Pułtusk Academy of Humanities

Celem artykułu było zaprezentowanie opinii badanych nauczycieli szkoły pod stawowej i gimnazjum na temat edukacji regionalnej. Aby powyższy cel zrealizować, przeprowadzono sondaż diagnostyczny, który wykazał, że treści z zakresu rozwijania wiedzy o kulturze własnego regionu i jej związków z kulturą europejską są podejmowane przez ¾ badanych respondentów.

Artykuł niniejszy przedstawia problem dotyczący budowy kaplicy i utworzenia parafii Żebry-Perosy koło Ostrołęki w latach 1956–1978. W artykule zaprezentowano starania Kościoła katolickiego diecezji płockiej w tej kwestii oraz stanowisko władz komunistycznych w sprawie utworzenia nowej parafii. Przy pisaniu tekstu wykorzystano dokumenty archiwalne oraz literaturę przedmiotu. Artykuł stanowi przyczynek do dziejów najnowszych diecezji płockiej w okresie PRL-u, relacji państwo–Kościół na jej te renie oraz parafii Żebry-Perosy.

Silver as coins, jewellery and other items was between the eighth and twelfth centuries one of the most important noble metals in Europe, with different functions, both economic and symbolic ones. One of its manifestations was, in some places, burying silver items underground. The reviewed book is devoted to research into the role played by silver in the process of formation of the Piast State.

at the University of Lvov, Tadeusz Kowalski at the Jagiellonian University and Ana-

The New Policy Adopted by Ukraine’s PresidentSummaryThis article discusses the changes in Ukrainian policy since the beginning of Petro Poroshenko’s presidency. Poroshenko, the winner ofUkraine’s presidential election of 25th May 2014, launched his campaign with the slogan “A New Lifestyle” – patently inspired by FranklinD. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The way the new President and government ofUkraine have been exercising power shows that they intend to pursuea long-term policy for the enhancement of the Ukrainian economy bymeans of neoliberal instruments, such as, for example, the privatisation of inefficiently managed state entities, the liberalisation of pricesand tariffs, a war on corruption, the implementation of decentralisingmeasures, the removal of administrative barriers, and support for medium and small businesses. The author observes a similarity betweenRoosevelt’s New Deal and Poroshenko’s New Lifestyle, particularly inthe latter’s endeavour to cope with a deep political and economic crisis.His efforts are being backed by the nation’s support, despite the inauspicious conditions. The author also notes that the armed conflict inEastern Ukraine is an additional factor aggravating efficient governmentand the implementation of reforms. There is a potential for a change inthe traditional rationale splitting Ukraine along an east—west divide,due to the fact that Poroshenko, who has the reputation of a moderate,won more votes in the traditionally nationalist Western Ukraine, thanin Eastern Ukraine, where his lead in the election over radical andnationalist candidates was substantially narrower. The author is of theopinion that this development offers a prospect for a reorientation inthe hitherto bipolar division in Ukrainian society. The biggest challenge facing Ukraine’s new President and government is political andfinancial decentralisation. The author draws a comparison betweenUkraine’s current situation and the French Republic, which is a unitary,centralised, and monocentric state. To stabilise the situation in Ukraine, Poroshenko will need to normalise the country’s relations with theRussian Federation, which in view of Russia’s annexation of Crimea andthe Russian military intervention in Eastern Ukraine, will call for a fargreater effort than what was expected of his predecessors.

Montesquieu and Roman Military Discipline: Opinions,Interpretations, and SourcesSummaryMontesquieu’s influence on the development of modern public lawis undisputed, but he also played a very important role in shaping theperception of the Roman art of war. Like Machiavelli, he devoted a considerable amount of attention to Roman disciplina militaris. His comments were quite general, but they exerted a substantial influence onthe opinions of scholars of military discipline. Along with Lipsius andMachiavelli, he was one of the most cited authors, and his perceptionof military discipline was even reflected in some of the arrangementsemployed in the French army under the First Republic. Research on thereception of Roman ideas on the art of war usually stops at the MiddleAges, but Montesquieu’s work as a writer and his impact on later scholarsare the best justification for studying his opinions on this issue.

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The article discusses a collection of Karol Irzykowski’s aphorisms entitled Kuźnia bluźnierstw ( The Forge of Blasphemy , 1911, printed as a book in 1913), its role against the trends of the times, especially Nietzsche’s philosophy and psychoanalysis, the importance of social rebellions, national uprisings and artistic revolutions (“blaspheming”, “bravado”, “pioneering”, audiacia civilis ). In the subsequent part of the article, the author discusses the topicality of a critic’s theses in relation to the contemporary disputes over the content and the language of the argumentation. The author has placed pragmatism at the centre of the considerations, with special emphasis placed on intellectual and artistic deeds, antecedent awareness and its caricature i.e. usurpation. This is concisely put in the following aphorism: “Genuine faith feeds on lack of faith; it only lives because it is constantly restored”.