The article arises from observations on the terminological inadequacy pertaining to today’s reality, and from the analysis of the consequences of using prefixes “neo-” and “post-”. It thereby indicates the need to focus on the question of extending life and on the ideational influence of progressive doctrines as causes of the poverty of reflection on new terminology appropriate to contemporary challenges. In the face of the ever-evolving world, that terminology may be sought in a systemic approach.
The book is devoted to modernization of Poland from a historical perspective, with particular emphasis on the post-1989 transformation process. It is an attempt at a theoretical, interdisciplinary approach developed within the author’s own theory of social system (the concept of a meeting). It also contains reflections on the possibility of opening the way to a new identity of the Poles and the search for Poland’s exit from the state known as the periphery of the world.
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