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Czynniki destabilizacji politycznej w Karaczajo-Czerkiesji: separatyzm etniczny i fundamentalizm religijny

Przemysław J. Sieradzan

Przegląd Politologiczny > 2012 > 2 > 93-105

The Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia is among the most unstable entities of the Russian federation. Whereas the ideas of radical political Islam enjoy little popularity there, the ethnic structure is exceptionally complex, which is not reflected in the model of territorial administration. The scale of corruption and nepotism of the local elite is enormous. The relations between the two titular ethnicities...

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Wyspy Aleuckie i Komandorskie w kontekście rywalizacji wielkich mocarstw o hegemonię na Północnym Pacyfiku

Przemysław J. Sieradzan

Nowa Polityka Wschodnia > 2013 > 2(5) > 101-113

The subject of this article is the history of the discovery and colonization of the Aleutian and Commander Islands, the situation of the indigenous peoples and the geostrategic position of the archipelago. This region, although it is of minor importance for global security, is an important element in the history and politics of both the United States and Russia. The author describes the discovery...

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Źródła nacjonalizmu czerkieskiego i jego konsekwencje polityczne

Tadeusz Bodio, Przemysław J. Sieradzan

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne > 2012 > 4 > 47-74

The problem of the increasing threat to Russian security in the area of the Northern Caucasus is described as originating in the ethnic groups from the mountainous region located between the Caspian, Black and Azov Seas. The hundreds of ethnic and sub-ethnic groups living there have their own identities and are aware of their individuality. This makes the Northern Caucasus the most unstable of all...

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SACRUM AND PROFANUM OR SACROFANUM? CHANGES IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF SACRUM IN THE MODERN WORLD

J. Sieradzan

Lud > 2006 > 90 > 13-36

The article analyses the problems of sacrum as discussed by a few modern scholars - Walter Burkert, René Girard and Hyam Macoby, who link the reflection on religions (mainly Old Greek, Judaism and Christianity) to the data from anthropological and ethological studies. The text also relates on the discussion of the interrelation between sacrum and profanum as analysed by classical scholars, and promotes...

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DEATH BY CHOICE IN INDIAN RELIGIONS

J. Sieradzan

ARCHEUS. Studia z bioetyki i antropologii filozoficznej > 2006 > 7 > 115-123

The article discusses Old Indian sources - Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist - which raise an issue of suicide and voluntary death of a realized ascetic, understood as the fulfillment of life full of sacrifice. Also, the paper presents contemporary opinions on that subject. The author understands the notion of euthanasia in its contemporary understanding (as assisting in another person's death) and as typical...

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HUMAN LIFE AND INSANITY: NIETZSCHE ON MADNESS

J. Sieradzan

Edukacja Filozoficzna > 2006 > 43 > 141-156

The article is concerned with the role of madness in the works of Nietzsche. The German philosopher saw many conceptions and human activities as manifestation of madness. These include: happiness, wisdom, truth, faith in god(s), purity, morality, debauchery, virtues, honesty, live, mercy, compassion, power, wealth, marriage, genius, super humanity, conformism, literary activity, idealism, nobility...

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ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTS OF 'MAGIC' AND 'RELIGION'

J. Sieradzan

Lud > 2005 > 89 > 13-50

This is a review of classic publications, mainly English and Polish, written in the course of 130 years (from 1871 to 2001) on the mutual relations between the concepts in question. At the beginning (more or less until the mid 20th century) anthropology believed that religion (mainly Christian, but not only) is superior to magic. However, in light of new anthropological studies, religious and magical...

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Czynniki destabilizacji politycznej w Karaczajo-Czerkiesji: separatyzm etniczny i fundamentalizm religijny

Wyspy Aleuckie i Komandorskie w kontekście rywalizacji wielkich mocarstw o hegemonię na Północnym Pacyfiku

Źródła nacjonalizmu czerkieskiego i jego konsekwencje polityczne

SACRUM AND PROFANUM OR SACROFANUM? CHANGES IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF SACRUM IN THE MODERN WORLD

DEATH BY CHOICE IN INDIAN RELIGIONS

HUMAN LIFE AND INSANITY: NIETZSCHE ON MADNESS

ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTS OF 'MAGIC' AND 'RELIGION'

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