BETWEEN A HUMAN AND A BEAST: Metaphor of space in communication. Between nature and culture

Spatial metaphor in semiotic shows the nature of every specific sign system as a dynamic, mercurial unity of interrelated constituents, which condition the meaning of every particular sign in the semiotic system. The con...

Governmentality and what next?: Michel Foucault’s methodological imagination

Michel Foucault does not respect in his thinking disciplinary borders. As a result, his analysis found inspiration in the conceptual inventions that were created outside of, and sometimes contrary to the traditional conc...

FACES OF ART: Typical furniture in Łódź city centre apartments at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (contribution to the research)

This article describes and explores the furniture chosen for apartments typical of the middle class and petty bourgeoisie of Łódź. These premises were located in the tenement buildings in, or around, the vicinity of Piot...

IDEA CZŁOWIEKA I BÓSTWA W STAROŻYTNOŚCI CZĘŚĆ II: Mesopotamian Divination. Some Historical, Religious and Anthropological Remarks

Divination was a salient characteristic of Mesopotamian civilization. Divination was basedon the idea that to some extent the future is pre-determined; but that the gods, especiallyShamash and Adad (“Shamash, lord of the...

BOOK REVIEWS AND REPORTS: Śmiech Sokratesa