Evil Politics or Trouble with the Devil. Reflections on the Political Demonology of Leszek Kołakowski Cover Image

Zła polityka albo kłopot z diabłem. Rozważania wokół demonologii politycznej Leszka Kołakowskiego
Evil Politics or Trouble with the Devil. Reflections on the Political Demonology of Leszek Kołakowski

Author(s): Leszek Augustyn
Subject(s): Politics, Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Leszek Kołakowski; Political Philosophy; Polish Philosophy; Totalitarianism

Summary/Abstract: Proceeding from a metaphorical (figurative) account of the problem of evil, and based on Leszek Kołakowski’s selected thoughts, this paper’s considerations aim to deliberate on “evil in politics” in the spirit of the shortcomings and excesses of freedom: namely, the lure of autocratic and totalitarian power. At issue is how the bounds of freedom are anthropologically and politically transgressed at the expense (to the point of abolishing) the freedom of others.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 77-105
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish