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Leszek Kołakowski (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ k ɒ f s k i /; Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kɔwaˈkɔfskʲi]; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, such as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy Main Currents of Marxism (1976).
Leszek Kolakowski was a Polish philosopher and historian of philosophy who became one of Marxism’s greatest intellectual critics. Kolakowski was educated privately and in the underground school system during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.
The eminent Polish philosopher, Leszek Kolakowski, who had a major influence on the development of the Polish democratic opposition, died on 17 July 2009. A memorial symposium entitled “Democracy, Totalitarianism, and the Culture of Freedom” was held in his honor at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C., on October 15.
Jul 17, 2009 · Distinguished Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analysis of Marxist thought, especially his acclaimed three-volume history, Main Currents of Marxism. In his later work, Kolakowski increasingly focused on religious questions.
Leszek Kołakowski, a philosopher who helped inspire the fall of communism, died at 81. He received a MacArthur Fellowship and Erasmus Prize in 1983.
I first briefly describe the historical and philosophical context of Kołakowski's, Tischner's, and Havel's young adulthood and their early intellectual lives. Then I comment on phenomenology's place in Central Europe and its focus on the question of hope.
Jul 21, 2009 · WARSAW Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher who rejected Marxism and helped inspire the Solidarity movement in his native land while living in exile, died Friday in Oxford, England. He was 81.
Jul 17, 2009 · Koakowski, Leszek. Leszek Kolakowski’s ideas informed the anti-totalitarian youth movement inside Poland, and he became an adviser and active supporter in exile of the Solidarity movement that challenged and began to unravel, in a non-violent way, the Soviet system in Eastern Europe.
Leszek Kolakowski was born in Radom, Poland, in 1927. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Lodz, where he lived under German occupation during the Second World War.
Jul 30, 2009 · Having spent his youthful years as an ardent communist and atheist, Leszek Kolakowski, one of the great minds of the modern era, turned into Marxism's most perceptive opponent, and one with a...
