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| Author | : Leszek Kolakowski |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 1997-06-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0226450465 |
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Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated." —Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God, man, reason, history, moral truth and original sin, prompted by observation of the dramatic struggle among Christianity, the Enlightenment and modern totalitarianism. It is a wonderful collection of topics." —Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement "No better antidote to bumper-sticker thinking exists than this collection of 24 'appeals for moderation in consistency,' and never has such an antidote been needed more than it is now." —Joseph Coates, Chicago Tribune "Whether learned or humorous, these essays offer gems in prose of diamond hardness, precision, and brilliance." —Thomas D'Evelyn, The Christian Science Monitor A "Notable Books of the Year 1991" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Noted with Pleasure" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Summer Reading 1991" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Books of the Year" selection, The Times.
| Author | : Leszek Kolakowski, |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 1997-04-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 022621740X |
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Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated." —Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God, man, reason, history, moral truth and original sin, prompted by observation of the dramatic struggle among Christianity, the Enlightenment and modern totalitarianism. It is a wonderful collection of topics." —Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement "No better antidote to bumper-sticker thinking exists than this collection of 24 'appeals for moderation in consistency,' and never has such an antidote been needed more than it is now." —Joseph Coates, Chicago Tribune "Whether learned or humorous, these essays offer gems in prose of diamond hardness, precision, and brilliance." —Thomas D'Evelyn, The Christian Science Monitor A "Notable Books of the Year 1991" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Noted with Pleasure" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Summer Reading 1991" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Books of the Year" selection, The Times.
| Author | : Leszek Kolakowski |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2001-07 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780226450551 |
Download Metaphysical Horror Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan,' writes Leszek Kolakowski at the start of this endlessly stimulating book, 'must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading.' For over a century, philosophers have argued that philosophy is impossible or useless, or both. Although the basic agenda dates back tot he days of Socrates, there is still disagreement about the nature of truth, reality, knowledge, good and God. This may make little practical difference to our lives, but it leaves us with a feeling of radical uncertainty described by Kolakowski as 'metaphysical horror'. Is there any way out of this cul-de-sac? This trenchant analysis confronts these dilemmas head on. Philosophy may not provide definitive answers to the fundamental questions, yet the quest itself transforms our lives. It may undermine most of our certainties, yet it still leaves room for our spiritual yearnings and religious beliefs. Kolakowski has forged a dazzling demonstration of philosophy in action. It is up to readers to take up the challenge of his arguments.
| Author | : Leszek Kolakowski |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2013-02-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0465075746 |
Download Is God Happy? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The late Leszek Kolakowski was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. A prominent anticommunist writer, Kolakowski was also a deeply humanistic thinker, and his meditations on society, religion, morality, and culture stand alongside his political writings as commentaries on intellectual—and everyday—life in the twentieth century. Kolakowski’s extraordinary empathy, humor, and erudition are on full display in Is God Happy?, the first collection of his work to be published since his death in 2009. Accessible and wide ranging, these essays—many of them translated into English for the first time—testify to the remarkable scope of Kolakowski’s work. From a provocative and deeply felt critique of Marxist ideology to the witty and self-effacing “In Praise of Unpunctuality” to a rigorous analysis of Erasmus’ model of Christianity and the future of religion, these essays distill Kolakowski’s lifelong engagement with the eternal problems of philosophy and some of the most vital questions of our age.
| Author | : Leszek Kołakowski |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 1324 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780393060546 |
Download Main Currents of Marxism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The commanding study of Marxism, now in one masterful volume with a new preface and epilogue by the author.
| Author | : Vivasvan Soni |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Enlightenment |
| ISBN | : 9780801448171 |
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"A work of rare scope and power that grapples with the big questions: Is happiness the proper end of life, as the Greeks conceived it to be, or is life, as it appears since the early English novel, an endless trial?"--Adam Potkay
| Author | : Garry Wills |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 451 |
| Release | : 2007-09-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 141654335X |
Download Under God Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
One of our most distinguished political commentators--author of Reagan's America--offers a rich, original look at why religion and politics will never be separate in the United States.
| Author | : Marshall Berman |
| Publisher | : Verso |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780860917854 |
Download All that is Solid Melts Into Air Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.
| Author | : Leszek Kołakowski |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 1989-10-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780226450391 |
Download Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia and The Key to Heaven Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume contains two unusual and appealing satirical works by the well-known European philosopher Kolakowski. The first, Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia, is set in a fictional land. Each story illustrates some aspect of human inability to come to terms with imperfection, infinitude, history, and nature. The second, The Key to Heaven, is a collection of seventeen biblical tales from the Old Testament told in such a way that the story and the moral play off each other to illustrate political, moral, or existential foibles and follies.
| Author | : Leszek Kolakowski |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : 2010-11-16 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 022622225X |
Download The Presence of Myth Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"[An] important essay by a philosopher who more convincingly than any other I can think of demonstrates the continuing significance of his vocation in the life of our culture."—Karsten Harries, The New York Times Book Review With The Presence of Myth, Kolakowski demonstrates that no matter how hard man strives for purely rational thought, there has always been-and always will be-a reservoir of mythical images that lend "being" and "consciousness" a specifically human meaning. "Kolakowski undertakes a philosophy of culture which extends to all realms of human intercourse—intellectual, artistic, scientific, and emotional. . . . [His] book has real significance for today, and may well become a classic in the philosophy of culture."—Anglican Theological Review
