Bücher der Reihe Philosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited / Historisch-genetische Studien zur Philosophie und Kulturgeschichte

The present book offers an interpretation of social life developed during a century of sociological thought at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. It was the authors' intention to combine a historical perspective (the genesis of thoughts and concepts) with a detailed discussion of ideas (theoretical premises).

This collection of essays is a multifaceted reflection on Jerusalem that aims to enter the ongoing discourse regarding this particular city and forms of its appearance in culture. The book is divided into four parts that focus on Jerusalem in biblical tradition, Jewish non-biblical tradition, pilgrimage accounts, and in a cultural perspective.

This book analyses the development of Byzantine thought, defines the contents and characteristics of Byzantine philosophy, the role of Greco-Roman world and the place of Christian thinkers. It describes the relationship between Byzantine philosophy and Greek Patristics as well as the Byzantine neptic thought.

This book provides an overview of selected problems typical of contemporary ethics. These issues are related to environmental ethics, animal rights, moral education, liberal-communitarian debate, moral cognitivism, postmodern ethics, dilemmas of migration policy, and contemporary exploitation of people.

The book provides an overview of the main moral ideas typical of ancient ethics. It can serve as a script for students of humanities. The book also offers a selection of source texts useful for studying and teaching ethics.

In this first comprehensive study of Plato's conception of justice, apprehension of human dignity plays a crucial role for understanding an individual in relation to law and state. Plato's philosophy turns out to provide foundations for modern-day human rights protection rather than for totalitarian approaches.

The book deals with selected aspects of poststructural thought which are introduced into the language of contemporary science, prose, and poetry. Such an enterprise is possible by treating philosophy, science, and poetry as languages which can try to enter into a dialogue through metaphors. This is the ground on which the project is implemented.

The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical and practical arithmetic. It is mainly based on an analysis of Gerbert's so-called scientific letters. An attention is paid to the philosophy of numbers (Saltus Gerberti, quadrivium) and practical counting (Hindu-Arabic numerals, abacus).

The study shows the reception of the views of Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite by Gregory Palamas. The author presents the doctrinal context of Palamas' dispute with Barlaam from Calabria on the possibility of knowing God, the most important issue in 14th-century Byzantium. The author distances herself from many previous interpretations of this problem. She proves that, considering how much Palamas succumbed or did not succumb to the Areopagite or ¿corrected¿ his position, he has a very weak doctrinal basis. The author notices that over-emphasizing Dionysius' dependence on the Neoplatonic tradition does not lead to a solution to the problem. Palamas' teachings are placed in the context of the traditions of the Christian East and their relation to the thoughts of the Areopagite himself.