Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza

Feeria. The Wealth of Literary and Cinematic Connections of Fantasy Art

Feeria. Wokół bogactwa literackich i filmowych koneksji sztuki fantastycznej

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

Keywords: science fiction; film adaptation; sci-fi literature; Stanisław Lem; Philip K. Dick; zombie;golem;

The book contains essays and studies on the richness aspects and meanings of fantasy art in the field of modern and postmodern literature and film. It presents issues connected with film adaptation, especially works of authors that are key to the image of contemporary fantasy, i.e. S. Lem, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ph.K. Dick, as well as important, selected themes of this art, e.g. ways of depicting nightmares on the screen or the key figure in the new art of horror - the zombie. He also discusses important but less obvious issues, such as Jewish themes present in fantasy art, for example, literary and film images of the golem and dybbuk. The book constitutes the author's invitation to further discussions and research findings.

The (re-) existence of the past in transcultural spaces

(Prze)trwanie przeszłości w trans kulturowych przestrzeniach

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

Keywords: cultural identity; cultural heritage; transculturality; interculturalism

The book The (re-) existence of the past in transcultural spaces is an analysis of cultural phenomena belonging to the world of art, which, like books, music, dance or ceramic tiles, are at the same time elements that accompany us in our everyday lives as cultural representations of the memory of the past. Linking them to key concepts such as cultural heritage and cultural identity has made it possible to place them in a transcultural perspective. What cultural heritage gives people is a sense of unity and of belonging to a group; it enables them to better understand the essence of the continuity between generations and the history of their origins. It also implies a common bond. Cultural identity, on the other hand, is a sense of "being in place", of belonging and fitting in. Identifying with a culture is therefore an extremely important factor in people's well-being, giving them a sense of belonging and security. It is also a reflection on the processes of acculturation, which in today's world would no longe need to take on the character of a conflict of loyalties, because participation in culture is both a bonding element, an expression of belonging, and an opportunity to manifest one's identity. That is why it is so important to be aware of one's own cultural heritage and cultural identity (both individual and group), which can be used creatively to find one's place in environments full of cultural symbols, practices and meanings that differ from those established in us through the processes of upbringing, socialisation or acculturation. Art as a plane of human activity and creativity is understood here as a field for intergenerational dialogue, transmission of ideas, coexistence and the duration of the past. It is something of a conciliation between old and new values, which enables individuals and groups to adapt to change. Transculturality, on the other hand, is a space in which multicultural and intercultural experiences are visible, which in turn translates into intercultural education projects.

The Reception of Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical Rerum novarum in the United States of America, 1891-1919

Recepcja encykliki Rerum novarum papieża Leona XIII w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki w latach 1891–1919

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

Keywords: USA; United States of America; Roman Catholic Church; Rerum novarum, Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction

The author of this book analyses the influence of the encyclical mentioned in the title on the situation of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America, and especially on how the social issue and workers' problems were perceived by the main figures in the American clergy. The basic research questions concern how sensitivity to social problems was fostered in the American clergy before and after the encyclical's publication (i.e. before and after 1891), and its influence on Catholic social teaching in the United States and on US federal legislation. The author posits that under the influence of the encyclical Rerum novarum, a unified social thought was formed in Catholics in the United States which was adapted to the realities and peculiarities of the American economy and society. The work focuses on the years 1891-1919, i.e. the period between the publication of the encyclical Rerum novarum and the publication of the Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction. However, in order to present the particular conditions in which the Catholic Church functioned in the USA and the broader context related to its attitude to what was called ‘the workers' question’, the author draws on the Third Plenary Synod in Baltimore in 1884. In turn, after presenting the long-term effects of the reception of the demands contained in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, he traces the influence of the Catholic social programme on federal legislation up to the 1930s.

Protection of groundwater in Poland

Ochrona wód podziemnych w Polsce

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

Keywords: groundwater; groundwater protection; groundwater pollution sources; waste and groundwater protection problems; migration of nitrogen compounds to groundwater; changes in groundwater quality; protection zones of groundwater intakes

The scientific monograph entitled "Protection of groundwater in Poland" is an attempt to summarize the problems of anthropogenic threats and the protection of groundwater in Poland. It is based on many years of research by the author and collaborators, conducted initially at the Institute of Environmental Management in Poznań, and then at the Department of Hydrogeology and Water Protection at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. The first chapters highlight the natural and economic importance of groundwater, following which outbreaks of groundwater pollution and their impact on the groundwater environment are discussed. In particular, great attention is paid to the risks associated with the impact of landfills, given the prolonged nature of these impacts. In particular, the chapter on pollutant migration discusses problems relating to nitrogen compounds, which are one of the main threats to groundwater quality. The part concerning the protection of groundwater presents the problems of protecting these waters in relation to various branches of the national economy, and also a critical analysis of the status in the field of protection of intakes, as well as the use of spatial development plans and environmental impact assessments in groundwater protection. The summary contains proposals for various actions that should be taken to improve the state of groundwater protection in Poland. The work is addressed to specialists dealing with environmental protection. It can also be used in teaching work in the faculties of natural sciences at universities.

