Cielesność w filozofii markiza de Sade
Carnal in Philosophy of Marquis de Sade

Summary/Abstract: The chapter Marquis de Sade Forever Alive by Katarzyna Machnik speaks of the huge influence of the Great Frenchman on culture and art in general, which he has been exerting from his contemporaries down to the recent times. In the popular culture this libertine and provocateur, also called the biggest immoralist of the eighteenth century, is widely recognized by almost all of its' recipients. Successively, Sade’s provocative works have permeated the field of mass culture to such an extent that, presently, they do not cause any sort of provocation on the general public. The references to Sade’s oeuvre in music, visual arts as well as popular culture as a whole, are very often and easily recognizable. However, only few are aware that Sade was also a philosopher, and the trajectories of his life and ideas have been bumpy and full of obstacles. The author of the chapter seeks to answer the question: for what does the world still love the Great Marquis? Undoubtedly, an interest in Sade continues unabated. For his admirers Sade’s life became a symbol of non-conformism and rebellion of the world, in which individual freedoms and inalienable rights, involving fulfillment of personal desires, are restricted. Knowingly, de Sade is a eulogist of various empirical body practices. However, below this most clear and obvious layer disguise other layers aiming to evoke in us—readers, deeper reflection and a braver exploration of a self.

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