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Renaissance and Baroque Art and Culture in the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1506-1696)
This monograph serves as an introduction to the art, architecture and literary culture of the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th centuries. The geographical area under discussion comprises the regions of contemporary Lithuania, western Belarus and western Ukraine. The introduction of the Renaissance and Baroque classical revival into these lands is considered here within the political context of nationalistic and religious loyalties, as well as economic status and class. The central discussion focuses on the issue of national identity and religious loyalty in the inter-relation between the Byzantine inheritance of the Lithuanian and Ruthenian populace and the Poloniz...
Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics
This book looks at Eastern and Western monasticism’s continuous and intensive interactions with society in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. It discusses the role monastics played in fostering national identities, as well as the potentiality of monasteries and religious orders to be vehicles of ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue within and beyond national boundaries. Using a country-specific analysis, the book highlights the monastic tradition and monastic establishments. It addresses gaps in the academic study of religion in Eastern European and Russian historiography and looks at the role of monasticism as a cultural and national identity forming determinant in the region.
Kobiety ze Lwowa
W 1930 roku otwarto we Lwowie Muzeum Zasłużonych Polek. W niewielkich salkach znalazły się obrazy, rzeźby, zdjęcia, dokumenty oraz pamiętniki z powstań i wojen. A także osiemnaście pudeł z biogramami. Można się domyślać, że były wśród nich nazwiska znane, ale i te zupełnie zapomniane. Podobnie jak w zebranych tu opowieściach. Oto historie lwowianek, które mieszkały w tym mieście całe życie albo tylko chwilę. To próba odpowiedzi na pytanie, jakie były one same i jaki był „ich Lwów”: Lwów wybitnych aktorek i wielkich śpiewaczek, ideowych nauczycielek i zasobnych arystokratek, dzielnych feministek i uduchowionych muz, pełnych poświęcenia żołnierek i wyb...
Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe
In Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe, Aleksandra Koutny-Jones explores the emergence of a remarkable cultural preoccupation with death in Poland-Lithuania (1569-1795). Examining why such interests resonated so strongly in the Baroque art of this Commonwealth, she argues that the printing revolution, the impact of the Counter-Reformation, and multiple afflictions suffered by Poland-Lithuania all contributed to a deep cultural concern with mortality. Introducing readers to a range of art, architecture and material culture, this study considers various visual evocations of death including 'Dance of Death' imagery, funerary decorations, coffin portraiture, tomb chapels and religious landscapes. These, Koutny-Jones argues, engaged with wider European cultures of contemplation and commemoration, while also being critically adapted to the specific context of Poland-Lithuania.
Eurasian Economic Perspectives
This book presents selected papers from the 23rd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Madrid, Spain. While the theoretical and empirical papers presented cover diverse areas of economics and finance in different geographic regions, the main focus is on the latest research concerning international trade, public economics, and regional studies. The book also includes studies on the economics of innovation, inequality and tourism.
Ethics of Resilience
Resilience is one of the hottest terms in the modern humanities, social sciences and beyond. The reason for this is the current situation at various levels, from ecological, health, economical to political, which requires the formation of resilience from individuals, communities, countries, institutions and humanity as a whole. The term resilience refers to a new realistic paradigm in tackling the challenges required by the modern world, in which changes are happening faster and faster and are becoming less transparent and predictable. Therefore, the paradigm of stability and protection against disturbances is no longer realistic and has been replaced by the paradigm of resilience. People, n...
The DEMPE Concept and Intangibles
Under the widely applied rules of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, allocation of the returns from the exploitation of intellectual property should be shared among all entities that contribute towards the profit-generating value of an intangible. This important book, in its detailed treatment of compliance with this principle – known as DEMPE (development, enhancement, maintenance, protection and exploitation) – describes exactly how both taxpayers and tax authorities can achieve an accurate assessment of transactions in order to arrive at an appropriate transfer pricing outcome. Analysing the legal, economic, and business management aspects of multinational enterprises activities, t...
History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of wills in late medieval Krakow. It presents the origins of testamentary acts in the Kingdom of Poland and its centre, Krakow, and their subsequent transformation from so called ‘canonical wills’ to ‘communal wills’. Wysmułek discusses the socio-cultural role of wills and sets them in their contemporary legal, social, and economic context. In doing so, he uncovers their influence on property ownership and family relations in the city, as well as on the religious practices of the burghers. Ultimately, this work seeks to change the perception of wills by treating the testamentary act itself as an important agent of historical social change – a ‘tool of power’.
Rzeczy ważne, a czasem błahe
W dążeniu do wolności jest coś świętego. Ale kiedy znajdziemy się już w ustroju wolności, wkraczamy w obszar polityki, całkowicie świecki. Pogodny, choć zmęczony Tadeusz Mazowiecki, a tuż za nim Henryk Woźniakowski. To zdjęcie wykonane podczas pamiętnej kampanii prezydenckiej z 1990 roku nadal wisi nad biurkiem autora. Gdyby wówczas wygrali, być może Polska wyglądałaby dziś inaczej. Po tym doświadczeniu Woźniakowski wraca do Krakowa i – nie rezygnując z zaangażowania społecznego – na trwałe wiąże się z działalnością wydawniczą. Okazuje się, że jest mu to zdecydowanie bliższe niż agresywny niekiedy świat polityki. W rozmowie z Dominiką Kozłowską Henryk Woźniakowski, prezes jednego z największych polskich wydawnictw, opowiada o zawodzie wydawcy i swoim spojrzeniu na sprawy publiczne. Wspomina bliskich, którzy nauczyli go przywiązania do wolności, pokazuje, skąd biorą się współczesne polskie podziały, a jednocześnie nie stroni od anegdot. Znaleźć tu można ciekawe relacje ze spotkań z Jerzym Giedroyciem, Józefem Czapskim, Michelem Foucault czy Henrym Kissingerem. Powyższy opis pochodzi od wydawcy.
New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative
This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy. By introducing the transnational public domain in the study of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the book goes beyond existing theoretical frameworks involving both the ‘clash between civilizations’ and the ‘time-worn division’ of the world into North and South. It advances a new focus on the theoretical and empirical elements that canvass global cultural behaviours and reactionary attitudes to the expanding Chinese economic norms, cultures and values in different national contexts. Readers of political theory, global political economy, globalization, international relations, political sociolo...
