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Item „Civitas mensura” – obywatel miarą wszechrzeczy. Emancypacyjny i upodmiotawiający wymiar obywatelskiego humanizmu(Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Instytut Filozofii UAM, 2017) Juchacz, Piotr W.The consideration of emancipatory and empowering dimension of civic humanism is the chief concern of the article. In the first part there are recalled classical Protagorean sources of European humanism with a special attention to its civic dimension. In the second part I analyse points 3 and 4 of The Amsterdam Declaration 2002 dedicated to the democratic political system. In the last part I propose and develop a thesis that co-participation of citizens in exercising of all three powers in deliberative democratic system – the legislative power (participation in the law-making processes), the executive (participation in creation and realisation of public policies) and the judicial (participation in the system of exercising justice as lay judges) - constitutes the foundation of contemporary humanism as civic activity.Item Debata: Po co nam prawa człowieka?(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii, 2013) Cern, Karolina M.; Nowak, Andrzej W.; Przybyszewski, Krzysztof; Juchacz, Piotr W.The debate Why do we need human rights? took place on April 10th, 2013 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. It was a part of the conference Philosophy is changing the world! organized under the auspices of Public Philosophy & Democratic Education journal. The participants of the debate were the youth from middle and high schools in Poznań and Greater Poland and invited experts from the Institute of Philosophy, AMU: Dr. Karolina M. Cern, Dr. Andrzej W. Nowak, Dr. Krzysztof Przybyszewski. Discussion was moderated by Dr. Piotr W. Juchacz. Youth was asking, inter alia, about what human rights are and how freedom is understood within human rights; whether human rights are associated with the European culture or have universal character; whether international documents relating to human rights are fully respected in Poland; and whether attempts at restricting the access to certain content on the Internet is a violation of human rights.Item Demokracja zaczyna się w umyśle. Rozwijając osobowość demokratyczną(Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 2013) Nowak, Ewa; Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina; Nowak, EwaUcząc studentów filozofii na uniwersytecie zaobserwowałam, że rozmowy o demokracji szybko wznoszą się na poziom abstrakcji (Rosen określa to zjawisko jako "nadmierną prosesjonalizację"); zarazem, ci sami studenci nigdy jeszcze nie zakosztowali prawdziwie demokratycznej dyskusji ani też kooperacji. W jaki sposób teoretycy zasilać mają realny proces demokratyczny? Wszelkie kompetencje umysłowe rozwijają się tylko dzięki regularnemu używaniu. Kompetencje demokratyczne również mają podłoże umysłowe. Swego czasu Lind et al. zaproponowali nawet koncepcję "osobowości demokratycznej". Chciałabym ją tutaj zilustrować, przywołując moje własne badania i doświadczenia związane z edukacją demokratyczną.Item Dikaiosyne – sprawiedliwość. Genealogia pojęcia(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii, 2012) Juchacz, Piotr W.The concept of justice takes a central position in practical philosophy from the birth of philosophical reflection in the ancient Greece to contemporary discussions in political, social, and moral philosophy. This article presents a genealogy and development of the Greek concept of dikaiosyne (δικαιοσύνη). It starts with the first poetical appearances of a term dike (δίκη) in Homer’s poetry, continues with the analysis through its more sophisticated application by Hesiod, and finally it reaches the pivotal philosophical transformations of dike into dikaiosyne in The Histories of Herodotus.Item Doctoral Education in Poland(Open University Press, 2007) Kwiek, Marek; Juchacz, Piotr W.Poland has a long tradition in doctoral education, dating back to the 15th Century when such degrees were awarded at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. At present doctoral education takes place in both public and private universities, with over 33,000 students studying. There is a continuing academic tradition, emanating originally from Germany, of having two scientific degrees: the Doctorate and the ‘Habilitation’. The future of this tradition however is subject to debate in the context of pressures for European harmonization - specifically the Bologna process. Indeed, Poland like so many other countries in Europe and beyond faces significant transformation in the coming years as pressures to redfine the doctorate and its purposes and outcomes are addressed.Item EUropean (Legal) Culture Reconsidered (CPP RPS 14/2009)(Center for Public Policy Research Papers Series, 