Suicide in Catholic view

Samobójstwo w optyce katolickiej

Author(s): Andrzej Pryba,Adam Czabański / Language(s): English,Polish

Keywords: suicide; suicidal behavior; suicide prevention; pastoral care in suicidal crisis

Youth in the service of the altar

Młodość w służbie ołtarz

Author(s): Katarzyna Sadowska,Marta Jadwiga Kędzia / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: altar service; youth; identity; Liturgical Service of the Altar in the Roman Catholic Church; community; Christian education; personalism

Altar service, formation functioning as part of the youth liturgical service of the altar in the Roman Catholic Church, considered in the socio-pedagogical context, is part of the mainstream of the thematic area of social Sciences and issues concerning the community of adolescent young people who seek life paths for themselves and shape their identity in a group of people. with similar beliefs and ideals. Among the problems considered in this study, one of the most important is the problem of youth in the service of the altar, focused on belonging to the community of altar boys, a group of people who "serve" in the church, identity in a special way with Christian education rooted in the stream of personalism. Therefore, the study tries to show a fragment of the social reality of young people from the perspective of personalistic pedagogy, "service" understood as "giving" to others the personal resources of an individual, selected educational concepts revealed in the Polish Church in the 20th century and the assumptions of Vatican II. The authors express their hope that the reading will become a contribution to reflection on the values important for the upbringing of young people, which - according to the authors - seem to be slowly recognized as less important than material goods in the contemporary world. At the same time - researchers want to point out that they have different worldviews, and thus want to emphasize that in the process of constructing this monograph, they paid attention to the values that connect beyond divisions. 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Prawo fuzji i przyjęć

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

Keywords: company law; foreign investment; investor; mergers & acquisitions

Przedmiotem książki jest omówienie podstawowych założeń leżących u podstaw nowelizacji ustawy z 24 lipca 2015 r. o kontroli niektórych inwestycji dokonanej ustawą z 19 czerwca 2020 r. o dopłatach do oprocentowania kredytów bankowych udzielanych przedsiębiorcom dotkniętym skutkami COVID-19 oraz o uproszczonym postępowaniu o zatwierdzenie układu w związku z wystąpieniem COVID-19. Nowelizacja wprowadziła nadzwyczajny reżim kontroli inwestycji zagranicznych. Prace nad Nowelizacją rozpoczęły się już w marcu 2020 r., krótko po wybuchu epidemii. Warto przypomnieć, że reakcją rynków finansowych na całym świecie na pandemię była krótkotrwała panika i wyprzedaż, która doprowadziła do drastycznego spadku kursów akcji. Polska, kraj wciąż traktowany jako rynek rozwijający się, a więc obciążony dodatkowymi ryzykami, doświadczyła równocześnie gwałtownego spadku wartości polskiego złotego i spadków notowań na warszawskiej giełdzie. Równoczesne zajście obu tych procesów sprawiło, że majątek polskich przedsiębiorców, w tym spółek należących do Skarbu Państwa, został z dnia na dzień drastycznie przewartościowany.  Rozważania rozpoczyna analiza kompetencji w zakresie kontroli inwestycji zagranicznych w Unii Europejskiej. Następnie omówiony zostaje zakres przedmiotowy i podmiotowy, w szczególności problematyka obejścia prawa. W dalszym ciągu przedmiotem analiz są przesłanki wyrażenia sprzeciwu oraz problematyka sankcji. Rozważania zamyka analiza wybranych zagadnień proceduralnych i kolizyjnoprawnych aspektów kontroli inwestycji zagranicznych. 

Christine de Pisan. The Book of the City of Ladies

Krystyna de Pizan. Księga o Mieście Pań

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

Keywords: defence of women; famous women; feminism

This book is a translation of one of the most important works by Christine de Pisan (1364–c. 1430), the first French writer to live thanks to her pen. Written between 1404 and 1407, the Book of the City of Ladies (Livre de la Cité des Dames) is a work devoted to defending women. In order to counter the misogynistic views put forward by philosophers and moralists, Christine de Pisan wrote a book with the construction of an allegorical city at its centre, and the lives of exceptional women, divided into different categories, are arranged like stones in this building. Through discussions with three allegorical female figures – Lady Reason, Lady Rectitude and Lady Justice, de Pisan presents arguments advanced against women, shares her doubts, expresses her fears, and received clear answers from her scholarly guides, supported by examples, which leave no doubt that women, like men, are virtuous and capable of creative work and great deeds. 

