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21. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 18 > Issue: 9/10
Call for Papers 39th International Conference of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC)
22. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 18 > Issue: 9/10
About the ISCSC
23. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 19 > Issue: 1/2
Piotr Bołtuć In Memoriam: Andrzej Zabłudowski
24. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 19 > Issue: 6/7
Dr. Bogumiła Żongołłowicz The Death of Jan Tadeusz J. Srzednicki
25. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 20 > Issue: 7/8
Jerzy Szacki, Lesław Kawalec Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009): Remembrances and Some Comments
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Author tells the story of his close and very long-lasting acquaintance with Leszek Kołakowski as well as commentates on his intellectual biography and achievements as political and literary essayist, philosopher, historian of ideas, and public figure. In particular, he describes in details the first half of Kołakowski’s life, namely the period when he made his long journey from being communist in his student years to becoming as a young scholar the leading figure of Marxist revisionism in the late fifties and, after a time, a principled critic of Marxism itself and a fervent anti-communist.In many respects, Kołakowski’s itinerary was not exceptional but it had at least two noteworthy characteristics. First, in opposition to quite a few other cases, his way away from communism turned out to be scholarly fruitful as it resulted in an uniquely indepth historical research, covering the founders, the golden age and the breakdown of so called “scientific socialism” (his voluminous work Main Currents of Marxism remains one of the best and the most comprehensive monographs of the topic). Second, Kołakowski’s abandoning of his former Weltanschauung was followed by his discovery of religion as an extremely important part of human experience and sine qua non condition of the survival of civilization, permanently menaced by barbarians. However, it is to be doubt whether he may be considered as a convert or a religious thinker in the strict sense of the word since he believed in horrors of the absence of God rather than in the real presence of his in the world. As defender of transcendence and tradition, Kołakowski certainly became a kind of catholic-Christian without denomination but as acritical philosopher remained at the same time highly skeptical about everything. Dreaming of solid fundaments, he was all his life an uncompromising enemy of any fundamentalism. Being nostalgic about the Absolute, he was incurable anti-absolutist.
26. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 20 > Issue: 7/8
Marshal Bronisław Komorowski July 17, 2009 in the Polish Sejm: Appeal by Marshal Bronisław Komorowski for a Moment of Reflection, Thought, Prayer for Leszek Kołakowski
27. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 21 > Issue: 4
Report Concerning DIALOGUE LIBRARY SERIES
28. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 21 > Issue: 4
Rundown of Monothematic Issues of Dialogue and Universalism and Continuations in Other Issues
29. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 21 > Issue: 4
Małgorzata Czarnocka Foreseeing the Future: “Poland 2050” Report
30. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 23 > Issue: 2
Conference Announcement
31. Dialogue and Universalism: Volume > 24 > Issue: 1
the Editors Note to Our Contributors
32. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 19 > Issue: 1
NEWS AND NOTES
33. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 1
A Note about the Institute
34. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 1
Notes On Contributors
35. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 1
Mihail Neamţu, Marius Stan Call For Contributions 2011
36. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 2
Notes on contributors
37. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 2
Call For Papers For 2012
38. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 3
Notes on contributors
39. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 3
Call For Contributions 2013
40. History of Communism in Europe: Volume > 4
Notes On Contributors