Paweł
Paul

Author(s): Ireneusz Krzemiński
Subject(s): 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Polish sociology; liberalism; transformation of the political system; qualitative research; public sphere
Summary/Abstract: Th e essay presents memories about Paweł Śpiewak’s infl uence on the author of the text.In the centre of the refl ections lie the problems – personal, social, political ones – thatcomprised the moral challenge of their generation. Th e author describes reactions tothese problems, also scholarly ones, beginning with the experiences of March 1968, thechanging attitude to socialism – from turning away from it and not accepting socialismto the discovery of the Christian roots of the socialist thought – and ending with theletter of protest against the changes to the PRL Constitution in 1975, which eventuallyled to Paweł Śpiewak’s dismissal from the University of Warsaw. Th e text is concludedwith refl ections on faith and the presence of God and the friend’s conversion to Judaism– his father’s religion.

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