Krzysztof Ulanowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 5639296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Krzysztof Ulanowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Krzysztof |
| FAMILY NAME | Ulanowski |
| SIGNATURE | ULANOWSKI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Anthropology (University of Gdańsk) |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2551-6807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Between Faith and Superstition
This article examines the limits of "magic" as an analytical category through the example of protective practices in nineteenth-century Polish folk culture. Drawing on ethnographic and historical sources, it discusses practices associated with the evil eye, healing and protection, apotropaic objects and symbols, and the ritual organization of domestic space. The analysis demonstrates that practices later classified as magic or superstition were o…
Transferring Divinatory Practices
The art of Babylonian divination was adopted by the neighbouring cultures and absorbed. Definitive evidence for direct contact between Assyria and the Ionian is lacking in Homer. However, proceeding step by step, we have confirmed Assyrian-Hittite contacts and Hittite-Lydian contacts, and later Persian-Lydian and Lydian-Greek (Lydian-Ionian) relations. We could suppose that Mesopotamian influence reached the Greek world, and this flow continued f…
Record of Violence. The Socio‐Political German‐Jewish Relations in Free City of Danzig in the Years 1933–1939
The author focuses on historical evidence to answer the sociological problem how did the Jewish citizens of the Free City of Danzig, who had lived there for several generations, come to be considered strangers for the Germans ones and were forced to leave their hometown? The method chosen by the author is based on the chronological factor, showing how each subsequent day deprived Jews of the dignity and living space in their own city. The author …
The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome
The Religious Aspect of Warfare in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome is a volume dedicated to investigating the relationship between religion and war in antiquity in minute detail. The nineteen chapters are divided into three groups: the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. They are presented in turn and all possible aspects of warfare and its religious connections are investigated. The contributors focus on the theology of war, the role of …
A Comparison of the Role of Bāru and Mantis in Ancient Warfare
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The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome
The Religious Aspect of Warfare in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome is a volume dedicated to investigating the relationship between religion and war in antiquity in minute detail. The nineteen chapters are divided into three groups: the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. They are presented in turn and all possible aspects of warfare and its religious connections are investigated. The contributors focus on the theology of war, the role of …
A Comparison of the Role of Bāru and Mantis in Ancient Warfare
Record of Violence. The Socio‐Political German‐Jewish Relations in Free City of Danzig in the Years 1933–1939
The author focuses on historical evidence to answer the sociological problem how did the Jewish citizens of the Free City of Danzig, who had lived there for several generations, come to be considered strangers for the Germans ones and were forced to leave their hometown? The method chosen by the author is based on the chronological factor, showing how each subsequent day deprived Jews of the dignity and living space in their own city. The author …
Transferring Divinatory Practices
The art of Babylonian divination was adopted by the neighbouring cultures and absorbed. Definitive evidence for direct contact between Assyria and the Ionian is lacking in Homer. However, proceeding step by step, we have confirmed Assyrian-Hittite contacts and Hittite-Lydian contacts, and later Persian-Lydian and Lydian-Greek (Lydian-Ionian) relations. We could suppose that Mesopotamian influence reached the Greek world, and this flow continued f…
Between Faith and Superstition
This article examines the limits of "magic" as an analytical category through the example of protective practices in nineteenth-century Polish folk culture. Drawing on ethnographic and historical sources, it discusses practices associated with the evil eye, healing and protection, apotropaic objects and symbols, and the ritual organization of domestic space. The analysis demonstrates that practices later classified as magic or superstition were o…
History (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Ancient Near East History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Mesopotamia (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Classics (2 works)