EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND HOPES RELATED TO INFORMATION SOCIETY (A FUTURIST APPROACH)

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Informalization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – General and Practical Issues

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 7 December 2018

Abstract We live in times of building an information society and of delighting with the expected benefits after its completion. The social masses usually perceive superficially the effects of the development of the information society. They enjoy that because of computerization, robotization and dissemination [...] Read more.

CONSTRUCTIVE AND COMMUNICATION ASPECTSOF SHAPING SECURITY CULTURE AT SCHOOL

Iwona BŁASZCZAK, Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract Recent years are a period of changes in the polish educational system not only concerning the ones in structures and functions of schools, but also considering the implementation of new standards of educating, new aims as well as requirements for the scientifically-educational staff. The culture of [...] Read more.

ELEMENTS OF RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW VERSUS THE ANTI-CRISIS INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE IN THE POST-HUMANIST WORLD

Jadwiga SEBESTA, Eugeniusz SZYMIK

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract The present-day ideological decline entails a serious crisis of values, taking place against the background of civilisation changes. The exceptional economic achievements in the developed countries clash with the destabilisation of a thought which diverges from any coherent vision of a human being and [...] Read more.

POST-NATIONAL REVOLUTION AS A SOURCE OF POLILTICAL CONFLICTS IN THE EU COUNTRIES

Jakub POTULSKI

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract Processes related to the formation of the so-called Information society affects the transformation of social structure in highly developed countries. Alongside these processes, new social divisions and new areas of political conflicts are emerging. The arrival of the "third wave of civilisation" is [...] Read more.

POLITICAL GELOTOLOGY

Marek SOKOŁOWSKI, Wojciech Krzysztof SZALKIEWICZ

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract Humour and laughter with it have been for many years the subject of research by many scholars who for centuries have been thinking about their essence and their function in social life because of the important and diverse role that it plays in the everyday life of individuals and groups. One of the [...] Read more.

THE INFLUENCE OF AUTOMATION ON PHYSICAL WORK. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Andrzej LEMAŃSKI

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract The automation of work it is not a new economic or social problem. The roots of this date back to the beginning of the industrial era to the luddite movement and then to the 60s and 70s of the XX century when first computers and robots started to perform the human job. Nowadays we are witnessing another [...] Read more.

NEO-LUDDISM AS AN ANALYTICAL CATEGORY. AN ATTEMPT OF CONCEPTUALIZATION

Maciej D. KRYSZCZUK

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract The paper proposes a typology of neo-luddism, examines its relevance for studying contemporary labour relations and catalogues selected empirical manifestations of neo-luddist behaviour and attitudes. It is by necessity interdisciplinary, as the phenomenon touches upon the field of sociology of labour [...] Read more.

ON THE CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONOF THE CONCEPT OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Wojciech KOZYRA

In Search of New Approaches and Interpretations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 6 June 2018

Abstract In the article I attempt to defend the concept of enlightenment understood as an unequivocally moral concept. Such defense is needed because in the recent debates the idea of enlightenment has rather been associated with progress conceived not in moral, but in scientific and technological terms instead [...] Read more.

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES USE IN HEALTH CARE

Ewa M. KWIATKOWSKA, Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract With the development of modern technologies, it is only natural to try to use them in order to improve the health care services. E-health can contribute i.a. to reduce the cost of health care, to increase the effect of treatment, to reduce the amount of medical errors and consequently to achieve more [...] Read more.

PROCRASTINATION AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AS CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Antoni WONTORCZYK, Anna ENGLERT-BATOR

Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018,  Publication date: 5 June 2018

Abstract The aim of this research was to present the phenomenon of procrastination and academic dishonesty as two contemporary forms of transformation of social life in the academic environment. Academic procrastination has become a serious problem of modern education, especially in the group of younger students [...] Read more.