Polish education and Polish community education abroad. Covid-19 and distance learning

Edukacja polonijna i polska za granicą. Covida-19 i zdalne nauczanie

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

Keywords: Polish community education; Polish education abroad; remote learning; teacher for Polish communities abroad; COVID-19 pandemic

The book presents contemporary Polish education and Polish education abroad in two parts. The first presents the current state of this type of education from several perspectives, which allows us to assess and grasp its various possibilities. It is something of a guide for discovering and navigating the current Polish educational space abroad. The second part presents the unprecedented phenomenon of broad cooperation and exchange of experiences that emerged between Polish educational circles from all over the world as a result of the pandemic. The aim of this paper is to show Polish communities from all over the world the contemporary possibilities and dynamics seen in the development of Polish education abroad. Moreover, it seeks to demonstrate how and in what way the events related to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the need to unite forces and act creatively in the educational space, despite the many difficulties and often dramatic consequences of that pandemic. The book is addressed to a wide range of educators, educationalists, form teachers, and parents, in fact, to all those with a particularly affinity to the value of multidirectional cooperation and involvement in the education of children and young people. The book raises awareness of the importance of Polish education abroad as a unique space that is perceived and evaluated in a special way, not only by its direct participants but also by the entire Polish expat community. This is because it creates the conditions for Polish civil society abroad to be organised in a creative way.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger. The Madness of Hercules

Lucjusz Anneusz Seneka. Herkules szalony

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

Keywords: Seneca; Hercules; Roman tragedy

The Madness of Hercules is one of the tragedies written by the Roman philosopher and politician Seneca the Younger, who was Nero's tutor and advisor. He spent eight years in exile in Corsica during the reign of Claudius, and briefly exerted an influence over the ruler after Nero's rise to power. However, he was ultimately accused of plotting against Claudius and was forced to commit suicide in 65 AD. The Madness of Hercules is a work depicting a hero who devoted his entire life to fighting monsters in defence of humanity, but who was unable to protect his own wife and children from the monster within himself. Under the influence of the mad frenzy by his stepmother Juno, who hates him, Hercules brutally murders his family and then comes back to his senses and has to live with the crime he committed. The tragedy can be read as an allusion to the reign of Nero, but in essence it touches on the universal theme of evil and madness that lies within each of us, and asks what the basis of humanity really is.

Sports betting. The social practice of gambling

Sportowe zakłady bukmacherskie. Społeczna praktyka grania

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

Keywords: sports betting; gambling; sociology of sport; theories of social practices

Sports betting combines the typical attributes of gambling with sporting events. Sports bettors put money on a particular result of a football match, boxing fight or horse race. Unlike roulette, craps or the lottery, however, they are faced with a situation where a very large number of factors determine the game’s outcome. The practice of sports betting is thus a laboratory of processes related to risk and decision-making, but also the analysis of the social world, the attribution of meanings to activities or the adherence to a specific worldview. This book aims to answer the question of how bettors engage in sports betting – why they perceive it to be attractive to them, what betting is for them, and how they know how to bet or how they actually do so. The book tries not only to describe the social phenomenon of betting but also to place it within a broader cultural context. To do so, it uses theories of social practices. This group of concepts makes it possible to see in the actions of individuals both the influence they are subject to and the influence they exert on culture, lifestyles or technology. Using such a framework has made it possible to bring out the complexity of sports betting and to discern connections with other areas of social life.

On the essence of place. A conversational approach towards place

Wokół istoty miejsca. Konwersacyjne podejście wobec miejsca

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

Keywords: place; relational essence of place; conversation; communication; agency

The book deals with the fundamental category of place. The author points out that contemporary discussions on the essence of place go beyond the human-oriented approach. Geographers take up the themes of place agency, self of place, and the dialogue between human and place. By developing this narrative and using the relational approach's assumptions, the author develops a conversational approach to place. The book proposes a theoretical framework and shows case studies in the author's interpretation of the dialogue with place. These considerations are preceded by a discussion of the basic scientific paradigms that make up the assumptions of the conversational narrative of the essence of place, and a presentation of selected views existing so far on the concept of place.

