Series:Uniwersytet Łódzki

Catholicism as a Cultural Phenomenon in the Time of Globalization. A Polish Perspective

Author(s): Stanisław Obirek / Language(s): English

„On the densely and richly populated Polish intellectual scene, Stanisław Obirek is one of the most prominent and significant, indeed out-standing actors. He stands out from the rest of actors for the role he designed and scripted for himself and has been consistently, over many years, performing; (…) a role that follows no ready-made scripts and lines, a role that Obirek originated and developed (…) and which it have succeeded by now to make an indispensable part of the Polish intellectual life.One should be grateful to the publishers for collecting, (…) the manifold Obirek’s writings on the subjects ranging from the general condition of religion in contemporary world, through the problems related to the Church’s place and role in society (…). and up to the convoluted, intricate and puzzling case of the Polish-Jewish relation, which Stanisław Obirek is not the first Catholic tackling, but perhaps the first scholar attempting to approach it as a Catholic. One should be graleful to the publishers, as what they offer the readers is a genuine treasure-trove of fascinating findings, convincing interpretations and inspiring visions, which will most certainly earn a distinguished and durable place in the ongoing debates in Poland, but also all around our disunited yet struggling to unite planet.” Zygmunt Bauman

Ekonomia. Zadania i ćwiczenia z elementami ekonomii menedżerskiej

Author(s): Tomasz Grabia,Mariusz Nyk / Language(s): Polish

Economics is the social science concerned with the economic process, i.e. with making the best possible choices based on the calculation of gains and losses. The presented set of tasks and case studies constitute a preparation material intended to facilitate making the optimal economic decisions. The publication contains guidelines for developing effective diagnostic and problem-solving techniques, while maintaining a multi-faceted approach to the topics under discussion. The tasks and case studies reflect the dilemmas currently facing entrepreneurs, policy-makers and consumers. The latest solutions based on mathematical economics and analysis have also been included, with an emphasis on a clear and straightforward presentation of the subject.

Etnos serbski. Czasy patriarchy Arsenija IV Jovanovicia Šakabenty (1726–1748)

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

The main purpose of this monograph was a multiperspective look at the fate of the Serb population in a time, when patriarch Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (1726–1748) was its undisputed leader. It was a crucial moment in the history of the Serbs, due to the shift of focus in their spiritual and political life from Peć to Karlovci. For the Serbian community, who did not have its statehood then, it was undoubtedly a particularly significant event. The problems of the Serbs in the first half of the 18th century have been presented against the background of crucial events of the general history of the period. These include, among others, “the Tulip Period” in the Ottoman Empire (1718–1730), the Austrian-Turkish war (1737–1739) and the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). The monograph is based on the lesser known sources which were collected during archival and library research in Serbia, Austria, Croatia and Russia.

Gospodarka i społeczeństwo Rosji. Historia i współczesność

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

The main purpose of the monograph is to present the issues related to the economic and social development of the Russian Federation. The aim of the work was achieved through a critical analysis of the literature on the subject in Russian and Polish. In addition, the work uses Russian legal acts and state reports on the Russian economy. Particular attention was paid to the issue of mineral resources, which are the foundations of the economy of the Russian Federation.

Kreatywność językowa w marketingu

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

"Linguistic creativity in marketing" is the seventh book in the cycle devoted to linguistic creativity. The title issue is considered on two levels - theoretical and practical. The volume includes articles on important and current problems of Internet communication, such as: language on social media, copywriting, contemporary language trends in content marketing. The texts are divided into six categories corresponding to the main thematic fields: 1. Theoretical issues; 2. Linguistic creativity and communication on social media; 3. Linguistic creativity in the press and television; 4. Linguistic creativity and slogans and proper names; 5. Linguistic creativity and real-time marketing; 6. Linguistic creativity and storytelling. From general issues and issues related to the functioning of the media, we move towards the analysis of linguistic and content components, which currently play a significant role in marketing communication.

Łódzkie festiwale teatralne. Historia i współczesność

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

The book is a monograph of Lodz theater festivals, including festivals organized in drama, off, puppet, children’s and youth theaters, as well as in the opera theater, as well as in other cultural institutions. These reviews took place in Lodz in the period from the 1960s to 2016. The festivals, initiated by regional artistic circles and fitting into the history of Lodz and Polish culture, are watched by students – today graduates – of the theater specialization at Cultural Studies at the Institute of Contemporary Culture at the University of Lodz.

