Abstrakt: | "The text that I submit contains sociological reflection upon the multidimensional
concept of borderline region. My paper is also another attempt at
reinterpretation of results of empirical studies carried out in Upper Silesia in
the years 1985—1996, the region being a typical, in my opinion, case of
cultural borderline (Szczepański, 1991; Błasiak, Nawrocki, Szczepański,
1994; Szczepański, ed., 1993; Szczepański, ed., 1993, a;
Szczepański, ed., 1994; Szczepański, ed., 1994, a; Szczepański,
ed., 1995; Szczepański, ed., 1996). Their summarizing recapitulation needs
to be preceded by at least a preliminary analysis of key words and notions,
which constitute the internal logic of the paper and its organization. Those
notions constitute a triad, based on similarity or closeness of meanings
(borderland — geographic borderland — cultural borderland)." (fragm.) |