Rocznik Orientalistyczny: Recent submissions
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Al-Ǧāhiz and ‘Abd al-Ǧabbār on the Necessity of Imamate. A Note on the Fate of Mu‘tazilite Political Ideas
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The article is devoted to some aspects of the political theory of the eminent Arab thinker Al- Ǧ ā h i z (d. 869), especially in the context of his influence on later generations of religious and political thinkers, ... -
The Logic of Absolutely Contradictory Self-identity and Aesthetic Values in Zen Art
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)This article aims to show that yūgen, wabi and sabi deserve to be called aesthetic values of Zen art only when their definition complies with the logic of absolute contradictory self-identity (the logic of paradox). ... -
Reality, Dream and Hallucination in the Literary Works of Muhammad al-Qurmuti
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)Muhammad al-Qurmuti is one of the most eminent of Omani writers. He was born in al-Buraymi in 1955. He is the author of a single volume of short stories, entitled Sa’at ar-rahil al-multahiba, which was published in ... -
Two in One and One in Two: An Observation on the Composition of the Qur’ānic Text
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The article analyzes two opposite but related phenomena. First, when two sūras are treated as one integrated text by Muslim commentators. Second, when the text of a sūra is styled as two autonomous texts each one with ... -
The Doctrine of muhammisa according to Muslim Heresiography
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The article presents the doctrine of muhammisa according to Muslim heresiography. The muẖammisa is one of ḡulāt groups. This term is applied to groups accused of exaggeration (ḡuluww) in religion and has covered a ... -
Stereotypical Expressions in Early Ottoman Literature. Sunrise and Sunset
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The classical Ottoman epic poetry disposed of a great variety of stereotype expressions which caused that the poetic style was extremely ornate and sublime. This paper deals with two expressions used to describe the ... -
The Ways of Expression of Cultural Norms in the Egyptian Dialect
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)In this paper I am going to present the ways in which the Egyptian dialect renders social norms, which will be illustrated by the examples of expressions regarding human- to-human interaction. This provides an outline ... -
Giles’s of Rome Criticism of Avicenna’s Conception of the Unity of Agent Intellect
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The discussion with Islamic philosophy is one of the most important topics in the history of medieval philosophy. Furthermore, the criticism of the unity of intellect formulated by Christian medieval thinkers against ... -
Flavorings in Context: Spices and Herbs in Medieval Near East
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)Throughout history, the approach towards imported spices varied from culture to culture. In medieval and early post-medieval Europe, where spices became an exotic object of temporary desire, they were often used ... -
Remarques sur la genèse du peuplement antique et médiéval du Maghreb: l’apport de la toponymie et de la philologie
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The issues relating to toponymy and the fundamental questions on settlement patterns in North Africa, from the ancient period to the Middle Ages, have sparked many debates around some controversies. The results of the ... -
The Heroes and the Flame
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The poems of the Jewish poet Hanna Senesh bear witness to strong resolve and refusal to stand by without interference. Written mostly in Hebrew the words reflect a fusion of ancient as well as modern features of ... -
1963: The Spring of Hope for the Ba῾t
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)In 1963 events elsewhere in the Arab world began to move swiftly under pressures from the underlying Arab nationalist forces. On 8 February the Iraqi dictator ῾Abd al-Karīm Qāsim was overthrown and shot in a coup led ... -
Частота встречаемости смычных согласных в некоторых языках мира как показатель степени смычности их звуковой цепочки
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)It is still an enigma why some languages produce many occlusive consonants in their speech sound chains while others do not. Thus, some world languages may have many occlusive consonants in their sound speech chains, ... -
Written Manchu šumin ‘deep’
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The main goal of this paper is to discuss the etymology of Written Manchu šumin ‘deep’ (§§1.1–1.3.1). This word is usually connected with Ewenki suŋta ‘deep’ (§2.1.1). Benzing and Doerfer proposed partial solutions ... -
Eine osmanisch überlieferte arabische Nachricht über zaqoqo, den afrikanischen Totengeist in der Flasche
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)In the year 1262 / 1846, a book was published in Ottoman Turkey, which according to itself was the translation of a travel report of a Tunisian in southern Sudan written in Arabic. The alleged Arabic original remains ... -
The Role of Confucianism in Contemporary South Korean Society
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The studies concerning the role of Confucianism in East Asian countries, including South Korea, predominantly concern the specific aspects of either ancient or modern forms of Confucianism in Korean Peninsula, the time ... -
How to Distinguish between Non-existing Entities? Dharmakīrti and Prajñākaragupta on Universals as Objects of Knowledge
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2012)The paper concerns the very beginning of the chapter on perception in Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika. It focuses on an apparent contradiction in Dignāga’s and Dhamrakīrti’s epistemology, namely, that universals do not ... -
Lydia T. Black (16.12.1925–12.3.2007) – Leben und Werk
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2012)The present article deals with life and work of the Social Anthropologist, Sibirist and Americanist Lydia T. Black (1925–2007), whose works cover fields of research reaching from ethnological studies on the material ... -
Temporal Characteristics of Japanese Verbs from the Contrastive Perspective
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2012)In this study we investigate an alternative way to look into the aspectual properties of Polish and Japanese verbs from the contrastive perspective. The analysis is based on a formationally motivated classification of ... -
Mongolian and Manchu Studies in Poland
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2012)Paper describes development of Mongolian and Manchu Studies in Poland starting with the activities of Jan Potocki, Ignacy Wojciechowski and Józef Kowalewski. It depicts works of Marian Lewicki and Stanisław Kałużyński ...