2009) Cern, Karolina M.; Juchacz, Piotr W.All in all, the starting point of any considerations should be the clearest part of the whole. So, let us begin with two pretty obvious statements. The first one is that from an empirical point of view there are different legal laws; this means that national legal systems differ from one another. We can talk of Swiss law, German law, Polish law, American law and the like; we can also discuss two different types of legal law: common law or statute law. There is no doubt they are all diverse. The second statement applies to a theoretical level (not just empirical): Each theorist announces principles he thinks applicable to any legal system, yet each is actually best understood as describing a national legal system – English in the case of Hart, American in the case of Dworkin, German in the case of Habermas.Item Filozofia kosmologii antropicznej(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2021) Leciejewski, Sławomir; Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina M.In the second half of the 20th century, research in the field of scientific cosmology began to focus on the fact that protein life forms existed on one of the planets. The relations between, on the one hand, the structure, development and origin of the universe and, on the other, the possibility of the existence and duration of life, started to be described in different versions of anthropic principles. The universe in which the emergence and evolution of protein life forms was possible came to be called the anthropic universe. Thus, the hitherto three-part research field of cosmology (the structure, development and origin of the universe) was supplemented with a fourth component: the origin of life in the universe. In other words, anthropic cosmology would attempt not only to reconstruct and describe the structure, development and origin of the universe, but it would also discuss the origin and possibility of the evolution of life in this universe. The anthropic current in cosmology also emerged as part of an attempt to resolve the difficulties that arose in the cosmology of the 1970s. The many problems encountered by the standard cosmological model inspired a search for new ways of analysing cosmological issues. This resulted in the emergence of so-called anthropic explanation, which formed the basis of anthropic cosmology. The aim of the book is to provide a general introduction to selected issues connected with a very broad field of research located on the borderline between philosophy and cosmology. The first chapter will present the scientific and philosophical dimensions of cosmology. In the second chapter, cosmic coincidences and the cosmic context of life will be discussed, and the basic formulations of the anthropic principle will be reviewed. The concluding third chapter will identify how anthropic cosmology can be understood today, before outlining its basic philosophical implications.Item Filozofka i paso doble(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2021) Malitowska, Anna; Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina M.The subject of the book is ballroom dancing, understood as an artistic-cultural practice. The author outlines the problem context, in which dance as a cultural phenomenon is not a common subject of research, especially in Poland. As for ballroom dance – it is of even less interest to academia. Its artistry seems unnoticed by art in general, while its culture-forming dimension is marginalized in education. This “cultural absence” clearly contrasts with the growing popularity of ballroom dancing as a competitive sport, or form of mass entertainment provided by television programs such as “Dancing with the Stars”. Starting from such a diagnosis, the author demonstrates that ballroom dance extends beyond its sporting, utilitarian or consumerist dimensions and is becoming a self-conscious artistic practice that affects social and cultural discourses. The book consists of three essays, each of them presenting a different theoretical perspective on ballroom dancing. The first essay, exploring the field of choreography, examines how composition, which transforms gestures and figures into routines, is nourished by cultural traditions. The understanding and interpretation of dance are addressed in the second essay, which develops a “dance audience” concept, building on hermeneutics and cultural semiotics. In the third essay, the author presents ballroom dancing as a historical discourse of art and discusses the role of cultural competencies in dance-art creation, understanding, appraisal, and alteration. The argument made in the book is illustrated with references to the choreographies and achievements of leading ballroom couples, and is supported by findings in the fields of critical cultural studies, philology, literature studies, linguistics