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Wpływ nowych mediów na przemiany polityczne wybranych państw Bliskiego Wschodu na przykładzie Arabskiej Wiosny

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

The author explains origins, evolution and consequences of the Arab Spring in selected Arab countries (with particular reference to Tunisia and Egypt), and proves that new media has become an important element in the ongoing transformations and its impact on the civil society and public sphere in the Middle East has not been ended with the disappearance of street protests.

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Od zaciekawienia do zaangażowania. O rozwoju samoregulacji w interakcjach z rodzicami niemowląt urodzonych skrajnie wcześnie, przedwcześnie i o czasie

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

The publication discusses the development of self-regulation in premature infants and the child-parent relationships, which are crucial for the development of premature babies. The author carries out comparative analyses with full-term children in regard to clinical and developmental aspects. At the method level, two time perspectives: the present moment and the first 12 months of the child’s life are examined.

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Usiądziesz? Co sprawia, że na ławkach (nie) chce się siedzieć?

Author(s): Maja Skibińska,Mariusz Wieczorek / Language(s): Polish

A report from the exploratory research intended for determining the users’ needs with regard to functioning, number, location and the look of public sitting places in public spaces. The analysis of examples led to defining guidelines for designing sitting places on Warsaw streets and squares.

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Life and aging with HIV. An interdisciplinary approach

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

A monograph on the epidemiology and course of HIV infections, neuroimaging diagnostics, and the cognitive adaptation (psychological functioning) of people infected with HIV, as well as their aging processes – with a particular emphasis on their olfactory and auditory functions and metabolic bone diseases. The authors - neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, radiologists, and audiologists - present the results of their own research and a reliable and critical review of the current body of literature. This publication is addressed to psychologists and caregivers of people infected with HIV.

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Upolitycznienie problemu starzenia się społeczeństwa w Polsce. Teoria i praktyka

Author(s): Maciej Duszczyk,Magdalena Lesińska,Kamil Matuszczyk / Language(s): Polish

The authors show the issues connected with demographical processes in Poland from the perspective of the political measures that have been implemented. They pay special attention to the process of politicizing the problem of population ageing, the instruments of demographical and social policies as well as the political and media discourse that existed in the years 1989–2016.

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Błądzę, więc myślę. Co to jest błędna reprezentacja?

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

The publication is concerned with the issue of thought content, interpreted in contemporary studies as mental representation. The author focuses on describing the content of false or inaccurate thoughts, i.e. on misrepresentation, and proposes her own coherence-based model of representational error. The monograph also includes a survey of other contemporary theories of mental representations.

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Urbanistyka oddolna. Koszmar partycypacji a wytwarzanie przestrzeni

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

The publication deals with the issue of evaluating the effects of the currently followed urban policies, especially in reference to the so-called nightmare of participation. The book is part of a debate concerned with phenomena such as urban social conflicts, the revitalization of urban space, urban planning and housing policies. The author analyses the problem of gentrification in Poland and its links to revitalization programmes. The publication in based on the author’s research on the bottom-up production of space in Warsaw, New York, and Istanbul.

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Terapia uzależnień. Metody oparte na dowodach naukowych

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

A review of modern methods of treating addictions, the effectiveness of which had been confirmed in rigorous scientific studies. The publication is aimed at people providing treatment for addicted individuals and also for those preparing to obtain appropriate certifications (specialists in addiction psychotherapy and addiction therapy instructors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, family doctors and clinicians whose patients can be people with addictions), scientists studying the mechanisms and efficiency of addiction therapy, as well as addicted individuals and their loved ones.

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Praktyki lecznicze w prawosławnych monasterach w Bułgarii. Perspektywa antropologii (post)sekularnej

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

The book is a survey and analysis of ritual practices undertaken “for health” by the Bulgarian faithful in Orthodox monasteries. These activities include incubation, ablution in healing springs, interacting with sacral objects, the so-called Cyprian prayers, the sacrament of anointing with oils, consuming blessed food and making offerings (kurbans). The specific character of these practices has been portrayed both in the synchronic dimension and in the diachronic one, based on (post)secular anthropological theory.

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Rozwój własny nauczyciela

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

In this concise book, experienced teachers from Poland and the United States described how one can bring up and educate students so that they become wise and competent citizens. Performing this task is a great art. It demands that a teacher masters the skill of personal growth. But the teachers’ work is still understood and appreciated only to a limited extent. There is a need for an answer to the question how teachers can change this state of affairs...

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Ucieleśnione w ruchu. Polskie biegaczki wyczynowe w perspektywie antropologicznej

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

An anthropological look at physicality in women’s professional running from the point of view of authoethnography, anthropology of the body and anthropology of sport. The Author adopts two complementary perspectives: an internal one, that is, a registration of the experience of running through the senses, as well as an external one, which is an attempt at showing how female runners are subjected to discipline and at the same time how the female agency is construed in professional running.

