MUSIC AND MORALITY: [i]Messiah’s[/i] Tainted Glory? Philosophical Aspects of a Musicological Quarrel on Alleged Anti-Semitism in Handel’s Oratorio

In this paper I reconstruct M. Marissen’s claim that G.F. Handel’s Messiah (HWV 56) conveysa palpable anti-Judaist message, in order to critically examine P. Kivy’s negative responseto it. What Marissen describes as ‘ant...

MISCELLANEA: Społeczno-kulturowe uwarunkowania egzystencji kobiet niepełnosprawnych w krajach arabskich i w Indiach

Tożsamość kobiety jest determinowana oczekiwaniem odnoszącym się do ról, które w społeczeństwiebędzie ona pełnić. Role te wynikają z kontekstu, w jakim w określonych kulturachosadzone jest pojmowanie kobiecości oraz wyni...

MIĘDZY CZŁOWIEKIEM A BESTIĄ: Animalising Social Life: An introduction

Human-Animal Studies (HAS) has opened up new lines of scholarly enquiry which is animalising our understanding of social life. This is a significant development because it reminds us of our longstanding co-existence with...

MAGISTRI DOCENT Najstarszy zawód świata. Zjawisko prostytucji w starożytnej Grecji i Rzymie

URBAN COMMUNITY IN CRISIS? Deindividuation as an Urge for Urban-Related Identity. On Meaning of Participation in Urban Cultural Mega Events on the Example of the Opening Ceremony of ECOC Wrocław 2016

The aim of the article is to discuss the crisis of urban-related identity of people of Wroclaw which is consists in rejection of current narrative on the city “Wroclaw – the meeting place” and in unsuccessful search for...