and semiotics, and art history, as well as research on visual culture and performance art.Item Freedom and Abundance: Dialogical Philosophy of Style(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2021) Gan-Krzywoszyńska, Katarzyna; Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina M.This book presents an outline of the dialogical philosophy of style and it consists of three chapters. The first chapter, Literature and style, introduces the concept of philosophy as a story and presents an analogical approach to dialogue. According to Nietzsche’s The Joyful Wisdom, style constitutes a comprehensive, coherent outlook on life: living in harmony with oneself and the world. Following Genova, the signature and meaning-expressing conception of style are considered in comparison with Sontag’s approach to style from the dialogical point of view. The chapter ends with the concept of style as editing, and in this context I present the notion of attention in the sense employed by Weil. The second chapter, Attitude: Freedom And Flexibility, advocates establishing harmony with both oneself and with others, in accordance with the ideas of Thibon and Pronzato, and briefly examined styles of education. Integrity as a criterion of a refined style is based on the moral dimension. In consequence, coherence and clarity lead to an individual style that paradoxically excludes competition. The issues of spontaneity, originality and improvisation are discussed. The final question of flexibility – within the art of life, which is the art of war – is considered, since a fight for one’s style constitutes the greatest victory. The third chapter, Abundance and Joy, is about pluralism and presents creativity from a dialogical perspective, with special emphasis on Freire’s notion of “untested feasibilities” and on appreciation instead of appropriation. The issue of abundance is crucial to the proposed dialogical concept of style. Style as an important contribution to wisdom as a technology of the good life is discussed, and some examples of contemporary applications of the dialogical philosophy of style are presented.Item In Defence of the Diversity of Faculty Talents(Adam Mickiewicz University Press, 2013) Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina M.; Kwiek, MarekThe article contributes to the current debate on what activities of the professoriate should be most highly prized. Different obligations generally fall within one of three categories of faculty activities: research, teaching, or – the most unwelcomed - administrative burdens. But the abovementioned activities by no means exhaust the list of duties conducted by the members of a contemporary faculty. Counselling and advising students or service to the public can be mentioned as additional ones between many others. In this article we analyze the problem of the broad range of faculty activities and the issue of the contestable measures of their evaluation within the institutional framework of a university. In our view they address the question of mission ascription to a university or a department and then of an individual scholarly path-taking.Item In Defence of the Diversity of Faculty Talents (CPP RPS 60/2013)(Center for Public Policy Research Papers Series, 2013) Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina M.We would like to introduce this article with a delicious quotation from a piece by Ronald Barnett, emeritus professor of higher education at the Institute of Education (IOE) of the University of London, one of the most recognized British educational scholars. In his article Being an Academic in a Time-Impoverished Age Barnett picturesquely describes the time constraints experienced by contemporary academics: “Today’s academic moves in multiple time frames… There is a class to teach… still some preparation was undertaken the previous evening... in our academic’s mind, too, are insistent thoughts about the deadline in a fortnight’s time by which a research proposal has to be submitted… Prior to that is a further deadline in the next week by which some thoughts on the departmental learning and teaching strategy will have to be put down on paper… Put to one side and half forgotten is a proforma to all staff requiring that an assessment be made under more than twenty categories of activity as to how our academic has spent her time during the past time. In addition, our academic is working on a paper for submission to a journal and has committed herself to submitting it in two months’ time… Over a much longer time frame still, our academic harbours thoughts of… a sabbatical term in the Antipodes to help to frame that agenda” (Barnett 2008: 7-8). This quotation transfer us to the very heart of the current debate on what activities of the professoriate should be most highly prized, namely the issue of the faulty time (Boyer 1990: