THE IDEA OF MAN AND DIVINITY IN ANTIQUITY PART I: Gods and temples of Palmyra

The paper is based on a lecture given at the University of Gdansk in 2010. Four sanctuaries that have been excavated in Palmyra are briefly presented according to the latest research. The principal sanctuary of Bel and t...

25 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNISM IN EUROPE: PHENOMENA, PROBLEMS AND TEORETICAL EXPLANATION: From “Solidarity” to precarious work. Transformation of the Labour Market in Poland 1989–2014

The article describes the changes in the Polish labour market within the last 25 years. Theyear 1989 closed the post-war period of the communist centrally-regulated labour market,which had been based on permanent obligat...

DISEASE, ILLNESS, SICKNESS Society and Health. Essays on the Social and Cognitive Identity of Medical Sociology

As in Western science, in Poland studies of the relationship between social life, health and illness are the subject of classical siocio-medical analyses. The aim of this text is to present a genesis of the sociological...

KULTURA: Pojęcie prywatności i jej społeczno-kulturowy kontekst

Celem artykułu jest rozważenie prywatności w dwóch aspektach: jako koncepcji wykorzystywanej przez różne nauki (między innymi antropologię, socjologię, politologię, prawo) oraz jako społeczno‑kulturowe zjawisko. Pierwsza...

RECENZJE I SPRAWOZDANIA Sprawozdanie z konferencji „Kultura wolności – kultura odpowiedzialności. Socjologiczno‑antropologiczne analizy kulturowego dziedzictwa Solidarności”