Metody badania komunikacji i mediów. Perspektywa teoretyczna i analityczna

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

Motywy fauny i flory w literaturze i kulturze. Analecta Literackie i Językowe, tom IX

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

From a scientific point of view, the publication should be assessed as a successful and valuable series of literary and cultural studies on the general phenomenon of mimicry in literature and other areas of art (with numerous references to zoology, botany, geography, ethnology and anthropology). Fauna and flora are treated here as natural phenomena on the one hand, and on the other as a reference point for determining the human condition through the use of proven instruments (exempla, heraldry, bestiaries, “cloister garths” poems collections, etc.). Works on the subject prove that insightful observation of the world of flora and fauna can well have a culture-forming function. In this approach, literary material becomes an exponent of an unconventional view of nature (both native and exotic), an interesting attempt to go beyond the stereotypical perception of animals and plants in various cultural circles. I would describe the methodological assumptions as hermeneutic inquiries within ecological humanities. They come down to searching for various meanings given to fauna and flora in literary works (or, broadly speaking, in cultural references). … In most perspectives, the animal and plant kingdom has been recognized as a phenomenological category, which allowed researchers to focus not only on the view and description, but also on exploring hidden meanings. At the time when more and more attention is being paid to the role of ecology in the life of societies and to the urgent need for respecting its principles, there is also an increasing demand for ecological humanities. This volume meets therefore current social expectations.

Polska bibliografia szekspirowska. 2001-2010

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

Polska bibliografia szekspirowska 2001-2010 powstała w odpowiedzi na rosnące zainteresowanie życiem i twórczością Szekspira w Polsce. Okres, którego dotyczy niniejsza monografia, był niezwykle istotny w dziejach kulturotwórczej roli angielskiego barda w naszym kraju. Zmiany polityczno-społeczne będące efektem procesu globalizacji, a także rozpoczęcia nowego stulecia, wywarty istotny wpływ na recepcję jego twórczości w Polsce. W sztukach Szekspira, uniwersalnych i nieustająco aktualnych, ciągle odnajdujemy metafory naszej rzeczywistości. Publikacja prezentuje bogaty dorobek polskich naukowców, pisarzy, artystów i tłumaczy, którzy włączyli się w światową debatę nad twórczością angielskiego dramaturga i poety, wzbogacając ją o własne odczytania i interpretacje.

Sąd nad demoralizacją nieletnich. Konteksty wychowawcze

Author(s): Renata Szczepanik,Agnieszka Jaros,Magdalena Staniaszek / Language(s): Polish

The publication concerns court interventions in the case of juvenile demoralization as well as adolescents who have for various reasons earned the status of juvenile delinquents. It is no coincidence that the authors employ the term “various reasons” which is associated with the very capacious yet vague concept of demoralization. This term is a key category of the Juvenile Delinquents Act which delineates response procedures in cases where an adolescent violates legal, moral and social norms and is raised in conditions which are detrimental to that child’s social development. Many concepts contained in the act are questioned by authors of studies devoted to the analysis of the Polish model of juvenile justice – lawyers, criminologists as well as educators and psychologists. These doubts are discussed in the book and, in addition, this message has been reinforced with data from the authors' own research. The publication adopts several perspectives for the evaluation of the juvenile justice model. However, it is appropriate to explain the absence of strictly legal analyses. Legal themes appear naturally, but they are intentionally left undeveloped and without a deeper examination. It is meant to facilitate the implementation of the aim of the book, which is an attempt to view the relevant law only through the educational functions it should or could perform in relation to children who are at risk of demoralization.

Szkice z metodologii językoznawstwa i filozofii języka

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

These studies deal with the interconnection of linguistics and philosophy of language, concentrating especially on generative grammar (and the work of Noam Chomsky and Ray Jackendoff), and analytic philosophy of language (as developed and influenced by Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell). The first chapter discusses Gorgias’ and his paradoxical trilemma, concentrating on its consequences for delineating different disciplines and pointing to the power and universality of human language. The chapter also mentions progress in philosophy, with the part dealing with paradigms in humanities and social sciences, with special focus on linguistics. The concept of paradigm is seen in terms of its ontological and argumentative potential. Chapter three concentrates on paradigm shift in generative grammar. Chapter four discusses basic concept in contemporary analytic philosophy of language and philosophy of linguistics, whereas chapter five is devoted to philosophical and linguistic developments in pragmatics. Chapter six looks at conceptual semantics and proposes an additional pragmatic level, it also discusses possible elementary categorial semantics for predication. The book concludes with some thoughts on turns in contemporary cognitive-analytic philosophy. The book is furnished with ample notes and references, the accompanying bibliography might serve as a guide to the field.

Techniki i metody relaksacyjne w wychowaniu, edukacji i terapii. Scenariusze pracy z dziećmi i młodzieżą

Author(s): Gabriela Dobińska,Angelika Cieślikowska-Ryczko / Language(s): Polish

Sociocultural changes, technological development, consumerism and a restructuring of the hierarchy of values may generate threats to young people. Educators, teachers and parents are facing many obstacles, dilemmas and educational challenges. The authors of the book offer a truly valuable solution which has not been given proper recognition so far: relaxation-based teaching methods. The publication contains class outlines that can be utilized by professionals in schools, kindergartens, reformatories, orphanages, special care homes; but it can also be a great help to just about anyone willing to practice at home. The unique workshops for children, teenagers and grownups can be separated into three different groups: one covers active neuromuscular relaxation exercises, the second – developing defense mechanisms against stressors, while those in the third teach how we can keep stressors at a safe distance. The exercises suggested in the book allow for the needs and abilities of the target audience, at the same time taking into account the conditions and means within which care and educational institutions operate. The class outlines are ready-made recipes for specific and beneficial activities in pupil or student groups as well as in individual work.

The Naked Clown

Author(s): Tony Broadwick / Language(s): English,Polish

The collection of Tony Broadwick’s poems contains verses of physical desire, love and sex, and loss, loneliness, alcohol, and pain, all related by cause and effect in human life and all affected by the passage of time, which changes even the most intense passions and emotions. The best of the poems, such as A River and a Bridge give concrete expression to life’s strongest hungers. Cleanth Brooks says in The Well Wrought Urn that the mood of poetry is paradox,1 and many of these poems express the bittersweet longing that drives human actions and accomplishments.

Trade creation and trade diversion under NAFTA. Mexican perspective

Author(s): Justyna Wieloch / Language(s): English

The monograph is devoted to an in-depth and multithreaded analysis of the effects of trade integration of countries with different levels of economic development. It presents the results of research on the profitability of international trade liberalization from the perspective of a less developed country. An example is the North American Free Trade Agreement – unique in the world due to the asymmetry of development of the economies of the participating countries. An assessment of the impact of integration on Mexico was presented based on extensive literature and empirical studies. The publication is one of the first scientific studies in Poland presenting such a comprehensive investigation of economic integration processes on the North American continent.

Uwarunkowania skuteczności działania inkubatorów przedsiębiorczości

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

Skłonność społeczeństwa do prowadzenia własnej działalności gospodarczej odgrywa istotną rolę w rozwoju krajowych gospodarek. Biorąc pod uwagę charakterystykę jednostek należących do sektora MSP, ich potrzeby oraz bariery, niekiedy uniemożliwiające egzystencję na rynku, warto zwrócić uwagę na konieczność kreowania narzędzi wspomagających przedsiębiorczość. Spośród licznych instrumentów wsparcia jednostek z sektora MSP na szczególną uwagę zasługują inkubatory przedsiębiorczości, których działalność koncentruje się wokół kompleksowej pomocy udzielanej zarówno obecnym, jak i potencjalnym przedsiębiorcom. Pomimo że w zasadzie każda ze wskazanych instytucji jest inna, posiada własne, niekiedy unikatowe cechy, zadania oraz cele, organizacje te należą do najbardziej popularnych form wspomagania postaw przedsiębiorczych funkcjonujących na całym świecie. W związku z tym podmioty gospodarcze objęte wsparciem uczestniczą w procesie inkubacji, którego finalnym celem jest przygotowanie przedsiębiorstw do stabilnej egzystencji na rynku, dzięki możliwości uniknięcia wielu błędów stanowiących dla niej zagrożenie. Monografia koncentruje się na problematyce związanej z uwarunkowaniami skuteczności inkubatorów przedsiębiorczości, która stanowi niezwykle istotny aspekt funkcjonowania analizowanych instytucji wsparcia. Analizy przeprowadzone na przykładzie organizacji prowadzących działalność w województwie łódzkim dostarczają wielu wniosków zarówno dla decydentów na poziomie lokalnym oraz regionalnym, jak i menedżerów wszystkich ośrodków inkubujących podmioty gospodarcze.

Vladimir Nabokov i jego synestezyjny świat

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

The monographic study Vladimir Nabokov and His Synaesthetic World aims at presenting the wide range of synaesthesias and synaesthetic constructions in Vladimir Nabokov’s prose. It consists of four chapters considering the phenomenon observed in selected short stories and novels of this famous Russian and American writer. The list of Nabokov’s works analysed for the present book includes 53 positions both in Russian and English languages.

W reakcji na powojenną przemoc antysemicką. Samoobrona Żydów w Łodzi – uwarunkowania społeczno-polityczne i przestrzenne

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

Jewish self-defense (Special Commission), like other forms of community life of Polish Jews, was a kind of sensation in Poland after World War II. It was created as a result of a wave of murders in the country, “anti-Jewish provocations, assaults on trains and the killing of Jewish passengers and, finally, the culmination of anti-Jewish activity of armed bands”, which was the Kielce pogrom of July 4, 1946. Actually, the Commission operated for a very short time, only until the end of May 1947. In total, 200 guard groups were formed consisting of 2,500 armed people (with approximately 1,000 rifles, 100 automatic weapons, over 1,000 pistols and 120 grenades), providing a round-the-clock protection of close to 390 objects of the following Jewish institutions: committees, child care homes, nursing homes, repatriate homes, schools, canteens, cooperatives, factories employing a larger number of Jews, Jewish parties, kibbutzim. The establishment of special commissions fulfilled its purpose – about 2,000 interventions, at various levels of government, were carried out throughout Poland, as a result of which attacks or provocations were thwarted and the danger was averted. Apart from performing the primary function of self-defense, the commission’s activity had a significant psychological impact. The presence of guards armed with rifles and automatic weapons in the vicinity of Jewish institutions eased somewhat the “prevailing moods of panic” among Jews that had been caused by the Kielce pogrom. It also had a deterrent effect on potential attackers, or neutralized the willingness to show hostile attitudes towards those who identified themselves as Jewish. The commissions also helped to manage the need, which many Jews had had since the beginning of the war, to stand up for the nation undergoing systematic extermination.

Wirtualizacja życia osób z niepełnosprawnością

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

Papers presented in the monograph respond to the situation that has arisen in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences relating both to the presence of information technology in all areas of social life and the pervasiveness of its use. Therefore, the publication aims to illustrate the complexity and dynamics of the ongoing virtualization processes of social life and their impact on the functioning of people with disabilities, also considering recent events related to the global epidemic. Individual chapters in the book focus on, among other things: how people with disabilities use the Internet, online education and digital competencies for people with disabilities, virtual civic participation, and social and political activism by people with disabilities. Significant emphasis was also placed on the application dimension of the texts prepared. The publication combines both the features of a scientific paper, based on the individual authors' research, and conclusions in the form of recommendations.

Ze świata idei Benedetta Crocego: o kulturze, religii i przekładzie

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

The following volume includes the translations of three essays by Benedetto Croce, an outstanding Italian philosopher of the 20th-century liberal thought, including Risveglio filosofico e la cultura italiana (Reawakening of philosophy and Italian culture, 1908), Perché non possiamo non dirci cristiani (Why we cannot help calling ourselves Christians, 1942) and L’intraducibilità della rievocazione (Untranslatability of reenactment, 1936) provided by Łukasz Jan Berezowski and Katarzyna Muszyńska. The original versions were primarily issued in La Critica. Rivista di Letteratura, Storia e Filosofia, a journal edited by Benedetto Croce in the years 1903-1944. The presented work is accompanied by a historical and philological commentary of the editor as well as a list of printed references related to Croce (both source texts and critical editions available for Polish language).

Zrozumieć niepełnosprawność. Problemy, badania, refleksje

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

The book presents disability as an interdisciplinary issue of interest to representatives of numerous scientific disciplines. It includes chapters on systemic solutions and policies in disability, the role and significance of institutions in the disability support system, society and communities towards disability and people with disabilities, the interactional dimension of disability, and disability as a personal experience. Apart from its scientific dimension, the publication also has a significant social value through its practical and applied nature. Hence, the proposed book is intended for representatives of the academic environment, first of all for sociologists and pedagogues interested in the issues of disability, as well as to practitioners involved in the provision of aid and support to this group of social welfare clients and to all those, who have any contacts with the disabled in the everyday lives, especially to relatives and family members of such individuals.