XI). Different obligations described by Barnett generally fall within one of three categories of faculty activities: research, teaching, or – the most unwelcomed - administrative burdens. But the abovementioned activities by no means exhaust the list of duties conducted by the members of a contemporary faculty. Counselling and advising students or service to the public can be mentioned as additional ones between many others. In this article we undertake the problem of the broad range of faculty activities and the issue of the contestable measures of their evaluation within the institutional framework of a university, which can be summarized by two questions: What it means to be a scholar at the beginning of the twenty first century? What is the meaning of scholarship itself? (Boyer 1990: XII, 1)Item O potrzebie wykorzystania nowych modeli partycypacji publicznej w aktywizacji obywateli wspólnot samorządowych(Wydawnictwo Naukowe IF UAM, 2007) Juchacz, Piotr W.Nowe modele zaangażowania publicznego obywateli poszerzają zakres i zmieniają formy włączania obywateli w procesy podejmowania decyzji we wspólnotach samorządowych. W artykule po krótkim przedstawieniu stanu faktycznego uczestnictwa obywateli w lokalnym życiu politycznym w Polsce, zaprezentowane i poddane analizie zostaje wypracowane przez International Assotiation of Public Participation pięciostopniowe Spektrum Partycypacji Publicznej porządkujące różne typy partycypacji obywatelskiej od informacyjno-konsultacyjnych po deliberatywne, reprezentujące wzrastający zakres wpływu obywateli. W trzeciej części przedstawiona zostaje propozycja dookreślająca podstawowe cechy deliberatywno-inkluzywnych procesów (DIP-ów) partycypacji obywatelskiej autorstwa L. Carson i P. Harta. Na zakończenie omówiony zostaje przykład DIP-u w postaci obywatelskich ław przysięgłych (citizens’ juries).Item Od Redaktorów: O „Filozofii Publicznej i Edukacji Demokratycznej”(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii, 2012) Juchacz, Piotr W.; Malitowska, AnnaItem On the Post-Schumpeterian “Competitive Managerial Model of Local Democracy” as Perceived by the Elites of the Local Government of Wielkopolska (CPP RPS 10/2008)(Center for Public Policy Research Papers Series, 2008) Juchacz, Piotr W.From the perspective of political philosophy the question of the rule of law at the local government level is inextricably linked with the issue of the legitimisation of local authorities and their relation to the political community they represent. The observations of this paper are based on the following empirical and theoretical foundations: – firstly, selected empirical data obtained through a survey of local government authorities in Wielkopolska, carried out by a group of Poznań-based sociologists, presented in a report entitled Znajomość i przestrzeganie prawa przez samorządy a rozwój regionalny w Wielkopolsce [Awareness of and respect for the law among local government authorities and the regional development of Wielkopolska]1, as well as theoretical conclusions drawn on the basis of the study by its organisers; – secondly, the results of qualitative studies in the form of individual in-depth interviews conducted with heads of communes and city and town mayors of three counties of Wielkopolska, presented in a report entitled Wielkopolscy burmistrzowie i wójtowie o sobie i swoich gminach [City and town mayors and commune heads of Wielkopolska reflect on themselves and their communes]. We will contain our discussion, however, to a consideration of the obtained results, which on the one hand show a participation of citizens in the political life of local communities, on the other hand present the relation between the local government and civil society, as perceived by the representatives of highest local government authorities taking part in the survey (city and town mayors, heads of communes and chairpersons of commune councils).Item Post-Metaphysically Constructed National and Transnational Public Spheres and Their Content (CPP RPS 26/2011)(Center for Public Policy Research Papers Series, 2011) Cern, Karolina M.; Juchacz, Piotr W.The following article begins with recalling Habermasian interpretation of Kant‟s three kinds of imperatives and of a post-metaphysical shift that thanks to them happened in his practical philosophy. The usage of Kantian imperatives to the description of discursive will-formation seems to us an important key in understanding models of the public sphere applied and examined by CIDEL. That is why in the next step we analyse CIDEL‟s three models of the public sphere elucidating their interrelations with the problematics of pre-political values, political culture and Euro-citizens‟ identity. Our standpoint, which we are elaborating in the paper, is that the post-metaphysical – it means: „discursively constructed” – European identity is possible to achieve, however under premises of a “never-ending story of justification” political and legal principles and also of a correlated with it civic education fostering democratic competences of Euro-citizens in order to spark the general (European) public and processes of Euro-legitimation.Item Prawo podmiotowe Etyka – prawo – polityka(Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2021) Raburski, Tomasz; Juchacz, Piotr W.; Cern, Karolina M.The book explores the concept of rights in three fields: law, morality, and politics. Rights are treated as a bridge-concept, connecting those fields. The work draws heavily on English-, German- and Polish-language sources. The differences between those academic discourses on rights, Rechte and prawa are discussed. The introductory chapter examines the meaning of the concept, and the variety in the forms of rights. The differences between the English concept of right and the Polish prawo podmiotowe are discussed. The first chapter presents the moral aspect of rights, i.e. the features of the language of rights in comparison to other moral languages, and the role of rights in contemporary ethical theories (esp. utilitarianism). The second chapter examines legal rights. The German concept of Reflexrecht is described. Two forms of legal institutions are compared: one based on rights and the other on well-being. Legislators have to choose which form they use when they enact the law. Several examples are analyzed – what are the consequences of such choices and what are guiding principles helping the legislators to make them. In the third chapter, the politics of rights is discussed, and its three forms are examined in detail: strategic litigation, strengthening of democratic principles, and the empowerment of social movements. The book concludes with a historical chapter, outlining common mistakes about the evolution of rights and their historical role. Two historical moments are discussed in more detail: the conflict of intellectual traditions in 19th century Polish political discourse, and the Marxist critique of rights in socialist legal systems, which led to attempts to replace rights with other institutional forms.Item Sokrates. Filozofia w działaniu(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii UAM, 2004) Juchacz, Piotr W.W pierwszym rozdziale książki autor zdaje sprawę z obecnego stanu debaty wokół głównych źródeł wiedzy o filozofii Sokratesa. Na tej bazie przyjmuje założenie, zgodnie z którym dokonywana w pracy rekonstrukcja filozofii politycznej Sokratesa oparta jest na wczesnych dialogach Platona (tym samym rozprawa sytuuje się w nurcie badawczym wyznaczonym pracami G. Vlastosa, R. Krauta, G. Santasa). W dalszej części autor rekonstruuje podstawowe założenia teoretyczne najdonioślejszej w drugiej połowie XX wieku całościowej interpretacji poglądów Sokratesa dokonanej przez Gregory Vlastosa i poddaje je krytycznej analizie w obszarze dotyczącym filozofii politycznej. Następnie autor prezentuje dwie główne tezy rozprawy. Teza pierwsza pozwala uniknąć nieuchronnych sprzeczności związanych z dychotomicznym postrzeganiem stanowiska Sokratesa (demokrata czy oligarcha), dzięki wprowadzeniu rozróżnienia dwóch form demokracji, dominującej w drugiej połowie V w. p.n.e. w Atenach demokracji woluntarystycznej (rządzenie za pomocą uchwał, tj. psephismata) oraz demokracji nomokratycznej, w której podstawę ładu politycznego konstytuuje ustanowione prawo (nomos), którego nie można dowolnie zmieniać. Z jednej strony poprzez analizę zarówno poglądów teoretycznych Sokratesa, jak i jego działań praktycznych autor książki dowodzi, że wszelkie krytyczne wypowiedzi Sokratesa na temat demokracji dotyczą jej pierwszej - wg Sokratesa zwyrodniałej – formy. Z drugiej strony przytacza, w oparciu o wczesne dialogi Platona, liczne argumenty wspierające pogląd o demokratycznym (pronomokratycznym) charakterze filozofii Sokratesa. Zgodnie z drugą prezentowaną w rozprawie tezą Sokrates uważał, że warunkiem urzeczywistnienia demokracji nomokratycznej jest wytworzenie nowej przestrzeni społecznego dialogu, pośredniej między sferą prywatną (oikos), a sferą działalności politycznej. Autor wspiera tę tezę szczegółową analizą cech charakterystycznych dialogu sokratejskiego i opisem przestrzeni publicznego dyskursu, w której miał on miejsce i którą zarazem kreował. Identyfikuje i analizuje osiem społecznych warunków dialogu sokratejskiego, takich jak: inkluzja społeczna rozmówców, równouprawnienie uczestników dialogu, dobrowolność udziału, jawność, pragnienie dyskutowania tego samego zagadnienia, czas wolny rozmówców, odpowiedzialność za wypowiadane słowa, filozoficzny a nie retoryczny cel dialogu. Na końcu książki znajduje się Appendix, w którym dokonany zostaje przegląd anglosaskiej literatury sokratejskiej z lat 1971-1998.Item The Scholarship of Integration: On the Pivotal