BETWEEN A HUMAN AND A BEAST: Between myths and scientific proofs. Defining interspecies relationship in dog training

The bond between human and dog, the first domesticated animal, is a unique one. No other species is involved in such deep and multi-faceted relations with humans as dog; such relations include work, cooperation, sport, a...

THE IDEA OF MAN AND DIVINITY IN ANTIQUITY PART II: Mesopotamian Divination. Some Historical, Religious and Anthropological Remarks

Divination was a salient characteristic of Mesopotamian civilization. Divination was basedon the idea that to some extent the future is pre-determined; but that the gods, especiallyShamash and Adad (“Shamash, lord of the...

URBAN COMMUNITY IN CRISIS? Urban Communities and Associations. The Attempt of a Sociological Portrait

Ferdinand Tönnies defined the sociological understanding of the community and the association. They are two forms of coexistence and cohabitation of people in the social space. These forms co-create the space of the citi...

[b]Tożsamość narracyjna[/b]: Tożsamość opowiedziana od nowa: José Martí i idea metysażu kulturowego

Pod koniec XIX w. w dyskursie narodowym jedną z kategorii centralnych stało się przeciwstawienietradycji i nowoczesności: tego, co własne, i tego, co obce. Nowoczesne myśleniew terminach „albo-albo” wyraziło się również...

Narrative identity: Mystory/my store – between narrative and participatory identity