Królestwo Boże na ziemi
The Kingdom of God on earth.
On the dispute between Ludwik Królikowski and Jan Czyński
Author(s): Piotr KuligowskiContributor(s): Agnieszka Tokarczuk (Translator)
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Modern Age, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: God;brotherhood;Christianity;cooperative;utopia
Summary/Abstract: The paper reconstructs the polemic between Ludwik Królikowski and Jan Czyński unfolding in the magazine ‘Polska Chrystusowa’. Both authors elaborated concepts of the change of reality – Królikowski propounded the Association (Zjednoczenie), Czyński – the Commune (Gmina). The Association was in fact a form of a Christian ultimate system, which required a total break up with actual reality. The Association was also marked by their hostile attitude towards the ‘pagan’ milieu. On the other hand, the Commune was a Polish version of Fourier’s Phalanstery – a project of an autonomic cooperative that was supposed to work towards the improvement of the social and living standards of its members. Several threads from this polemic were continued in a subsequent reflection, having set the direction of the transformations and development of Polish socialist thought.
Journal: Historia Slavorum Occidentis
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 77-93
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish