6.00 p.m.
Klub na deitsite na kulturata (Konstantin Irechek Str. 2, Ruse)

On March, 25th the presentation of the Bulgarian edition of My Correct Views on Everything by Leszek Kołakowski will take place in Ruse. The book will be presented by the translator Prof. Dr. Phil. Pravda Spasova from The Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge at BAS. A screening of the documentary The Professor. On Leszek Kołakowski with Director Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz will also take place.

My Correct Views on Everything is an essay collection by one of the most prominent Polish philosophers and historians of ideas. The collection comprises texts from the 1980s and the 1990s. With a distinctive sharpness the author analyses the connection between religion and our civilization, investigates the ways of evil and the utopian ideologies, inquiring into the interconnections of truth, democracy and freedom, as well as other key ideas in our time.

„Not too many people have the time for extensive study of philosophy and political science. So why not make it easier for everyone by presenting this Great Encyclopædia. Note that the entries are arranged in alphabetical order just like in any other encyclopedia; however this is not one of those silly old-fashioned alphabets, but rather a modern deconstructionist one. Everybody will easily understand its merits. Post-modernism: everything is allowed. Doconstructivism: Whatever you say does not mean anything anyway. Post-structuralism: I don’t know what it is. Skepticism: nothing is known. Historicism: that today this is the truth, tomorrow it will be something different. Existentialism: you too can be a tragic character.“ (Leszek Kołakowski, My Correct Views on Everything, from Great Encyclopædia of Philosophy and Political Science).

Leszek Kołakowski (1927-2009) is a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, essayist and journalist.  After he lost his job at Warsaw University in 1968 and was prevented from obtaining any other academic post he emigrated. From 1972 to 1991 he is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College in Oxford University. His main subjects of interest are history of philosophy, philosophy of culture and religion. Kołakowski has also published some literary works – philosophical novels and tales.

Link on the topic:
www.kultura.bg/bg/article/view/21628

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