Przegrać to jak wygrać albo Bukowskiego celebracja przegrywa
To lose is to win or Bukowski's celebration of a loser

Summary/Abstract: The presence of the so-called loser is getting stronger in the cultural mainstream, thus becoming a challenge for modern sociologists and anthropologists. The text starts with a short recapitulation of the notions of “loser” and “incel” to further associate them with the contemporary crisis of masculinity and the return of the traditional, chauvinistic patterns among young men. Further on, the article focuses on the analysis of Charles Bukowski's works, which makes a diagnosis and presents a certain solution for the “retrotopy of masculinity” fantasised about by contemporary male losers.

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