CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
The aim of the project is to examine how, since the mid-19th century, attempts have been made to renew Christian civilization in a rapidly changing world subjected to the industrial and technical revolution. The broad socio-cultural contexts of the formation of the great documents of the Church, especially the encyclicals: Aeterni Patris, Rerum novarum, Pascendi dominici gregis, Divini Redemptoris, Quadragesimo anno – as documents that changed the Church’s approach to issues of social issues and science, which were the reaction of representatives of the Church, and therefore of Christian civilization, to completely new phenomena. The project will examine attempts to renew Christian civilization in terms of history, in the fields of philosophy, art, sociology and the humanities. Philosophical works will be examined, historical, sociological, as well as literary, painting and musical works. It will be examined to what extent they carried Christian civilization in a new form, and to what extent they preserved, by changing their form, their traditional identity. The project is interdisciplinary in nature. The research encompasses various fields: philosophy, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of law and social philosophy, sociology, sociology of the family, history of art, or literary criticism. The aim of the research is to analyze the peculiarities of Christian civilization, present in various manifestations of human activity, its adaptability and ability to imprint itself on many different spheres of social life while maintaining its own identity in changing conditions. In this context, an important element is to point to contemporary conditions, to the currently civilization changes that are taking place. The research will also include the theme of examining the reasons for the failures of some civilization projects.
Attorney Dr. Bartosz Lewandowski, CI professor
Rector
Attorney at Law, Doctor of Legal Sciences. Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw in 2012. Between 2013-2014, he served his general apprenticeship at the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution, during which he practiced in public prosecution offices and common courts in Warsaw, gaining expertise in the specifics of work in law enforcement and justice agencies. Between 2014-2016 he served his legal training at the District Bar Association in Warsaw, and in 2017 he passed the bar exam (Bar Association of Warsaw). He holds a PhD in law and graduated from full-time doctoral studies at the Institute for the Study of State and Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, where he conducted research and teaching activities in the field of sociology of law, political-legal doctrines, and legal theory. Author of publications on substantive and procedural criminal law, history of law, and theory
and philosophy of law, published in prestigious national publications including “Państwo i Prawo” (“State and Law”) and “Przegląd Sejmowy” (“Parliamentary Review”) and international scientific periodicals. He is the author of the monograph, “Sąd Konstytucyjny Czechosłowacji w latach 1920-1939” (“The Constitutional Court of Czechoslovakia in 1920-1939”) (Warsaw 2020, Constitutional Court Publishing House). In his scientific work, he also focuses on the legal aspects of the position of expert witnesses in litigation, which is reflected in the book published under his editorship “Pozycja i rola biegłego w polskim systemie prawnym” (“Position and role of an expert witness in the Polish legal system”) (Warsaw 2016).
SCIENCE PROJECTS
- A Century of Attempts to Renew Christian Civilization.
The aim of the project is to examine how, since the mid-19th century, attempts have been made to renew Christian civilization in a rapidly changing world subjected to the industrial and technical revolution. The broad socio-cultural contexts of the formation of the great documents of the Church, especially the encyclicals: Aeterni Patris, Rerum novarum, Pascendi dominici gregis, Divini Redemptoris, Quadragesimo anno – as documents that changed the Church’s approach to issues of social issues and science, which were the reaction of representatives of the Church, and therefore of Christian civilization, to completely new phenomena. The project will examine attempts to renew Christian civilization in terms of history, in the fields of philosophy, art, sociology and the humanities. Philosophical works will be examined, historical, sociological, as well as literary, painting and musical works. It will be examined to what extent they carried Christian civilization in a new form, and to what extent they preserved, by changing their form, their traditional identity. The project is interdisciplinary in nature. The research encompasses various fields: philosophy, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of law and social philosophy, sociology, sociology of the family, history of art, or literary criticism. The aim of the research is to analyze the peculiarities of Christian civilization, present in various manifestations of human activity, its adaptability and ability to imprint itself on many different spheres of social life while maintaining its own identity in changing conditions. In this context, an important element is to point to contemporary conditions, to the currently civilization changes that are taking place. The research will also include the theme of examining the reasons for the failures of some civilization projects.
