Through Cultures and Civilizations. In Memory of Prof. Andrzej Flis [Przez kultury i cywilizacje. Pamięci Profesora Andrzeja Flisa], eds. A. Kowalska, A. Mrozek, A. Świerzowska, M. Teperska-Klasińska, Estetyka i Krytyka, No 23(4/2011).

The present book contains a selection of papers authored by the colleagues, students and friends of Andrzej Flis. These are the studies that were inspired by him, aim at answering his questions or simply revolve around the topics which remained within his field of interests. The publication concludes with a previously unpublished paper written by Prof. Andrzej Flis.

Agata Świerzowska

Contents

Agata Świerzowska, A Word on Prof. Andrzej Flis

 

Part I: Thinking about Culture

Łukasz Trzciński, Cyberspace and Cultural Encounter

Mariola Flis, Kinship and the Cultural Diversity of the Institution of Marriage

Izabela Trzcińska, A Philosopher and an Idiot. The Renaissance Roots of the Idea of a Scholar

Agnieszka Kowalska, The Theory of Civilisation and the Vision of the Western Civilisation and Christianity from the Perspective of Arnold Toynbee

Bożena Gierek, The Role and Significance of the Celtic Languages in European Culture

 

Part II: Understanding Asia

Gendun Chophel, An Answer

Marta Kudelska, Meditational Schemes in Maitrayaniya Upanishad

Agata Świerzowska, How do the  Hindus Practice Yoga?

Marek Moroń, Having a Sovereign State – A Comparison of the Kingdom of Nepal and the Khanate of Kalat/Balochistan

Edmund Baka, Some Remarks on the "Art of Lightness" in Chinese Psychophysical Practices

Renata Iwicka, Kamikakushi – Hidden by Gods

Santōka Taneda, The Nature and Charms of a Life of a Wanderer and the Beauty of Women

 

Part III: The Common Roots

Małgorzata Kniaź, Between Emancipation and Discrimination – The Coptic Minority in the Muslim Egypt

Paulina Niechciał, The Iranian Armenians – The Largest Christian Community in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Andrzej Mrozek, Bożena Prochwicz-Studnicka, Marta Teperska-Klasińska, Between Heaven and Hell. The Judeo-Christian Tradition and the Qur'an

Elżbieta Olzacka, The Relation of Byzantine Christianity to War – Between the Spiritual War and Earthly Wars of the Empire

Ireneusz C. Kamiński, Islam before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner, Solar Motives in the Iconography of the Antique Magical/Gnostic Gemms

Przemysław Piekarski, Between Benares and Jerusalem. Some Remarks on the Similarities between Hinduism and Judaism

Andrzej Flis, Church and Democracy in Modern Europe