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The Golden Legend of Saint Christopher in Selected Works for Children
No full textThe following article depicts the character and symbolism of St. Christopher in culture and literature for children diachronically.The author has analyzed selected hagiographic legends, fairy tales, and short stories from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries with reference to the medieval canonical text of The Golden Legend. This comparative method has allowed the author to sketch out the transformations of the le-gend of St. Christopher as well as the similarities and differences between the analyzed works.The changes in the image of St. Christopher in children’s literature are determined by pedagogical motives and the need to protect children from images of cruelty and Christ’s mar-tyrdo
The Global Financal Crisis: Learning from Regulatory and Governance Studies
No full textW swoim artykule Christopher Arup analizuje wyniki badań nad procesami tworzenia regulacji, rządzenia oraz nad wpływami wielkich korporacji na światową gospodarkę przed globalnym kryzysem finansowym i podczas jego trwania. Autor podkreśla konieczność wypracowania szerszej demokratycznej kontroli nad zasobami finansowymi przy jednoczesnym ograniczeniu uzależnienia od kapitalizmu ściśle finansowego takich dziedzin, jak najważniejsze rodzaje usług ubezpieczenia społeczne i ochrona środowiska naturalnego.In his article, Christopher Arup analyses the impacts of different studies on the processes of shaping regulations, governance and responsibilities of corporations and their influence on the world's economy prior to and during the recent global financial crisis. The author emphasizes the need for a greater democratic control of financial resources and, at the same time, calls for less dependence on finance capitalism in the fields of essential services, social security and environment protection
Effects of quaternary climate change and rainforest diversity: insights from spatial analyses of species and genes in Australia’s wet tropics
No full textBiogeographic patterns are often used to generate hypotheses concerning the evolutionary and ecological processes that structure patterns of species distribution and diversity. However, biogeographic patterns alone are often insufficient to infer historical processes. In this chapter we illustrate how analyses of molecular population genetic variation combined with spatial analyses of species distribution and diversity can provide strong inference of historical processes shaping current patterns of diversity at several hierarchical levels. The strengths of these analyses are multiplied when independent paleoecological data exist. We illustrate this approach using endemic vertebrate species from the Wet Tropics of Australia. We demonstrate that Quaternary climatic fluctuations, and associated changes in rainforest distribution and extent, have left an identifiable footprint on local, landscape, and regional patterns of genetic diversity, species distribution and diversity, and community composition
Effects of quaternary climate change and rainforest diversity: insights from spatial analyses of species and genes in Australia’s wet tropics
No full textBiogeographic patterns are often used to generate hypotheses concerning the evolutionary and ecological processes that structure patterns of species distribution and diversity. However, biogeographic patterns alone are often insufficient to infer historical processes. In this chapter we illustrate how analyses of molecular population genetic variation combined with spatial analyses of species distribution and diversity can provide strong inference of historical processes shaping current patterns of diversity at several hierarchical levels. The strengths of these analyses are multiplied when independent paleoecological data exist. We illustrate this approach using endemic vertebrate species from the Wet Tropics of Australia. We demonstrate that Quaternary climatic fluctuations, and associated changes in rainforest distribution and extent, have left an identifiable footprint on local, landscape, and regional patterns of genetic diversity, species distribution and diversity, and community composition
Écrire la ville. Bruxelles de Christopher Gérard et Grażyna Plebanek
No full textThe article discusses the representation of Brussels in Aux armes de Bruxelles. Flâneries urbaines (2009) by Christopher Gérard and Bruksela, zwierzęcość w mieście (2021) by Grażyna Plebanek. The author analyzes the way of representing the city, very subjective and laudatory, as well as the impact of this figuration on the generic identity of the texts. These constitute a mixture of various genres, including the tourist guide and the essay, which gives rise to a singular literary form which escapes the attempt at classification.The article discusses the representation of Brussels in Aux armes de Bruxelles. Flâneries urbaines (2009) by Christopher Gérard and Bruksela, zwierzęcość w mieście (2021) by Grażyna Plebanek. The author analyzes the way of representing the city, very subjective and laudatory, as well as the impact of this figuration on the generic identity of the texts. These constitute a mixture of various genres, including the tourist guide and the essay, which gives rise to a singular literary form which escapes the attempt at classification
Christopher Dawson
No full textInspired with Jude P. Dougherty’s works in which he stresses the overruling importance of the classical, humanistic education and the central place and role of religion in the Western culture, the author presents Christopher Dawson’s analysis of the Western civilization and his demonstration of the central role of Christianity in it. The author traces the premises on which was based Dawson’s opinion that modern Western man might be absorbed by his technical inventions, to the point of losing his soul
On the Road to Damascus: British Foreign Policy and the Crises in Libya and Syria
No full textThe purpose of this article is to capture one of the key features of the political thought that developed in the United States of America. Assuming that the USA’s political culture is indeed exceptional, the author attempts to find the common denominator that would reflect the singularity of the American political mind. The author states that such a feature is the radical anti-historicality of the American mode of thinking about politics. It is a phenomenon that is deeply-rooted in the political and spiritual past of the United States and seems to be crucial because it never developed to such an extent in other traditions. Furthermore, even today to a large extent it defines both the American left and right. It is also very much present in academic discussion as well as in ordinary political activities. By anti-historicality the author means the rejection of the thesis that politics within a given society depends on that society’s past experience. The phenomenon defies simple normative assessments. On the one hand, it protects American politics from the perils of radical historicism; on the other hand, it hinders the USA’s contacts with other political bodies. However, the author concludes that understanding American anti-historicality is crucial when entering into any relations with the USA.
