O substancjalności berła świadomości
On the substantiality of the sceptre of consciousness

Summary/Abstract: We interpret reality, our experience, identity and existence by means of language responsible for communicative competence. This competence is determined by science and human emotions, or, heart. A cultural game is constantly being played on the line between the ability to move in the world among people and emotions of the heart. Many authorities aspire to gain control over this game (to wield the „sceptre” of power), thus giving it a specific dimension. The role of language is to be able to control these games. So great, however, is the power of language, that the one who is the strongest in social communication resorts to seizing this power for themselves; their imperious aspirations being reflected in the language they employ. Also an individual strives in his/her way to find a place among the masters of social communication. Yet, often, he/she is perceived as an usurper. However, the “usurpers” of power over social communication also exist in wide social circles, which definitely (but whether truly?) weakens the arguments held by the individual. The question mark generalizes what the author of this text, in view of his personal experience with a literary and a plastic language, has to say in defense of, and in an attempt to invest with significance such “arguments” in communication as individual sincerity and veracity.

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