Annales Scientia Politica

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Authors: Ľuboš Olejník

The aim of the present article is, especially on the political philosophy of Jan Patočka, demonstrate and describe how relate politics, history and philosophy with the rise of polis and how they are signed under the current form of our Western civilization and political identity.

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Authors: Michal Cirner

Political party Smer founded by Robert Fico in 1999, did not declare explicitly left-wing, but in ideas gave notice to be „third way“ of theorist Anthony Giddens and politicians like Tony Blair and Gerhard Schröder. R. Fico, a former member of the Communist Party and its successor the SDĽ, the concept of a third way gradually leaves after the elections in 2002 and integration of left wing political parties as SDĽ, SDA or SDSS under the auspices of SMER-u, has been directly connected to social democracy, confirmed by membership in PES – Party of European Socialists. Ideological neutrality in the beginning and mass electorate support replicating or exceeding the HZDS in the 90s of the 20th century in Slovakia, precedes doubts in dominance of the social democratic orientation of that political entity.

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Authors: Martin Lačný

This study deals with the issue of corporate citizenship, highlighting its position in the wider context of the discourse of social science with a special focus on the intersection of social and political philosophy. There are currently no businesses in general perceived as closed systems, having only narrowly defined scope of responsibilities, they are understood as part of a broader social context – as „corporate citizens“, accepting a relatively wide range of responsibilities towards various groups of stakeholders. In order to grasp the scope of the social roles of business across its width, various theoretical concepts focus on the whole range of roles that the enterprise as a specific type of organization performs due to its mission. Corporate citizenship is presented here mainly in terms of theoretical concepts by Robert C. Solomon and Peter Ulrich. Reflection of a life serving economy and morality of business in society of free citizens, based on the common good, are in their concepts associated with the idea of businesses understood as citizens.

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Authors: Diana Chudíková

The article analyses socio-political issue of tolerance and its development in the 21st century. It focuses on the tolerance phenomenon from the point of view of integration of Islamic integration in Europe, particularly in the Federal Republic of Germany. The article explores specific tolerance problems of Muslim minority, especially in educational system and religion. It describes various meanings of Islam and its features in social life. It also states reactions of majority population on religious and cultural manifestations of minority group. The article anticipates development tendency of tolerance and proposes a solution in a form of intercultural dialogue between both privies.

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Authors: Helena Melkusová

Understanding and interpretation of values is significantly involved in intercultural dialogue, which is related to creating European identity and integrity. In connection with the development of information society and the use of the latest communication technologies, new possibilities in the education of the youth have started to be open up. The world is encircled by information networks – (Internet) – spatial and temporal dimensions are no longer crucial for disseminating information. The importance of value orientations of people, especially of tolerance, which has become crucial in developing the approach to interpretation of the clash of different cultures, increases in this situation. Reflection of these realities in educational process should lead to defining a new concept of education standards and objectives, with emphasis on the common civilization characteristics of spiritual culture shared by the integrating Europe, and to forming civil society. Building the knowledge society is connected with the development of social sciences that should contribute not only to the development of value orientations of individuals but also to the overall promotion of education based on the development of critical thinking skills, non-consumerist values, and active citizenship.