Evaluating behaviour - the best way to do it? Three models for evaluating behaviour, with a commentary

Ocenianie zachowania. Jak robić to lepiej? Trzy modele oceniania zachowania z komentarzem

Author(s): Sylwia Jaskulska,Aleksandra Dopierała,Michalina Mruczyk,Renata Racinowska,Alicja Staszczuk / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: graded assessment of pupils’ conduct; school assessment; self-reflection; school system

What is graded assessment of pupils' conduct in schools, and what is it for? Is it necessary? Can it support students' development? Many teachers, students and parents pose these questions. As teachers, we have spent many years searching for the sense in graded assessment of pupils' conduct, as well as for alternatives to commonly used scoring systems and descriptive grades. The book describes the change (and maybe even a revolution) that we have decided on. Moving within the limits of educational law, we gave up "grading pupils' conduct" in favour of fostering a school atmosphere conducive to students’ self-reflection. We present three models for graded assessments of pupils' conduct. In our models, behaviour assessment is a year-round process supporting students in achieving self-knowledge, shaping social and emotional competencies, celebrating success, drawing conclusions from their stumbles, and appreciating the effort put into self-development.

Space and Time in the Transmission of History through Painting. Author's Art and Science Project 2018

Przestrzeń i czas w malarskim przekazie historii. Autorski projekt artystyczno-naukowy 2018

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

Keywords: art; modern painting; contemporary landscape painting; 20th-century history; Greater Poland Uprising; art exhibition; art project; artistic education

The book Space and Time in the Transmission of History through Painting presents an artistic and scientific project carried out by the author in 2018 as a creative commemoration of the Wielkopolska Uprising 1918-1919 on the 100th anniversary of its outbreak. The work presents painterly documentation, a personal registration of the landscape of history of the places associated with the Wielkopolska Uprising. The evolution of this landscape is shown through the creation of original painting space-time, which takes into account the changes of space observed over time, and which generates reflections on its reception in the context of the overlapping of historical time with contemporary time. A multidimensional and colourful message is presented through painting, illustrated with reproductions of the author's paintings created on the basis of retrospection, and a comparison of the currently observed landscape space with its historical context. The book introduces the artist's working technique and presents her innovative technique of structural painting in combination with photography and digital printing. The subject matter is supplemented by texts, documentation of the creative process and photographic accounts of exhibitions and educational meetings organised by the author in places of historical inspiration. The project was conducted over an area of three voivodeships in six localities where the activities of the Wielkopolska Uprising were marked. It was awarded a grant by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

The Taste of the Road

Smak drogi

Author(s): Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Croatian Literature; Romanticism; Journeys; travel writing; Illyrianism; Bosnia; Plitvice Lakes; Northern Italy; Northern Croatia; Sensualism

My main interest is in Croatian travelogues, particularly those from between the years of 1839 to 1860. The starting date is the year of the publication of the first Croatian travelogue of the Romantic period (Illyrianism), whose author was Ivan Trnski, but at the same time, these mark the beginnings of Croatian Romanticism. The closing date is connected to the end of Romanticism to the end of absolutism in the years of 1851–1860). Among the best-known travel writers from 1839–1860 period are Ivan Trnski, Matija Mažuranić, Stanko Vraz, Antun Nemčić Gostovinski, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Adolfo Veber Tkalčević and the Bosnian Franciscans Grgo Martić and Ivan Frano Jukić (functioning within both Bosnian and Croatian literatures). It is to their travels that I devote my attention to, with the focus being all the travel accounts that appeared in book form during this period, Trnski’s accounts published in the press (due to their pioneering character), and also the Franciscans' travels that are important to be able to visualise a comprehensive picture of Bosnia. I therefore focus on an analysis of Croatian nineteenth-century travel writing that is representative of the time and the dominant ideologies, first of the Illyrian Movement (Revival Movement) and then that of Yugoslavism, while illustrating the geographical multi-directionality of Romantic peregrinations.

Development of inhibitory control in childhood

Rozwój kontroli przez hamowanie w okresie dzieciństwa

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

Keywords: inhibitory control; childhood; mental development; goal-directed behaviour; voluntary action

The author analyses inhibitory control, one of the most popular concepts in contemporary research in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. Inhibitory control is often viewed as one of the earliest developing executive functions, which are the basis for goal-directed human behaviour. The quality of executive functioning is confirmed as one of the most important early predictors of typical and impaired development in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. In the first part of the book, several perspectives on defining inhibitory control are presented. Inhibitory control is described from the point of view of executive functions, functional systems, problem-solving processes and brain mechanisms. The second part of the book includes the author’s original theoretical framework for inhibitory control development, which is based on Lev S. Wygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology. Moreover, difficulties in assessing inhibitory control development are discussed. The final part of the book comprises a presentation and discussion of the results of a research project seeking to test some hypotheses based on the theoretical framework for inhibitory control development.