Role of Centers of Advanced Study in the New Structure of Research-Intensive Universities in the 21st Century (CPP RPS 61/2013)(Center for Public Policy Research Papers Series, 2013) Juchacz, Piotr W.Let us begin our considerations quoting an opening passage from a book edited by Peter Maassen and Johan P. Olsen University Dynamics and European Integration (2007), that allows us to sketch the broader context of our article: “European universities face demands for urgent and radical reform. A standard claim is that environments are changing rapidly and that universities are not able or willing to respond adequately. It is necessary to rethink and reshape their internal order and role in society simply because European universities do not learn, adapt and reform themselves fast enough. Reform plans comprise the purposes of universities, that is, definitions of what the University is, can be and should be, criteria for quality and success, the kinds of research, education and services to be produced, and for whom” (Olsen, Maassen: 2007: 3). Similarly Marek Kwiek stresses the growing complexity of the academic enterprise in Europe and he puts in the centre of our attention six contentious areas demanding a deepened discussion during the coming decade, such as the following: 1) university funding in mass higher education systems and the role of the cost haring; 2) the role of third stream funding; 3) changing university governance modes; 4) the delinking of teaching/research activities; 5) the differentiation processes within the academic profession; 6) the question about the further expansion of higher education systems (Kwiek 2012a: 32).Item The Scholarship of Integration: On the Pivotal Role of Centers of Advanced Study in the New Structure of Research-Intensive Universities in the 21st Century.(Adam Mickiewicz University Press, 2013) Juchacz, Piotr W.; Kwiek, MarekAccording to well acknowledged diagnosis of the circumstances surrounding the institution of the university stressing the growing complexity of the academic enterprise in Europe and the dynamics of its inner evolution we develop in the presented article two thesis: first, on the need of transdiscliplinary integrative research in contemporary academia, which will reshape and transcend the traditional boundaries of disciplinary divisions of scientific work, and second, that the best place to develop such ‘transdiscliplinary integrative research’ are the centers for advanced study, separated from traditional faculties and departments and based on a project-participating faculty. We single out, define and describe the external and internal circumstances of integrative research and cooperation, which can be conducive or disturbing for their unrestricted and dynamic development.Item Tożsamość narracyjna w dobie postprawdy. Pytanie o aktualność myśli Charlesa Taylora(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2021) Filipiak, Magdalena; Juchacz, Piotr W.; Karolina, M. CernThe term ‘post-truth’ is widely used to describe the status of facts in public discourse. The term implies that arguments appealing to emotions and beliefs play a greater role in shaping public opinion than do arguments based on facts. This book attempts to answer the question of whether the concept of narrative identity, formulated by Charles Taylor in the late 1980s, is still relevant today, if we consider the importance of post-truth in the construction of modern subjectivity. In Taylor’s conception, narrative identity is an orientation in axiological space, and a person defines their attitude towards others through narration and articulation, thus becoming aware of their own axiological map. The source of knowledge about the subject’s “conceptual framework” is conversation, conducted in the medium of language, hence an essential aspect of identity formation is a certain vision of the truthfulness or acceptability of meanings. Taylor puts forward an expressivist conception of meaning, according to which meaning in public space is the result of a conversation involving the disclosure of subjective expressions, beliefs, feelings, sentiments and opinions. From this perspective, Taylor’s conception seems to be extremely up-to-date and appropriate for the contemporary climate of post-truth. Taylor’s analysis of the sources of modern subjectivity can thus be viewed as revealing the mechanisms conducive to shaping the current atmosphere of post-truth. Among such mechanisms, we can mention the features residing on the side of the subject, such as the affirmation of everyday life, a kind of internalization of the subject, assigning great value to human interiority, objectification as a “point” identity, and an understanding of freedom; as well as certain factors outside the subject, namely aspects of the modern world such as secularization, temporality and value pluralism.