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Przeszłość jako przedmiot wiedzy. Historia i filozofia w myśli średniowiecza

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

The publication portrays the process of the shaping of modern concepts defining history as an academic discipline. The author moves beyond the issues of the formation of historical studies by presenting the changes in the social and world-view fabric which accompanied this process and conditioned it.

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Polki. Spełnione Profesjonalistki, Rodzinne Panie Domu czy Obywatelki Świata?

Author(s): Katarzyna Pawlikowska,Dominika Maison / Language(s): Polish

A collection of data and analyses concerning women in Poland. The research was conducted among Polish women selected through random-quota sampling. Based on data obtained from qualitative and quantitative studies, the authors carry out a systematisation and attempt to apply it to the whole population of women in Poland aged 18–70. The book presents seven groups of Polish women, which are varied not only in terms of demographical features but also values, world view, needs, attitude to life, work and family.

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The Human Being in Social and Cosmic Orders. Categories of Traditional Culture and the Problems of Contemporary Buryat Identity

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

The matter of social order was developed as a rule in macro-theories such as functionalism or Marxism, which saw the order as constructed by shared norms, values, distribution of labour, power or property. The book attempts to trace the ideas of social order in the Buryat culture and its metaphoric structure using the interpretivist approach as shared sense-making practices. The fieldwork data and analysis of various literature form a grounded theory of social order that could contribute to existing sociological and anthropological perspectives.

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Różne oblicza starości. Badania neuropsychologiczne

Author(s): Natalia Gawron,Emilia Łojek / Language(s): Polish

The book presents contemporary theoretical research trends in neurogeriatic psychiatry, which encompasses neurobiological issues of human ageing and their consequences in psychical, social and civilization aspects. It analyses the relationship between the state of brain, the level of cognitive functions, measured in neuropsychological samples and the structure of utterance according to the discursive model. The research is one of the first conducted in Poland which examine the cognitive functioning and communication of the elderly in their eighties and nineties.

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Zostać księdzem? Drogi powołania we współczesnej Polsce

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

An innovative sociological approach to priestly vocations in Polish Catholic Church. The analysis of interviews with young priests and seminarians shows how young men experience their vocation. The book makes the readers understand what vocation is, how the internal change takes place and how young seminarians see their future, when they resign from individual qualities in favour of higher reality.

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Co dalej? Akademicka dysputa

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

A collection of articles published in the years 2009–2016 constituting a voice in the discussion about the current condition and future of Polish universities. The author, professor at the Wrocław University of Technology, had the opportunity to observe academic life from various positions and in various situations. In his considerations he asked the question about the sources of the peculiar separateness of the Polish academic world from Western university environments. Searching for answers, he came to interesting reflections, which he published in the magazines, believing that when the time comes to discuss the state and prospects of university education in Poland, some of his conclusions will spark a debate.

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Zmierzyć i zrozumieć przestępczość. Tom jubileuszowy ofiarowany Profesor Beacie Gruszczyńskiej

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

A study on criminology prepared to celebrate the jubilee of Professor Beata Gruszczyńska. The authors perform a criminological analysis of crime statistics, explore crime against women and cybercrime, describe crime in contemporary Ukraine and Russia and reflect on prison sentences and capital punishment.

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Zdrowie i życie seksualne Polek i Polaków w wieku 18-49 lat w 2017 roku. Studium badawcze na tle przemian od 1997 roku

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

The author discusses the problem of the sexual sphere in Polish society in a complex and unique way, presenting the results of the research into changing sexual habits of Polish females and males. The study enables the reader not only to look at the present situation, but also to follow cultural and social changes concerning Polish sexual sphere. It is also a comprehensive assessment of the health and sexual life of the society, which reflects the realities of contemporary environment.

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Edukacja przedszkolna. W poszukiwaniu innych rozwiązań

Author(s): Małgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk / Language(s): Polish

Analysis of essential aspects of institutional preschool care and education for young children and presentation of selected conceptual solutions.The author analyzes them against the background of two approaches: liberalism-based and "grass-roots experimenting" based on civic initiatives. He wonders about their characteristics, conditions and consequences, and the chances of their success. It indicates the open and hidden dangers that are associated with the breaking of solidarity and social unity, with the domination of individualism, rivalry and competition. Referring to theory and practice, he proposes examples of specific conceptual solutions (Reggio Emilia, High / Scope Program and diversified education) that fit into the space of civil society and fit into civic, community activity, dictated by concern for the common good.

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