Nieszczera szczerość Karola Irzykowskiego. Pozytywna odpowiedź na nowoczesny lęk przed nieautentycznością
The Insincere Sincerity of Karol Irzykowski. A Positive Response to the Modern Anxiety of Inauthenticity

Summary/Abstract: Karol Irzykowski’s postulate of sincerity is similar to the modern concept of authen- ticity and is part of the discussion on the condition of the modern subject. Sincerity is a critical category and has anthropological, aesthetic and ethical aspects. Irzykowski redefines the traditional communicative assumptions of the phenomenon by reversing the order of moral principles and the relation between art and reality. The category of appearances, i.e. fantasy, fiction, lies and falsehood, is at the basis of what is sincere and enables the aesthetic experience of authenticity. Irzykowski sees the crisis of authenti- city and the fear of inauthenticity as a positive condition, as they help create an original and active subjectivity within the order of social communication.

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