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Wojna czy pokój? Próba aksjologicznego spojrzenia na współczesną historię Polski
War or peace? An attempt of axiological reflection on the contemporary history of Poland

Author(s): Roman Kubicki
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology, Political history, Social history
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Czasu Kultury
Keywords: senselessness; history; peace; politics; future; sense; war

Summary/Abstract: The author describes axiological dilemmas emerging from two notions: peace and war. Is it possible and necessary to fight even when, on one hand, the fight is a lost one and, on the other, there is a chance to survive in the new political reality? The question is inspired with the tradition of the so-called cursed soldiers, who are becoming increasingly distinctive heroes of the historical politics of the 3rd Republic of Poland. The answer to this question is illustrated both with the author's own text published in 1985 in an underground magazine Czas (Time), but also with the examples of positive attitudes of selected philosophers with regard to the experience of war.

  • Issue Year: XXXIV/2018
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 76-83
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish