Historia astronomii

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

An outline history of science about the Universe presented from the prehistoric times (megalithic astronomy) to the second half of the 20th century (including space research). The book also contains the essay on the ancient Chinese astronomy, the description of the Arab flat astrolabe, the history of the telescope, chronological tables and the outline history of astronomy in Poland. It combines the clear and accessible language with the scientific integrity at the highest world level.

Genealogy of Contemporaneity. A History of Ideas in Poland, 1815–1939

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

The book concerns history of political ideas which formed the landscape of Poland under occupation and then, its struggles with the difficulties of building its own statehood. Textbook is addressed to the academic reader with an interest in transitions of political ideas in Poland and a Central Europe in general. The intention of the editors of the book is to provide a clear guide to the complexities of the multiplicity of ideological positions and proposals arising from the Polish lands in the years 1815–1939.

Sztuka - polityka - kultura. Wybór listów

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

Burckhardt’s epistolography presents less known side of great scholar – an astute observer of political reality and a classical critic of modern world culture’s “degenerations”, person with politico-conservative views.Epistolography helps us to know his complicated and ambiguous personality – the humanist and scholar who was sensitive to formal and thematic aspects and at the same time to functions of an ancient art and a contemporary poetry and music. It consists an unique document of intellectual and political atmosphere of some decades of the 19th century.

Łódzcy bohaterowie 1918 roku

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

Book is dedicated to the outstanding personalities of the Lodz related - deserved for the liberation of the former “Polish Manchester” and restitution of Poland in 1918. Shows the fate of politicians, local government officials, civic leaders and the soldiers; nationalists christian democrats, piłsudskites and socialists. Authors portray people, for which Lodz has become the springboard to great politics, the most important function of State and in the Polish Army, and those who remained local prominent political and social activists. Some of them were indigenous people of Lodz, others have tied up with Lodz at various stages of life. All, however – though in different areas – formed the history of Lodz: its political, social, economic and cultural life. // Książka poświęcona jest wybitnym postaciom związanym z Łodzią - zasłużonym dla wyzwolenia dawnego „polskiego Manchesteru” oraz restytucji Rzeczypospolitej w 1918 roku. Przedstawiono w niej losy polityków, samorządowców, społeczników i wojskowych; narodowców, chadeków, piłsudczyków i socjalistów. Sportretowano ludzi, dla których miasto nad Łódką stało się drogą do wielkiej polityki, pełnienia najważniejszych funkcji państwowych i osiągnięcia wysokich stopni oficerskich w Wojsku Polskim oraz tych, którzy pozostali wybitnymi działaczami politycznymi i społecznymi w skali lokalnej, realizując się w pracach samorządowych. Niektórzy z nich byli rodowitymi łodzianami, inni związali się z miastem nad Łódką na różnych etapach życia. Wszyscy jednak - choć w różnych dziedzinach - odcisnęli piętno na dziejach Łodzi: jej życiu politycznym, społecznym, gospodarczym i kulturalnym.

Anul 1918 în emisiunile Europei Libere (1955-1991)

Author(s): Sergiu Musteață / Language(s): Romanian

The book represents a collection of documents from Hoover Archive and comments on treating 1918 Union of Romania by Romanian Service of the Radio Free Europe during the Cold War

Geschichte des Liberalismus in Europa

Author(s): Guido de Ruggiero / Language(s): German

The present German edition of my work follows the Italian original edition with a time shift of five years. However, I hope the book will not be out of date. I could not make up my mind to make changes in the text, not even where the presentation could appear to have been corrected by recent political experiences, for instance on the last pages of the chapter on Italy. After all, it was not my intention to write a book that was merely “topical”: not the political report of the day, but only the story itself, I believe, will be able to correct or confirm my theses after a more comprehensive and calm process. Various difficulties had to be overcome in organizing the translation. I would like to thank the publisher for the care that it has put into it.

Schatten der Geschichte. Europäische Profile

Author(s): Valeriu Marcu / Language(s): German

Published in 1929 by Paul List Verlag, Leipzig. // Author’s introduction( written in times when gender-neutral language was still unknown. We trust the reader’s capacity, to read un-neutral wording with, nevertheless, neutral understanding): When a young man looks at the world through the curious eyes of a twenty year old, he falls in love with principles. He believes that he can derive everything from principles, and through them alone he can understand everything. Like a theologian, he wants to capture the content of ideas and states in sentences in order to then polemicize against the “universe”. There is more optimism than arrogance in this rebellion. Soon, however, painful processes begin that have to be endured in order to achieve independence, the autonomy of one's own thinking. “Man - says Hegel - must make himself what he should be; he must first acquire everything himself ... So the spirit is his own result.” That is why I say to myself today, without mourning or rejoicing, that this book only reflects a mood of life that I shared with friends, and which was a drop from the general experience of the first half decade after 1918.

Политическите послания в турските сериали по българските телевизии и "Нетфликс"

Author(s): Zhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 10/2021

The text presents the main conclusions based on the study of the political messages in the Turkish series broadcasted on Bulgarian television and on Netflix. The main political messages in the series, showed on Bulgarian television, are the responsibility for decisions, connect with the life of a woman and a child. Among the important political topics are: migration, education abroad and returning home, conflicts between rich and poor.

Rzym a Półwysep Iberyjski. Inspiracje i powiązania na przestrzeni dziejów / Roma y la Península Ibérica. Inspiracíones y vinculaciones a través de los siglos

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

The monograph book Rome and Iberia. Inspirations and Connections throughout History tries to fill a gap in the market of scientific publications, showing the connections between ancient Rome and the Iberian Peninsula. These relations still interest researchers representing various scientific disciplines, both in Poland and abroad. The book opens with a part devoted to linguistic issues, focused on the heritage of Latin in Spanish. The second part deals with literature in its broadest sense, from the works of authors such as Martialis and Pliny, through the Latin love songs of Ripoll, the fifteenth-century work of John of Stobnica, to the ancient ekphrasis present in the literature of seventeenth-century Spain. Also represented is the literature of Portugal, which looked to ancient mythology for the origins of the country. Subsequent chapters of the book deal with history and archaeology, introducing - on the basis of literary texts and archaeological remains, inscriptions or coins - studies of the imperial cult in the Spanish provinces of Rome, military issues, political coalitions, Roman law, as well as contemporary evocations of ancient figures as personal models for later European leaders. The monograph also includes chapters on amphorae and temples, which are tangible traces of the relationships studied, left over from ancient cultural and commercial exchanges.

Atomy. Od filozoficznej idei do fizycznej realności

Author(s): Jan Grzegorz Małecki / Language(s): Polish

The work discusses the evolution of the perception of the constituent elements of matter, from ancient times to the present day. The study presents not only historical data on the understanding, interpretation and description of individual elements of matter, but also includes a description of the historical background, including a brief description of individual researchers and facts related to their life and activity. The paper discusses the progress of science related directly to changes in the understanding of the structure and composition of matter. This aspect is particularly important from a didactic point of view, since the history of the development of atomic theory underlies the history of chemistry as a field. Thus, the presented monograph meets the needs of contemporary Polish scientific literature. The publication is addressed to research workers and students of the departments of chemistry, pharmacy, physics and history.

Počátky českého a slovenského environmentalismu – vybrané kapitoly

Author(s): Bohuslav Binka,Petr Jemelka / Language(s): Czech

The aim of this study is to present the beginnings of Czech and Slovak environmental thought. The study opens with an analysis of Josef Durdík’s book Pozor na lesy! [Beware of the Woods!] that can be regarded as the central work of 19th-century Czech environmentalism. The analysis of Durdík’s work and its comparison with the work of another important 19th-century author, John Ruskin, is followed by a reprint of Durdík’s Pozor na lesy! [Beware of the Woods!]. The second part of our study includes Petr Jemelka’s analysis that covers authors from the beginnings of Slovak environmental thought, Jonáš Záborský and Ján Maliarik. Jemelka’s analysis is also complemented by selections from the authors that are examined.

Geschichte der politischen Ideen in Polen seit dessen Teilungen (1795-1914)

Author(s): Wilhelm Feldman / Language(s): German

Международната научна конференция „Поп-култура, поп-политика: дигиталният обрат“, посветена на проф. Ивайло Дичев

Author(s): Niya Neykova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 16/2024

44 scientists participated in the International Scientific Conference dedicated to Prof. Ivaylo Dichev, on the topic: Pop-culture, Pop-politics: The Digital Turn. Interdisciplinary Analyses Of The Intersectionality Between Media, Cultures And Politics. The conference concludes the research project "Pop-culture, pop-politics: The digital turn. Interdisciplinary analyses of the intersection between media, cultures and politics" of the Sofia University. The conference was implemented with the help of the Cultural Studies Network, the journal "Seminar_BG", the Department of "Radio and Television" of the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Department of "History and Theory of Culture" at the Faculty of Philosophy, together with scientists from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Echoes

Author(s): Ana Dumitran / Language(s): English,French Issue: 8/2024

Българските народни песни с мотив „Девойка спасява Малта“ – публикации, изследвания, въпроси. Част 1

Author(s): Snezhanka Gencheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The article summarizes the concepts of historicism of the folklore-poetic works established in our science at the end of the last century. It reviews the recordings and publications of Bulgarian folk songs with the motif "A Virgin Rescues Malta" and examines the research and opinions concerning them. The article also analyses the metadata, associated with the already published versions, throwing more light on the context of their existence at the time of their recording in written form.

Гурбетчийското градинарство като локално наследство: българо-унгарски паралели върху процесите на оценностяване. По примери от селата Поликраище и Драганово. Част 2

Author(s): Valentin Voskresenski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The article examines, from a historical and contemporary perspective, the processes of valorizing diaspora gardening as local heritage in two significant "gardener villages": Polikraishte and Draganovo (within the municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa). Based on field research conducted in Bulgaria and Hungary, the publication investigates how diaspora gardening becomes part of the local festivities and commemorative practices. The article traces how transnational gardening, while practiced as a local livelihood, is connected to traditional festivities and examines the changes in the local dimensions of the festive calendar during socialism and more recently. A separate section is dedicated to the new festivity (its emergence, development, and messages) as a current means of transforming local livelihood into cultural memory and the local heritage of the two settlements.

Концептът „родина“ при завърнали се българи

Author(s): Tanya Matanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The present text includes a brief review of the publications and research on the theme of the motherland in Bulgaria and abroad. In the context of the contemporary migration movements some possible aspects and ways of studying motherland concept are also presented. By analyzing the attitudes of the Bulgarian expatriates coming back, the author presents the relation and the images associated with the motherland – i.e. the native home, the coziness of the home, the well-known nature, as well as some fragrances and feelings.

„Мечката е невинна!“ Природа 2.0 и съжителството ѝ с човека

Author(s): Svetoslava Toncheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The article examines the question of how the concepts of nature and coexistence 2.0 have been constructed in the web 2.0 space, as well as their importance for conservation policy and decision making regarding human-nature coexistence. The object of analysis is the widely known case of a human-brown bear conflict that occurred near the town of Belitsa, municipality f Razlog, which initiated heated debates in the web 2.0 space in the context of the “innocence” of the brown bear. The analysis of the discussions falls within popular discourse of “re-connection” and “living in harmony” with nature constructed by global environmental agencies, as well as within the novel calls and proposals for coexistence between humans and nature. The article concludes that the construction of nature and coexistence 2.0 appears to serve conservation goals, but foregrounds their paradox of re-connecting with nature yet living at a distance from it.

Активните граждани в Гърмен: социализиране на религиозното културно наследство с местно значение

Author(s): Magdalena Slavkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The article aims at presenting the activities of the people of the municipality of Garmen, Southwest Bulgaria, related to the socialization of tangible immovable religious heritage of local importance and their vision for changing it into a tourist product. There is no specialized local policy regarding cultural heritage, but voluntary initiatives to restore Orthodox sites and the spaces around them involve people of different faiths. As a result of their civic activism, a collective sense of attachment to heritage is strengthened, which in turn becomes an important element of their regional identity. The results of an ethnological study conducted in April–May 2022 in the villages of Garmen, Dabnitsa and Skrebatno are presented. The data were collected through open-ended interviews with representatives of the municipality of Garmen and people who live near the cultural values and are committed to the cause of their restoration and socialization.

Istoria ca sărbătoare politică. Aniversările jubiliare ale României socialiste, 1965-1989

Author(s): Andrei Cosmin Popa / Language(s): Romanian

"The importance of Andrei Popa's book lies not only in the fact that it analyzes Romanian historiography during the complex period of the Ceaușescu regime, but also in the fact that studies it as part of the process of controlling the historical (collective) memory of the Romanian nation, using tools of totalitarian propaganda. This book is based on the selection of the most important anniversary and commemorative moments in the history of Romanians, called even by the communist regime to be Jubilees." (Florin Abraham) ”Beyond the well-documented, meritorious empirical research, the work also has a certain theoretical dimension, of discussing some concepts used. The author captures very well the propaganda dimension of the various ideologized anniversaries and answers the questions related to the main factor that boosted the proliferation of this kind of celebrations meant to legitimize the single party and especially the communist Romanian leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu. Looking to the causes and institutions involved, Andrei Popa chose the right solution to study this subject." (Cristian Vasile)