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(Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace
(Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace brings together eleven original essays that were presented at the Third Global Conference on Cultures of Violence held in August 2002 in Prague. Covering an array of violence-related subjects, and a range of methodologies—textual, historical, theoretical, quantitative—the resulting volume is a multifaceted exploration of how cultures of violence are constructed, and how they can be deconstructed and replaced with cultures of peace. In part one, the authors aim to map and describe some of the important cultures of violence in our modern world—interstate war, civil war, criminal punishment, religious conflict, hooliganism—as an initial st...
On the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention
This study launches a systematic inquiry into the nature of the concept of humanitarian intervention, focusing on its primary function of the protection of the endangered civilian populations who find themselves at the grave risk of genocide. This is strengthened by a recollection of selected historical examples of similar events and the responses to them by the international community, empowered by our modern understanding of the principle of state sovereignty, human rights, and anti-genocide legislation. Applying the in-statu-nascendi ontology that accounts for the latest hybridized compartmentalization of various IR-related theories, the author provides a deep ontological inquiry into the nature, origin, and genesis of the idea of humanitarian intervention and opens up a broader debate on the limits of the principle of state sovereignty as well as on the international community’s ignorance of some of the most severe cases of human rights abuses around the world.
Resilience and Health
What decides whether a person suffering misfortune bounces back quickly or falls into despair for years? Which processes and mechanisms constitute psychological resilience? Is there a particular, evolutionary-shaped model of human adaptation, which enables a person to maintain mental health in unfavorable and dynamically changing circumstances? All these questions are addressed by the contributors to the monograph titled Resilience and Health in a Fast-Changing World. While searching for the answers the authors refer to an extensive scholarly literature, their own theoretical investigations as well as to the outcomes of empirical researches conducted.
Understanding Problems of Social Pathology
A social reality (including social pathology) is constantly being constructed anew in the process of confrontation of perspectives and definitions of individuals, institutions and social groups. Therefore what interests the authors of the book more than the disputes on the right definition, is the understanding of social pathology phenomena - their causes, mechanisms, and social costs. Complex and multidimensional as it is, social reality is best described from various perspectives. For that reason, a potentially interesting and fruitful interdisciplinary approach characterises the book. It contains mainly texts of psychologists who work at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. The articles...
Society and Social Pathology
This book offers one of the most comprehensive studies of social pathology to date, following a cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative approach. It is written for anyone concerned with understanding current social conditions, individual health, and how we might begin to collectively conceive of a more reconciled postcapitalist world. Drawing reference from the most up-to-date studies, Smith crosses disciplinary boundaries from cognitive science and anthropology to critical theory, systems theory and psychology. Opening with an empirical account of numerous interlinked carises from mental health to the physiological effects of environmental pollution, Smith argues that mainstream ...
Pokuta mojego dziadka
Czarny humor i inteligentne zwroty akcji - literackie miniaturki, od których nie można się oderwać. Przybysz z kosmosu pomagający rozprawić się doktorowi literaturoznawstwa z niewierną żoną, wikary łamiący tajemnicę spowiedzi i rozpoczynający śledztwo w sprawie zabójstwa sprzed lat, w końcu redaktor Daniel Jung dociekający sprawy tajemniczej śmierci kandydatki na prezydenta miasta - opowiadania Siateckiego skrzą się od charakternych postaci, błyskotliwych dialogów i wyrafinowanego poczucia humoru. Świetna lektura dla miłośników powieści Siateckiego oraz opowiadań Rolanda Topora. Alfred Siatecki (ur. 1947) - pisarz, dziennikarz, autor słuchowisk. Ukończył Wyżs...
Zasoby osobiste i społeczne a dobrostan psychiczny wychowanków młodzieżowych ośrodków wychowawczych
W książce podjęto problematykę zasobów osobistych i społecznych wychowanków młodzieżowych ośrodków wychowawczych i ustalenia ich związku z dobro-stanem psychicznym. Autorka omawia znaczenie zasobów psychospołecznych w życiu człowieka oraz przybliża ich resocjalizacyjny potencjał. Wskazuje także na sytuacji, w której wtórna socjalizacja osób dorastających odbywa się w separacji od zewnętrznych, naturalnych środowisk życia. Odwołując się do literatury przedmiotu, ukazuje niekorzystny wpływ izolacji instytucjonalnej na zdrowie psychiczne adolescentów. Na tej podstawie i z uwzględnieniem wyników badań własnych przedstawia nowe rozwiązania w pracy z młodzież...
Football and Communities 2012
This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. From club-sponsored outreach initiatives to organisations that bring together a team's supporters, football clubs play a vital role in building and sustaining communities. This volume explores the significance and value of such activities, as well as the critical issues they raise.
