Tomasz G. Pszczółkowski
Zeitschrift des Verbandes Polnischer Germanisten, Zeszyt 4 (2015), 2015, s. 319 - 329
https://doi.org/10.4467/23534893ZG.15.024.3472The author presents his understanding of Cultural Studies as an academic field that integrates various disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences. On the basis of such a conception of Cultural Science he proposes the concept of Kulturkomparatistik, which goes beyond its conventional philological meaning and enables comparative research outside of Linguistics and Literary Studies. Based on the OECD classification of the Revised Fields of Science and Technology, the author prepares taxonomy of Social Sciences and Culture, which can be compared with each other in two or more countries. The author points out the importance of cultural comparison for raising students’ awareness for the “Other” and the experience of “Foreignness”, for the development of attitudes of tolerance and empathy, as well as the applicability of the results in the social and political practice in each country.
Tomasz G. Pszczółkowski
Zeitschrift des Verbandes Polnischer Germanisten, Zeszyt 4 (2014), 2014, s. 339 - 346
https://doi.org/10.4467/23534893ZG.14.025.3162The author presents the nature and objectives of a teaching subject, which is offered for several years on German Studies Institute at the University of Warsaw by employees of the Department of German-speaking courtiers as a part of Intercultural Communication specialization. Comparative studies in culture are a term, which differs from philological comparative studies. It means a sub-discipline, which concerned with aspects of culture outside of literature and linguistics, in this case with comparisons of German and Polish culture.