Historical legacy, as an important constituent for the evaluation of the extent to which the past influences the present, sheds much light on some of the broader issues of the relation between the past and the present. One of the components of historical legacy is human food consumption habits. The domain of food consumption habits, in traditional Greek and Roman culture, contains a fairly noticeable diversity as it fluctuates between what seems to be two wide poles of dietary practices such as a simple diet, with the focus on minimalism and health and a luxury diet, with the focus on excess and extravagance. These poles, upon close analysis, have determined the dietary customs of antiquity while also formed a gastronomic identity. The impact of this historical legacy seems to have not only flavored Porphyry’s discussion of the nature of the philosopher’s diet in On Abstinence from Killing Animals but has also served in characterizing an advanced stage of minimalism in Greek and Roman food consumption habits.
Cappelen and Lepore (2005; 2006; 2007) have recently emphasised the significance of a minimal notion of perfectly shared content for pragmatic theories. This paper argues for a similar notion, but assumes that a satisfactory defence cannot be achieved along the lines of the existing debate between Minimalism and Contextualism (e.g. Carston 2002, Recanati 2004). Rather, it is necessary to consistently distinguish two functional domains: the subjective processing domain and the interpersonal domain of communication, each with its own kind of utterance meaning. I will argue that it is the mutually recognised content of the speaker's overt commitment that should be identified as ‘speaker meaning’. Diverging from the (post-) Gricean tradition, it is conventionally restricted (minimal), but genuinely pragmatic (speaker-dependent). Functional considerations show that it is, moreover, unnecessary to include further elements in ‘speaker meaning’. The distinction between two notions of utterance meaning with very different characteristics allows us to integrate the assumption of perfect sharing, which explains people's trust in communication, and the subjectivity of the hearer's inferences into a coherent and powerful model.
One of the trends in consumer behaviour that has been gradually gaining strength since the beginning of the 21st century is minimalism, also defined as anti-consumerism, voluntary simplicity and deconsumption. These notions are not identical, although, according to research, the conceptual scope is very approximate. Minimalism means deliberately limiting consumption to the rational sizes that result from the natural, individual, physical and mental characteristics of consumers, while emphasising responsible decision-making in this area. The most common expression of processes related to minimalism is mainly the limitations in quantitative and structural consumption. The aim of the article is to present the state of knowledge about minimalism in consumption on the basis of the analysis of the Polish literature on the subject and the results of scientific research. In the case of consumption, minimalism is compared with other concepts and described in terms of the various research fields of consumption. In the case of trends in consumer behaviour, the term is contrasted with deconsumption and voluntary simplicity. It is indicated as part of a lifestyle of sustainable consumption, and occurs when discussing food wastage as well as fashion. It should be noted that the given issues are related to each other, and their separation/separate treatment results from the adaptation of individual principles and rules by different groups of consumers depending on their own needs.
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Celem niniejszego artykułu jest ukazanie, w jaki sposób komunikacja mediowana komputerowomoże być pomocna w procesie stawania się i w byciu minimalistą. W części pierwszejskoncentrowano się na definicjach minimalizmu wypracowanych przez osoby aktywnena blogach poświęconych temu zagadnieniu, w części drugiej przeanalizowano istotnew kontekście minimalistycznego stylu życia możliwości dostarczane przez blogi, w częścitrzeciej natomiast zwrócono uwagę na relacje interpersonalne nawiązywane przez minimalistóww świcie wirtualnym i poza nim. Rozważane zagadnienia zostały zilustrowanefragmentami wpisów i komentarzy zamieszczanych na wybranych blogach, co pozwoliłorównież zrekonstruować dominujące wzory komunikacyjne (konwersację i konsultację)stosowane przez minimalistów w środowisku sieciowym.
The use-mention distinction is considered as a fundamental concept in the philosophy of language. So it goes without doubt that a comprehensive theory of language has to account for this distinction. In this paper I explore what it means to account for such a distinction and I argue that the main ideas of contextualist theories of language are in conflict with the distinction in question.
Natalia Malek undertakes a task of finding a possibility of translation between the languages of prosaic/poetic and visual arts, thus struggling to widen the spectrum of artistic expression. Her actions aim to intensify the form of the poem, which results in her leaning towards daring minimalism. Malek’s poems have gone a long way from life images with an ordered plot to concise linguistic images which strive towards deeper meanings and open up questions about identity and the art of poetry.
