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Keywords: Gombrowicz; literary criticism
More...Keywords: Magdalena Strzałkowska; Bogusław Jasiński; filozofia egzystencji; ethosofia; philosophy; existence; Art and Documentation
On the Boguslaw Jasinski ethosphy, a philosophy of existence. Based on his book Theses on Ethosophy and The Aesthetics after Asethetics.
More...Keywords: history of Poland; St.-Petersburg state university; Arzhakova Larissa
The Biography and the list of publications of Larissa Arzhakova, the historian of Poland from St.-Petersburg state University.
More...W tym roku Litwa obchodzi Tysiąclecie swojej historii. W 1009 roku niemiecki kronikarz opisując w Rocznikach Kwedlinburskich misję biskupa Brunona na Wschodzie, wspomniał, że św. Brunon zginął na ówczesnym pograniczu Litwy i Rusi. W ten sposób po raz pierwszy imię Litwa zostało wspomniane w Kronikach Europy
More...Keywords: Evil; revolution; Holocaust; romantic messianism;
The Holocaust, according to most of the authors dealing with the subject, was an example of unprecedented evil, i.e., a manifestation of evil incomparable to anything that had happened before. No matter how justified such a statement may be, the Holocaust was by no means the only event in the human history experienced in this way. At least three historical catastrophes preceding it – the French Revolution, the partition of Poland and the Russian Revolution – had been received by a part of European humanity in a similar manner. The author of the paper confronts moral and historiosophical responses to the experience of unprecedented evil elaborated by French traditionalists (de Maistre), Polish romantic messianists (Mickiewicz), Russian religious thinkers (Berdyaev, Frank and others) and contemporary adherents of the politically correct historiosophy of the Holocaust. He demonstrates that each of these responses, as an attempt of overcoming the atrocious experience of unprecedented evil, is unique and incomparable with the others. French conservatives expose moral guilt of victims, Polish romantics focus on their moral obligations toward other victims (including victims of “normal evil”), Russian thinkers warn us of the moral danger involved in believing in the unprecedentedness of the evil we are confronted with, while the historiosophy of the Holocaust emphasizes the moral innocence of victims and the absolute uniqueness of their experience. In conclusion the author acknowledges the moral and philosophical advantage of the romantic response over all others.
More...Keywords: affect reading; hermeneutics; Czeslaw Milosz
A review of Marek Bernacki’s book “Miłosz. Meetings. Studies and Miłosz’s Dissertations”, which was published by the Edition of the University of Bielsko-Biala (Bielsko-Biała 2018). The analysis of the publication discusses the themes of the contexts of the readings, focusing on the form of the researcher.
More...Keywords: Hosianum;Warmia;
More...Keywords: book review; WWII; anthropology; Poland;
Review of: Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska, Reko-rekonesans: praktyka autentyczności. Antropologiczne studium odtwórstwa historycznego II wojny światowej w Polsce, Kęty: Wydawnictwo Marek Derewiecki 2018, s. 391, ISBN 978-83-65031-37-2. Review by: Janusz Barański
More...Keywords: Sejny diocese (1818-1925); Studies and sketches on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of erection
Sejny diocese (1818-1925). Studies and sketches on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of erection, edited by T. Kowalewski, J. Łupiński, M. Niewiadomska, State University of Information Technology and Entrepreneurship in Łomża, Łomża 2018, pp. 121.
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