Roman Chymkowski

Biographic Data

ID9519552
NAMERoman Chymkowski
GIVEN NAMESRoman
FAMILY NAMEChymkowski
SIGNATURECHYMKOWSKI R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Warsaw
ORCID0000-0002-5107-8428
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The Tainted Shadow of the Green Revolution

    Open AccessBłażej Popławski, Roman ChymkowskiARTICLEStan Rzeczy2025

    The aim of this article is to characterise the system of the cobalt economy. The introduction presents the importance of cobalt for the green energy revolution. The production chain and the role of the main entities that co-create it are described. Then, the functioning of cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – including both large mines managed by corporations and artisanal small-scale ones – is discussed. Attention is drawn to p…

  • After Fossil Modernity

    Open AccessAgata Stasik, Roman ChymkowskiARTICLEStan Rzeczy2025

    Sociology is a late child of western modernity.As an institutionalised system of knowledge, it was born of accelerated urbanisation, the spread of capitalist labour relations, and other fundamental social changes that were part of the overall process known as industrialisation (Smil 2018).Machines powered by energy from burning fossil fuels -especially coal and oil -were the driving force of the process.The western societies studied by the classi…

  • Różnica płci sprzed binarnej opozycji. Na marginesie "Geschlecht" Jacques’a Derridy

    Roman ChymkowskiARTICLEPrzegląd Humanistyczny2025

    This article deals with the notion of sexual difference in Jacques Derrida’s writings entitled 'Geschlecht' dedicated to the interpretation of Martin Heidegger’s thought. According to Derrida, Heidegger, while emphasizing the sexual neutrality of Dasein, does not reject sexual difference, but only one form of it that is based on a binary opposition. Derrida proposes to think of sexual difference as a spectrum of multiple forms of sexuality. In th…

  • Wieczny powrót metafizyki

    Open AccessRoman ChymkowskiARTICLEStan Rzeczy2022

  • Czy w globalne ocieplenie należy wierzyć? Szkic o spóźnionym millenaryzmie

    Open AccessRoman ChymkowskiARTICLEStan Rzeczy2022

    Przedmiotem analizy są publikacje i wystąpienia Ala Gore’a, byłego wiceprezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych, laureata Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla. W omówionych w artykule tekstach i przemowach Gore konsekwentnie ostrzega przed nieuniknioną katastrofą ekologiczną, spowodowaną rabunkową gospodarką, która nie liczy się z konsekwencjami środowiskowymi. Szczególne poważne zagrożenie dla życia na Ziemi stanowi globalne ocieplenie, którego przyczyną jest wykorzy…