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The article investigates the previously unresearched work of Daniel Kehlmann. Kehlmann, a renowned contemporary novelist, has written only four plays, making him a novice in the area of drama. Until now, his dramatic endeavours have been rather overlooked by the researchers in theatre studies; yet, his plays fit in the paradigm of the contemporary theatre, for which G. Poschmann suggests the term 'critical use of dramatic form'. This article focuses on Kehlmann's plays Ghosts in Princeton and The Journey of the Lost. Such thematic focus is explained by the fact that the aforementioned plays differ from the rest of Kehlman's dramatic work by the critical use of historical subject matter, thus posing as an organic whole.
Zygmunt Krauze is the founder of a new current in art: unistic (unitary) music. He developed this concept in the first period of his artistic work, inspired by the unistic paintings of Władysław Strzemiński. Traces of this style are also detectable in Krauze’s later post-unistic works. Unistic music is characterised by a paradoxical unity in diversity. Most of the composer’s statements collected in this paper refer to specific features of unism in music. Other, more general comments concern the essence of music, the composer’s personal stance, the creative process, the autonomy of the composer, the audience and the performers, etc. Two longer texts by Zygmunt Krauze have been quoted in full. One can be considered as a unistic manifesto, while the other is a kind of personal credo.
Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza wybranych założeń estetycznych minimalizmu architektonicznego. Pierwsza część tekstu przybliża historię ruchów upraszczających i uniwersalizujących w sztuce, szczególnie w architekturze. Druga część omawia kolejno pięć najbardziej wyrazistych zabiegów stosowanych przez architektów minimalistycznych do osiągnięcia piękna w budowlach.
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The aim of this article is a deep analysis of the selected aesthetic assumptions of architectural minimalism. The first part of the text presents the history of simplifying and unifying movements in art, especially in architecture. Then, the paper elucidates five most significant treatments used by minimalist architects to achieve beauty in their buildings.
Jan Krasnowolski is one of the most interesting Polish writers currently living and writing in the UK. He belongs to the same group as the poet and novelist Wioletta Greg (who, until recently, called Isle of Wight home and now lives in Essex) or Piotr Czerwiński (from Ireland). All of those authors write in Polish and publish in Poland, although Britain appears in their writing more and more oen. Some of their books get translated into English and published in the UK (especially Wioletta Greg, recently nominated to the Man Booker International Prize for Swallowing Mercury, translated by Eliza Marciniak). There are also several other Polish writers in the UK, such as A. M. Bakalar and Agnieszka Dale, who write in English. Krasnowolski has written four collections of short stories: 9 łatwych kawałków (9 Easy Pieces), Klatka (A Cage), Afrykańska elektronika (African Electronics) and Syreny z Broadmoor ([e Broadmoor Sirens). He practices his own version of literary minimalism. His writing is often defined as lad lit and compared to Raymond Carver. His language is simplified and streamlined; he describes regular people living next door, often finds his inspiration in British tabloid media.
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Pytanie o kształt i miejsce sacrum w mieście XXI wieku wciąż wywołuje dyskusje i wątpliwości. Architekci, a także ich zleceniodawcy coraz częściej wybierają koncepcję świątyni jako miejsca medytacji, zamiast traktowania budowli sakralnej jako symbolu boskiej potęgi. Choć nie powstał nowoczesny język symboli na miarę potrzeb duchowych współczesnego człowieka, to być może minimalistyczne, niedopowiedziane sacrum jest najodpowiedniejszym miejscem skupienia, stawiania pytań o transcendencję, sens życia czy nieuchronność śmierci.
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The question about the shape and place of the sacred in the 21st century city is still dubious and triggers off discussions. More and more frequently, architects as well as their clients choose the concept of a temple as a place of meditation instead of treating a sacral edifice as a symbol of God’s power. Even though a modern language of symbols adjusted to contemporary man’s spiritual needs has not been created yet, the minimalist, understated sacred could be the most suitable place of concentration, for asking questions about transcendence, the meaning of life or the inevitability of Heath.
