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ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
Adam Karaś – Photographer of Krakow’s Independence
No full textAdam Karaś (1896–1986), photographer from Krakow, was owner of a photography studio at Szewska St., which was very popular among the residents of Krakow. He was also a documentalist of Krakow. In October 1918 he documented Krakow regaining its independence. He preserved the events at the Guardhouse on glass plates; the symbolic moment of the power takeover by the Polish administration and the first act of the newly reborn Polish Army. The first photos he published in the press appeared in “Nowości Ilustrowane”, a periodical which was very well-known for its discerning taste in photography.
Negative plates and photographs of Adam Karaś made it to the Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography. Upon their conservation and preparation, they were published in a number of periodicals, shown at scientific conferences and in various exhibitions. The photographs of Adam Karaś of 1918 are exceptionally suited for such activities.
Some of the photographs of Adam Karaś have become iconic; they illustrate anniversary editions, scientific studies of the events of 1918. The author of the presentation will also present the first media publications of Adam Karaś’s photos of the events of 31 October in Krakow. A critical analysis of these images will allow for a different perspective on the iconic images of 31 October 1918 and the following days in Krakow
The avant-garde of tradition : the voice in the dispute over the identity of a contemporary man Fr. Adam Rybicki in the work "From anthropology to the spirituality of a man : sources, concepts, perspectives", "Bernardinum" Publishing House, Pelplin 2020, pp.303. ISBN 978-83-8127-578-1
No full textKsiążka ks. dr. hab. Adama Rybickiego, prof. KUL jest oryginalnym studium teoretycznym wpisującym się w światowy dyskurs współczesnej humanistyki na temat tożsamości człowieka. Autor podjął się bardzo trudnego zadania związanego z rekonstrukcją kategorii męskości oraz dekonstrukcją jej znaczeń uwikłanychw spory natury filozoficznej, a nierzadko i ideologicznej. Adam Rybicki prezentuje w swej pracy bardzo solidny warsztat naukowy, oparty na szerokich studiach interdyscyplinarnych. Badania nad tożsamością mężczyzny i związaną z nią kategorią męskości, budowaną zwłaszcza na solidnych fundamentach antropologiii teologii, bez wątpienia należą do społecznie potrzebnych, nowatorskich prac odważnej humanistyki. Kim bowiem jest lub może czy powinien być współczesny mężczyzna? W jakim kluczu, w jakim kontekście kulturowym odczytywać istotę jego tożsamości w czasach naznaczonych migotaniem znaczeń, gdzie łatwo o tożsamości rozmyte, miękkie, chowające się za filozofią ponowoczesną, ponowoczesnymi wzorcami kultury oraz ruchami społecznymi promującymi kulturowe rozumienie płci człowieka? Kim zatem jest współczesny mężczyzna?Book of Fr. dr. hab. Adam Rybicki, prof. KUL is an original study theoretical part of the global discourse of contemporary humanities on the subject of human identity. The author undertook a very difficult related task with the reconstruction of the category of masculinity and the deconstruction of its implicit meanings in disputes of a philosophical, and often ideological, nature. Adam Rybicki presents in his work a very solid scientific workshop, based on extensive studies interdisciplinary. Research on the identity of a man and the related category of masculinity, built especially on the solid foundations of anthropology and theology, undoubtedly belong to socially necessary, cutting-edge works courageous humanities. For who is or should a modern man be? In what key and in what cultural context should it be read the essence of his identity in times marked by flickering meanings, where easily about fuzzy, soft identities, hiding behind postmodern philosophy, postmodern patterns of culture and social movements promoting cultural understanding human gender? So who is a modern man
Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ADAM SMITH'S WORK
No full textThe paper will discuss the theological foundation to Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes and divine design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the period after World War II, with the rise of positivism, commentators tended to overlook or downplay this interpretation. In the last decade, or so, teleology has started to be restored to its former position as an essential element in understanding Smith. After spelling out Smith's teleology and his view of final causes, divine design and the ends of nature, we try to explain the Panglossian nature of the 'new theistic view' of Smith. While our view differs somewhat, we agree with the essence of the 'new view' claim: a theological view exists in Smith which underpins his moral and economic theories.Political Economy,
Interview. Matthew Joseph with Adam Gussow, musician and author
No full textInterview in which Adam Gussow discusses hill country blues musi
Książę Adam Jerzy Czartoryski i jego stronnicy w świetle historiografii ukraińskiej
No full textIn 1937, the Warsaw historian Marceli Handelsman published a work entitled Ukraińska polityka
ks. Adama Czartoryskiego przed wojną krymską [Ukrainian politics of Prince Adam Czartoryski
before the Crimean War]. So far, this book has been used by historians as the primary source of
information on the Ukrainian issue in the views of the Hotel Lambert’s leader. The author of this
text has decided to collect Ukrainian works referring to the topic inaugurated by Handelsman. Unfortunately, no larger study has been prepared on the Ukrainian side. However, a number of articles
and encyclopaedic notes showing Prince Adam and his Eastern policy (especially during his stay
at the court of Tsar Alexander I Romanov) has been published. Ukrainian authors paid much more
attention to Czartoryski’s associates, who tried to put his ideas into practice. Ukrainian researchers
wrote mainly about Michał Czaykowski (Sadyk Pasha) organizing the Cossack troops in the Ottoman Empire, about Hipolit Terlecki striving for the union of the Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Churches, and finally about the ethnographer and writer Franciszek Duchiński clearly separating
Ukraine from Russia in his writings
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