Celem artykułu jest porównanie i przeciwstawienie brytyjskiej polityki wobec kryzysu w Libii i w Syrii odpowiednio w 2011 i w 2013 roku. Szuka się w nim odpowiedzi na pytanie, dlaczego parlament brytyjski, który w 2011 roku tak zdecydowanie poparł użycie siły przeciwko Libii, wstrzymał swoje poparcie dla akcji militarnej w Syrii w sierpniu 2013 roku. Autor wskazuje, że perspektywa masakry w libańskim mieście Benghazi przekonała brytyjskiego premiera, że akcja międzynarodowa była pilną koniecznością. Rezolucja Rady Bezpieczeństwa ONZ pozwalająca na akcję militarną w celu ochrony libijskiej ludności cywilnej oraz fakt, iż interwencję poparło kilka rządów na Bliskim Wschodzie, również przyczyniły się do uznania jej przez rząd brytyjski za w pełni uprawnioną. Jednakże dwa lata później brytyjski parlament skutecznie zawetował udział Wielkiej Brytanii w atakach powietrznych przeciwko Syrii. Było to skutkiem, jak argumentuje autor, braku rezolucji ONZ w tej kwestii i wsparcia rządów w regionie dla Syrii oraz wątpliwości co do skuteczności akcji militarnej. W artykule podejmowane jest również pytanie, czy brak brytyjskiej interwencji w Syrii oznacza początek zwrotu w brytyjskiej polityce zagranicznej
Christopher (Robin) Milne as a sylleptic character. Relationship between reality and fiction in A.A. Milne’s children’s literature
No full textAlan Alexander Milne jest znany przede wszystkim jako autor czterech książek dla dzieci – dwóch tomików wierszy, When We Were Very Young (1924) i Now We Are Six (1927), a także dwóch zbiorów opowiadań, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) i The House at Pooh Corner (1928). W każdym z tych dzieł pojawia się postać inspirowana synem pisarza, Christopherem Robinem Milne’em. W Wielkiej Brytanii i Stanach Zjednoczonych już krótko po publikacji największym zainteresowaniem cieszyły się wiersze, sławę zaś zdobył przede wszystkim Christopher Robin. Jak po latach komentował to sam autor: „[…] to nie o spotkanie ze mną, ale z Christopherem Robinem podnosili krzyk Amerykanie; i właściwie (trzeba to w końcu przyznać) to nie ja ani nie wydawcy, ale Christopher Robin sprzedawał tę książkę w tak dużych i absurdalnych liczbach”. I to właśnie Christopherowi (Robinowi) poświęcony zostaje niniejszy artykuł – postaci, którą proponuję nazywać postacią sylleptyczną. Zbadane tu zostają związki rzeczywistości i fikcji, to, jakie wydarzenia z życia stanowiły inspirację dzieł literackich, ale i to, jak dzieła te wpłynęły na losy pisarza i jego syna.Alan Alexander Milne is known primarily as an author of four books for children – two volumes of poetry, When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927), and also two collections of stories, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). In each of these works appears a character inspired by the writer’s son, Christopher Robin Milne. In Great Britain and the United States shortly after the release the poems commanded a lot of interest and fame was won primarily by Christopher Robin. As the writer said himself after years: “[…] it was Christopher Robin, not I, whom Americans were clamouring to see; and, in fact (to make due acknowledgement at last), it was Christopher Robin, not I, not the publishers, who was selling the book in such large and ridiculous quantities”. And it is to Christopher (Robin) that this article is devoted – the character I propose to call a sylleptic character. It examines the relationship between reality and fiction, what events from life inspired the literary works, but also how these works influenced the life of the writer and his son
Re-experiencing composition: meditations on digital scholarly editing at the “Melville Electronic Library”
No full textThis essay returns to some fundamental notions in computing history to argue for a creative and dynamic form of scholarly editing in the digital space as a form of creative-critical practice. Constituted as a complementary method to the tradition of critical editing, which attempts to provide the most correct description and single representation of the text, the editor attuned to creative-critical methods seeks to brings readers of the edition closer to the energies of writing – composition, revision, text-making, and the context of texts and their relational contexts. These ideas are demonstrated by three examples from the Melville Electronic Library’s work on Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, Sailor, and the forthcoming digital edition of Hawthorne and His Mosses.Autor tekstu powraca do wybranych fundamentalnych pojęć z historii informatyki, by opowiedzieć się za kreatywną i dynamiczną formą edycji naukowej funkcjonującą w przestrzeni cyfrowej i rozumianą jaka forma praktyki twórczo-krytycznej. Tak ukonstytuowana uzupełnia tradycyjną edycję krytyczną, która zawiera szczegółowy opis i właściwą reprezentację tekstu, oraz stara się przybliżyć czytelnika edycji do „energii pisania” – kompozycji, rewizji, tworzenia tekstu i kontekstu oraz ich wzajemnych relacji. W artykule zaprezentowano to na trzech przykładach dzieł znajdujących się w Melville Electronic Library: powieści Moby Dick, Billy Budd, Sailor i Hawthorne and His Mosses (edycja w trakcie tworzenia)
Dissecting tropical plant diversity with forest plots and a molecular toolkit
No full textTropical rainforests are the most biologically diverse of terrestrial biomes. Despite the ecological importance and economic potential of tropical trees, a large fraction of tropical forest tree species lack scientific names, and hundreds of woody plant species in the most intensively studied forest plots remain unidentified. DNA diagnostic tools, including plastid “DNA barcodes” and multilocus genomic markers, can be applied to tropical forest dynamics plots to facilitate taxonomic discovery. Such genetic surveys, as outlined in this article, require expanded herbarium infrastructure and linkages in field ecology, population genetics, and bioinformatics. The fusion of traditional botany and molecular methods will provide baseline data for understanding both the origin and maintenance of tropical plant diversity.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83295/1/Dick&Kress2009.pd
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