks; transcendence; philosophy; social philosophy; Europe; modernity

The volume shows the diversity and richness of intellectual potential, which Marek J. Siemek used in his original idea of “social transcendence”. The idea can be compared with the transcendence of the discourse socially “placed” by Habermas and with the post-metaphysical rationality models from McCarthy to Brandom. It allows to answer such questions as: what reason and rationality is needed for the process of modern socialization to take place, and if it possible today for the “givers” and the “takers” to approve the rules of self-government having the same autonomy and within the same law which is expressed by the Kantian “transcendental unity of apperception”.

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30.00 €

100 Years of Physics: from Hoża Street to Pasteur Street A Book of Memoirs

100 lat fizyki: od Hożej do Pasteura. Księga wspomnień

Author(s): Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: history of physics; University of Warsaw; building at Hoża Street; memoirs of employees

The book is devoted to the history of physics at the University of Warsaw, for almost a century linked with the building at 69 Hoża Street. In their stories, participants of many important events related to, among others, such outstanding figures famous for their internationally acclaimed discoveries as Aleksander Jabłoński, Marian Danysz, Jerzy Pniewski, Andrzej Trautman or Marek Pfützner recollect their scientific work against a broad background of Polish history. The volume contains the texts by forty four authors and covers the period from the beginning of the Faculty of Physics to the present day, already in the new seat at 5 Pasteur Street.

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A Bow and A Quiver. Latin Love Epigrams (15th-18th Century)

Łuk i kołczan. Łacińskie epigramaty miłosne (XV-XVII wiek)

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish,Latin

Keywords: Latin epigram; Michele Marullo; Iacopo Sannazaro; John Owen; Jan Kochanowski

The book contains a selection of Latin love epigrams from the 15th to the 18th century, written by Michele Marullo, Jacopo Sannazaro, Jan Kochanowski and John Owen. The preface to this bilingual, Latin-Polish edition, contains profiles of these outstanding Renaissance and Baroque poets, as well as Greek and Latin sources of their works.

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15.00 €

Karl Dedecius’ Polish Library

Biblioteka Polska Karla Dedeciusa

Author(s): Mieczysław Dąbrowski / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Polnische Bibliothek; Karl Dedecius; Polish-German reconciliation; cultural transfer

The monograph discusses the literary, scholarly and publishing endeavour that was the so-called Polnische Bibliothek (Polish Library) edited by Karl Dedecius, which was issued between 1982 and 2000 by Suhrkamp Verlag in Frankfurt am Main with financing from the Robert Bosch Foundation (Robert Bosch Stiftung). This impressive undertaking had immense significance for the cultural transfer between Poland and Germany (as well as other German-speaking states), for reconciliation through books, and for the strengthening of European unity following deep (post-)war divisions.

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A Plein Air Revolution in the 18th Century?

Rewolucja plenerowa XVIII wieku?

Author(s): Andrzej Pieńkos / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: landscap; plein air; Enlightenment; modernity; studies from nature

An unconventional look at the Enlightenment, the beginnings of modern thought on nature and discovery journeys in Europe and beyond. The author brings to light little known facts from the history of art education, scientific exploration of mountains, glaciers and distant seas in the 18th century. He analyses works and attitudes of renowned artists (Goethe, Turner), as well as completely forgotten painters and graphic artists from numerous countries. He brings to light curiosities in the history of culture and makes them meaningful signs of changes in mentality and artistic creation (e.g. the first glacier explorations, onboard painters on captain Cook’s ships, early “out of town excursions” with a sketchbook).

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23.00 €

Animal Gardens

Ogrody zwierząt

Author(s): Aleksandra Jakóbczyk-Gola / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: game reserve; menagerie; ZOO; landscape park; old Polish culture

The publication discusses landscape parks serving as game reserves and menageries, which were established in the old Polish Republic thanks to the royal or aristocratic foundations. The author presents the issue of animal collections referring to similar gardens in Europe, both Americas, Asia and Africa. She analyses Polish economic and zoological literature and explores the transformation of living organisms into museum exhibits.

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Reminiscences of the Martial Law at the University of Warsaw

Wspomnienie o stanie wojennym na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Martial Law; witnesses to Martial Law; Solidarity; oral history

The publication, spearheaded by Prof. Tomasz Ochinowski and Prof. Izabella Łęcka of the Faculty of Management, was prepared by an impressive team of young researchers, students hailing from a range of the University’s programmes, who not only carried out interviews with heroes of the Martial Law but also undertook to transcribe and annotate the material. The volume features accounts from: Maryla Kiersnowska, Andrzej Kaczanowski, Jerzy Kwaśniewski, Barbara Malak-Minkiewicz, Lech Mankiewicz, Anna Owczarek, Anna Radziejowska-Hilchen, Joanna Papis, Jan Rempała, Julian Srebrny, Jerzy Siedlecki, Jerzy Szatyłowicz, Zuzanna Toeplitz, Ryszard Zieliński and Mariusz Ziółkowski. The very list of names shows that the young researchers and their mentors aimed to go beyond the most notable participants of the dramatic events unleashed on 13 December 1981 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski and his communist associates.

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The Letter About Evangelical Philosophy by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

Dezyderiusza Erazma z Rotterdamu "List o filozofii ewangelicznej"

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Renaissance biblical studies; 16th century theological dispute; Dutch humanities; Erasmus of Rotterdam; The Letter About Evangelical Philosophy

A bilingual edition of the Epistola de philosophia evangelica by Erasmus of Rotterdam, with the preface dedicated to the origin of the Letter, the history of the dispute with Martin Luther and Erasmus’s philosophia Christi. A profound study of the text, unique not only to Polish scientific literature.

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26.00 €

Queer. Sexual Citizenship and the Archive

Odmieńczość. Obywatelstwo seksualne i archiwum

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: homosexuality; history of the People’s Republic of Poland; oral history; sexual citizenship; sexology and sexual education; lesbian and gay (in)visibility

Histories of homosexual identity in Poland and other countries of the Eastern Bloc usually begin in late 1980s, with the emergence of first periodicals aimed at nonheteronormative readers and (informal) organizations fighting for their rights. The authors of this book look at what was before that – studying everyday life, expert discourses, literature, art and social networks, and comparing the situation in Poland with examples from both sides of the Iron Curtain. In their search for signs of emancipation of LGBTQ+ people and for mechanisms standing in its way they are aided by the concept of sexual citizenship, based on a broad definition of citizenship as a sense of belonging in terms of culture and identity along with the enjoyment of full rights.

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Energy Security of Poland. Conditions, Resources, Perspectives

Bezpieczeństwo energetyczne Polski – uwarunkowania, zasoby, perspektywy

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: RES; Renewable Energy Sources; geothermal energy; nuclear reactors; carbon; Poland’s Energy Policy; energy policy; fair transformation; sustainable development; environmental changes

This multidisciplinary monograph consists of eleven texts devoted to the problem of Poland’s energy security, examined within the context of international conditions, country’s own resources, available technologies and the needs of Polish industry and households. The authors review various technical solutions (from the use of geothermal water to the development of nuclear energy), as well as the legal ones (presenting the state of legislation in Poland and the degree of independence of Polish legislative bodies from the European Union ones), they also discuss planning Polish energy policy and its dependence on global trends.

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