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Po erach: przemysłowej, post-industrialnej i informacyjnej w miastach europejskich rozpoczyna się era konceptualna. Powrót do wzruszeń, wrażliwości, subiektywnych dramatów, uczuć i przeżyć, które nie mogą być zastąpione przez komputer i maszyny, a które zostały przez poprzednie epoki odrzucone, to naczelne zadanie rozpoczynającej się ery konceptualnej. Należy mieć nadzieję, iż kształtowane przez kulturę ludzkie zdolności i wrażliwość przywrócą w kolejnej epoce niszczony świat przyrody oraz świat kultury i sztuki.
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After industrial, post-industrial and informative eras, conceptual era begins within European cities. The comeback of subjective feelings, which can not be replaced by the computer and machines, and which have been rejected by the previous eras, is the main goal of the conceptual era. One can hope, that the destroyed world of nature, culture and art will be restored.
In this paper, we focus on consumption practices reflected on blogs of Polish minimalists. We analyzed 16 top blogs of the minimalists present in the Polish blogosphere. The objective of the minimalists is to consume less and live simple life without the excess of material objects. We studied the instructions of everyday conduct which the minimalists give on their blogs, as well as the meanings they assign to their practices: their personal stories of becoming a minimalist and statements of their values. The authors belong to one generation-their childhood took place in the times of the shortage economy in the 1980s. This influenced the whole trajectory of their lives and their consumer choices. To interpret their practices we use the categories of rationalization of Max Weber and modern hedonism of Colin Campbell. It appears that minimalists strive for reaching certain emotional states, e.g. peace and wellbeing they imagine, in line with the theory of modern hedonism. A path to those emotional states consists of rationalization of all the temporary, impulse-based pleasures and control over emotions involved in consumption.
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Analiza istoty formy detalu stosowanego przez architektów w XIX-wiecznych miastach przemysłowych i sposób powiązanie wartości historycznych dziedzictwa kulturowego ze sposobem spojrzenia na współczesne realizacje w tych przestrzeniach typowych dla założeń fabrykanckich, poprzez wybrane przykłady obiektów wzniesionych i modernizowanych na początku XXI w., pozwala na sformułowanie szerszych wniosków dotyczących wzajemnego oddziaływania detalu historycznego na dzisiejsze formy i jego znaczeniową wartość dla kolejnych pokoleń.
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Analysis of the detail substance of the form used by architects in the nineteenth century industrial cities and a link between the historical value of cultural heritage with the modern way to look at projects in these spaces typical assumptions manufacturers, through selected examples of buildings erected and modernized in the early twenty-first century, lends itself to a broader conclusions on the interaction of historical detail on today's form and its semantic value for future generations.
This article studies the discourse of minimalists who, as critics of consumerism, propose to shift our focus towards intangible goods while proposing certain techniques to facilitate such a reorganisation of life. Three most popular Polish blogs dedicated to this topic are analysed to reveal the legitimacy of perceiving minimalism as a tool for constructing a specific lifestyle. While modern minimalism may have little in common with the Christian idea of poverty, voluntary renunciation or restricting pleasure, it cannot be discredited as a means towards redefining oneself and a form of individual conversion. It can result in a new sensitivity to the challenges of late modernity. In a broader perspective, it constitutes a niche and subversive phenomenon efficiently integrated into the market logic that is seemingly contested by minimalists.
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W artykule przedstawiono tematykę surowego betonu jako głównego nośnika detalu architektonicznego w dobie modernizmu oraz minimalizmu. Tworzywo to pomimo swych pierwotnych właściwości budowlanych zostało docenione przez projektantów XX wieku. Jako materiał elewacyjny, a także aranżacyjny stał się wyznacznikiem dobrego smaku i symbolem współczesnej architektury.
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The article presents the topic of raw concrete as the main medium of architectural detail in the era of modernism and minimalism. Except for its original construction qualities, this raw material became widely appraised by a architects and designers in 20th century. Use of the concrete as the material for exterior finish as well as interior design indicates good taste and has turned into symbol of modern architecture.
The paper analyses the short story collection titled Remnants written by the notable Danish author, Helle Helle. This work is characteristic of the contemporary minimalist movement, and is one of the most significant works of the 1990’s in Danish literature. The main point of the paper is the notion of absence and loss, which is treated as the work’s dominating principle. The paper attempts to prove that this governing principle of “absence and loss” both applies to the collection’s plot and its composition. Accordingly, several examples from the text are included to demonstrate the principle’s relevance.
Meaning Holism and Contextualism are standardly acknowledged to be similar relativistic theories that often lead to similar troubles, in particular to issues concerning instability. On the other hand, the main rival of Contextualism, which is Minimalism, is taken to be resistant to these problems. In effect, it seems inevitable to see Meaning Holism and Minimalism as natural enemies. In my paper, I attempt to reject such a view. My argumentation consists of three main parts. First, I argue that Minimalism does not differ that much from Meaning Holism with respect to the instability issues as it also faces some of them (although in a slightly different way from the case of Holism of Contextualism). Second, I put forward several arguments to show that in fact Minimalism is not incompatible with the two versions of Meaning Holism I distinguish, namely Global Holism and Local Holism. I argue that a meaning holist has to accept some not uncontroversial principles to become an antiminimalist – and vice versa. Finally, I demonstrate that Minimalism and Meaning Holism can be reconciled. Such a possibility occurs when something I called ‘purely semantic processes’ is allowed. The role of these processes is, roughly speaking, to protect literal meanings from being affected by strong pragmatic factors.
What is suggested in the article is an analysis of the spirituality of people practicing the minimalist lifestyle. The author treats this type of spirituality as a case of new spirituality. The anti-consumerist nature of minimalism is emphasized in the conducted analyses. At the same time, an attempt is made to specify the conditions for thinking about the possibility of anti-consumerist (new) spirituality exemplified by minimalist spirituality. Special attention is drawn to the issue of similarities between minimalism or minimalist spirituality and Zen Buddhism.
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W artykule przeprowadzono analizę duchowości osób praktykujących minimalistyczny styl życia. Autor traktuje ten typ duchowości jako przykład nowej duchowości. Podkreśla antykonsumpcjonistyczny charakter minimalizmu, a jednocześnie stara się określić warunki myślenia o możliwości istnienia antykonsumpcjonistycznej duchowości (nowej duchowości) na przykładzie minimalistycznej duchowości. Skupia się na kwestii podobieństw pomiędzy minimalizmem i duchowością minimalistyczną a buddyzmem zen.
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Próba odpowiedzi na pytanie, na ile współczesne tendencje minimalistyczne w architekturze są dzisiejszą wersją architektury avantgarde z lat 30. XX w.; jakie elementy w ramach tych tendencji decydują o kontynuacji poszukiwań modernistów, a szczególnie "syntezy technologii i duchowości" - koncepcji Miesa van der Rohe. Jest także, najistotniejszy z perspektywy celu tego tekstu, problem transformacji minimalizmu "strukturalnego", którego dzieła budzą tak mocne kontrowersje. Przybliżenie dzisiejszego obrazu poszukiwań "oryginalnego porządku" Mistrza - Miesa van der Rohe, formy wynikającej z "zasad natury rzeczy" jest istotnym poznawczo zagadnieniem badawczym. Istotne jest postrzeganie poszukiwań minimalistycznych tendencji, jako kontynuacji idei "oryginalnego porządku", realizowaną w poszukiwaniach przestrzeni miejskiej (wielkie struktury urbanistyczne, relacje miasto-dom, sztuczny krajobraz) i przestrzeni architektonicznej (awangarda, autonomia, inwentyka, budowanie, materiały). Dotyczy to obszarów idei, projektowania i budowania.
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Attempt of answer to the question: as far as modern minimalistic tendencies in architecture are contemporary version of architecture of avantgarde of 1930s, what elements within the framework of these tendencies decide continuation of modernists' search, especially "synthesis of technology and spirituality" - Mies van der Rohe's idea. It is the most essential, from a perspective of aim of this paper, problem of transformation of "structural" minimalism, whose works elicit strong controversies. Close-up of nowadays outline of "original order" quest of Master - Mies van der Rohe, a form resulted from "principles of the essence of the matter", is cognitively significant research problem. It is crucial to perceive quest of minimalistic tendencies as continuation of "original order", accomplished in quests of urban area (large urban planning structures, city-house relations, artificial landscape) and architectural area (avant-garde, autonomy, inventics, construction, materials). It concerns areas of idea, designing and building.
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