On the subject of computer science research. A philosophical study

O przedmiocie badań informatyki. Studium filozoficzne

Author(s): Izabela Bondecka-Krzykowska / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: philosophy of computer science; computer; computer program; information; virtual reality

On the subject of computer science research. A philosophical study is a look at computer science through the eye of a philosopher. It is an attempt to define computer science as a science through the prism of the objects it studies. The book presents a philosophical analysis of issues related to computers, computer programs and information.

Post-Covid syndrome in language

Syndrom postcovidowy w języku

Author(s): Natalia Długosz,Andreana Eftimova / Language(s): Bulgarian,Polish

Keywords: virolinguistics;new lexicon;components covid-and corona;Polish; Bulgarian

Much has been written about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on language. However, this study is of a different nature than studies already published on the Polish or Bulgarian publishing market. First of all, it has a comparative Polish-Bulgarian character. The observations described in the study were made on the spur of the moment, so the subject is exploring language "as it happens". It uses data obtained through an association experiment and a survey simultaneously, which is rare in research. Finally, we deliberately reach for a completely unobvious type of open cognitive definition of meaning. The book is a complex reaction of the synthesis and analysis of linguistic material, which takes place in the context of the strong impact of extreme physical reality on humanity. In the way we react, we try to take into account a complex conceptual substrate, i.e. activate general knowledge (physical, social and metalinguistic dimensions), and then reconstruct the way of perceiving certain elements of reality, which is strongly determined by our imaginative abilities and mental construction. In the process of conceptualizing the meaning of each of the concepts studied here, we clearly see the basic processes of interacting with the world, with the surrounding reality (in this case a hostile one). The concepts of Corona panic, Coronaparty and Corona tourism are largely answers and ways of reacting to very specific pandemic circumstances.

Following the Roman Route of Sarbiewski

Rzymskim szlakiem Sarbiewskiego

Author(s): Aleksander, Wojciech Mikołajczak,Rafał Dymczyk / Language(s): Polish,Latin

Keywords: Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski; Iter Romanum; Roman road; poetry; elegy; baroque

The book is a literary monograph containing a study of the Latin elegy Iter Romanum [The Roman Road] by Jesuit poet Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640). The book’s contents include a critical edition of the Latin text and a new translation of the text with an exegetical commentary. The monograph is methodologically consistent with the latest trend of literary research, using the tools of poststructuralist analysis. It is also an attempt to use the means of expressing a new narrative in neo-Latinism. Thus, the authors use not only the traditional verbal narrative, but also a largely iconographic one. An important formal novelty is the juxtaposition of the scientific text with a complementary essay layer, created by journalists who traveled in Sarbiewski's footsteps today and recorded their impressions of the same places seen 400 years later. The book is the result of an innovative research project that is a collaboration between Adam Mickiewicz University, Audi Poland Corporation and the Wielkopolska-Mazowsze Province of the Society of Jesus.

Jesuit Flexible Pen. Early Modernity Through the Prism of Studies on the Society of Jesus

Jezuickie giętkie pióro. Wczesna nowożytność przez pryzmat studiów nad Towarzystwem Jezusowym

Author(s): Robert Aleksander Maryks / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Jesuits; Society of Jesus

The six essays presented in this collection show the development of various genres of Jesuit writing (hence the title of this book – The flexible Jesuit pen) and its importance for the early modem period. Some of these were disseminated widely both inside and outside the Society and were instrumental in influencing the evolving politics of the Jesuits. In this book, most of them appear in the Polish translation for the first time. Since the Society was founded in the mid-sixteenth century, the authors discussed here are good examples of the transition that occurred between the late Middle Ages and the early modem period. The first generation of Jesuits was trained in medieval philosophy and theology but became more and more familiar with the Renaissance tradition. The second and later generations created a culture that combined their Scholastic education with the imitation of the Greco-Latin classics, the Renaissance preference for (especially Ciceronian) rhetoric and epistemic skepticism, and the need to proclaim the Gospel. Without this unique culture, passed down especially in the network of Jesuit schools, there would be no Piotr Skarga (1536–1612), Jakub Wujek (1541–1597), Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Franciszek Bohomolec (1720–1784), Marcin Poczobut (1728–1810), Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796) and Grzegorz Piramowicz (1735–1801). There would be no early modem Polish culture as we know it.