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Studies on Eastern Churches Culture within the Borders of the Former Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth
Vol. 38 No. 3 (2022)The current issue is larger than the typical issues of Perspectives on Culture. This is primarily related to the theme section, Studies on Eastern Churches Culture within the Borders of the Former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, under the guest editorship of staff members of the Department of Polish-Ukrainian Studies at the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University: Associate Prof. Alicja Zofia Nowak, PhD, Professor of the Jagiellonian University, and Associate Prof. Agnieszka Gronek, PhD, Professor of the Jagiellonian University. This section is presented in the Editorial written by the two Professors, and is a continuation of their previous projects on similar topics (2016 and 2019 monograph editions). I would only add that it contains 19 articles written by authors from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, France and Italy. The section is also complemented by two articles. The first is a short communiqué by Archbishop Ihor Isichenko (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) presenting Kharkiv, and more precisely, Kharkiv churches in the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The other one is a review of Oleh Bolyuk’s book Wooden sacred artifacts (as based on Ukraine’s western regions) by Agnieszka Gronek (Jagiellonian University).
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Ancient Middle East as Received by Contemporary Culture
Vol. 37 No. 2 (2022)An examination of the meanders of how the heritage of antiquity is received in contemporaneity is usually associated with the legacy of Greek and Roman culture. In the current issue, we propose a slightly different perspec- tive – on the interesting and intriguing themes drawing from the achieve- ments of cultures of the ancient East, primarily Egypt. This thread appears in the articles of the theme section of this issue of Perspectives on Culture.
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The Ottoman Empire and Turkey: History, Literature and Culture
Vol. 36 No. 1 (2022)29 października 1923 roku Mustafa Kemal, zwany później Atatürkiem, zadeklarował utworzenie Republiki Turcji. Rok wcześniej został zniesiony sułtanat. W ten sposób Turcja jako państwo zaistniało dopiero w XX wieku, ale zostało wykreowane z kulturowej osmańskiej rzeczywistości i tradycji, która funkcjonowała w basenie śródziemnomorskim przez 700 lat. Pomimo że współcześni mieszkańcy Turcji mają swoje korzenie w koczowniczych plemionach tureckich z centralnej Azji, a języki tureckie są dziś rozpowszechnione po Uzbekistan i Kazachstan, sam naród turecki został ukształtowany w wyniku wzajemnej infiltracji dwóch cywilizacji – śródziemnomorskiej Europy i bliskowschodniego muzułmańskiego Orientu. Czy zatem możemy zadać dzisiaj pytanie, czy historyczne imperium osmańskie i dzisiejsza Turcja to dwa różne cywilizacyjnie światy (Jerzy S. Łątka)? To jedno z wielu pytań, które może się pojawić w trakcie dyskusji nad tematem przewodnim. Redakcja „Perspektyw Kultury” zaprasza badaczy historii o kultury Turcji do nadsyłania różnorodnych tekstów związanych z rocznicowym zagadnieniem, licząc również na teksty dotykające zagadnień mało znanych, jak na przykład działalność Osmanów na Oceanie Indyjskim w XVI wieku.
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An Oriental Journey
Vol. 35 No. 4 (2021)The announcement of the Minister of Education and Science dated December 21, 2021 on the amendment and correction of the announcement on the list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences brought joyful news for the Editorial Board, Readers, and Friends of Perspectives on Culture. We have received 100 points in the new ranking of the Ministry.
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Women in Culture
Vol. 34 No. 3 (2021)The late 1960s and early 1970s development of liberation discourses (postcolonial, racial, ethnic, gender, environmental, etc.) resulted in them turning not only and not so much into an intellectual strategy, but instead, in their entering culture as social practices, and becoming the main patterns of behavior and models of thinking. In this context, the feminist discourse, which initially developed as a political and legal narrative of the struggle for women’s rights, unfortunately became a world view and even an ideological discourse of opposition and competition between the sexes as it spread.
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Literature. Media. Propaganda
Vol. 33 No. 2 (2021)The cover title of the new issue of “Perspectives on Culture” is simple yet very capacious, and the Authors prove that the key to these three words can refer us to extremely interesting and even sometimes intriguing areas of research.
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Christianity as a Source of European Culture
Vol. 32 No. 1 (2021)The topic of Issue 32 of Perspectives on Culture is Christianity and its role as a source of not only European, but also a geographically wider cultural sphere (e.g., the Egyptian Copts). Three pillars were fundamental to the construction of Europe’s current cultural identity: Athens as a source of philosophy, Rome as the foundations of law, and Jerusalem as a place where religion was born. Christianity created a new cultural heritage upon the achievements of Athens and Rome, having respect for the legacy of the previous civilizations. There is no doubt that Christianity has made an important contribution to European culture. In this issue, an important place is given to the person of Pope John Paul II, whose teachings and thoughts appear in several texts.
