THE BEGINNING OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE Re-Inventing Utopia: Science, Politics and Religion in Early Modern Europe, Studii de Stiinta si Cultura, Year VI 4 (23) 2010, “Vasile Goldis” University Press, ISSN 1841-1401 (print), ISSN 2067-5135 (online), pp 192Stancuta Ramona DIMA-LAZA* Under the broad theme of utopia, the special issue of Studii […]
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The philosophical Newton
THE PHILOSOPHICAL NEWTON Andrew Janiak, Newton as Philosopher (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008),ISBN 13 978-0-521-86286-8 (hardback), ISBN 13 978-0-511-41404-6 (eBook), pp. 196 Grigore VIDA* When Newton is referring to his works, he usually speaks about “my Philosophy.” The reader who opens the third edition of the Principia is announced on the first page that he […]
Modern disciplines and the transforming reception of a text
MODERN DISCIPLINES AND THE TRANSFORMING RECEPTION OF A TEXT Aude Doody, Pliny’s Ecyclopedia. The reception of Natural philosophy (New York:Cambridge University Press, 2010), ISBN-13-978-0-521-49103-7, pp. VIII+194Doina-Cristina RUSU* Since its appearance in the first century A.D., Pliny’s Natural History has been not only widely read, but also often used in the process of producing knowledge. The […]
Religion, politics and society in Early Modern Transylvania
RELIGION, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN TRANSYLVANIA István Keul, Early Modern Religious Communities in East-Central Europe. Ethnic Diversity,Denominational Plurality, and Corporative Politics in the Principality of Transylvania (1526-1691) (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2009), ISBN 978 90 04 17652 2, pp. 337Cristian BENTE* The Reformation probably represents one of the most thoroughly investigated phenomenon in the […]
THE USE OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL RITUALS IN CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATION
THE USE OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL RITUALS IN CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATION Ph. D. Marţian IOVAN “Vasile Goldiş” Western University of Arad, RomaniaDepartment of Philosophy and Social – Political Sciences Phone: 0040 / 257284899E-mail: miovan@uvvg.ro ABSTRACT. This article identifies the main characteristics and trends in the development of media power in the context of increasing its connection […]
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN LABOUR MARKET
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN LABOUR MARKET Assistant Professor Zsuzsanna GÖDÖRSzent István UniversityHungary Faculty of EconomicsPhone: 0036 / 66524700E-mail: kossa.aniko@gk.szie.hu ABSTRACT. After the fall of communism serious changes occured in the field of employment in the post-communist countries. These changes happened simultaneously with significant turns in the European Union’s labour market and employment strategies. […]
THE FOUNDATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE DECENTRALIZATION – A CONDITION FOR FREEDOM
THE FOUNDATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE DECENTRALIZATION – A CONDITION FOR FREEDOM Lecturer Bogdan ŞTEFANACHI Ph.D.Postdoctoral Grant RecipientRomanian Academy, Iaşi BranchPhone: 0740/192582E-mail: stbogdan2000@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. Within the economic space or within the social space the knowledge is essentially a dispersed one, and through it we must understand a practical knowledge peculiar to individual circumstances. Social knowledge is accumulated […]
A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY OR THE MORAL DECAY OF HUMANITY
A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY OR THE MORAL DECAY OF HUMANITY Stăncuţa Ramona DIMA-LAZA, Lecturer Ph. D. “Vasile Goldiş” Western University of AradFaculty of Humanities, Politics and Administrative Sciences, AradMobile phone: 0740/496.114E-mail: lazastancuta@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. The present paper analyses an anti-utopic society, emphasizing the importance of individual liberty over doing the right thing as described and satirized by […]
THE UNINOMINAL VOTE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ROMANIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
THE UNINOMINAL VOTE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ROMANIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM Ph.D. Claudiu PORUMBĂCEAN “Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad Faculty of Humanities, Politics and Administrative Sciences, AradMobile phone: 0740/218234 E-mail: claudiupp@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. Since 1990, after the first democratic elections in Romania, before each election, there were debates about the technical way in which elections […]
THE RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY THROUGHOUT LIFE AS REFLECTED IN THE NEW CIVIL CODE
THE RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY THROUGHOUT LIFE AS REFLECTED IN THE NEW CIVIL CODE Lecturer Alexandru MIHUŢ Ph. D. “Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad Faculty of Humanities, Politics and Administrative Sciences, AradPhone: 0744 /773151E-mail: av.mihutalexandru@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. During the development of social politics, philosophy and medicine in relation to human dignity, they have been involved […]