The Conditions of Philosophy in Totalitarian and Post-Totalitarian Poland |
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| Authors: | Leszek Koczanowicz & Adam J Chmielwski |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, Opole University 45–052 Opole, vl-Oleska 48, Poland;, Department of Philosophy, Wroclaw University, Pl. Teatrolny 8, 50–051 Wroclaw, Poland |
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| Abstract: | This compound paper presents the views of two Polish philosophers on the strong international pressures influencing the development of Polish philosophy in recent times. The first part, by Leszek Koczanowicz, treats the philosophical situation and problems of totalitarian Poland under the influence of Soviet Marxism, while the second part, by Adam Chmielewski, focuses on the main trends and difficulties of post-totalitarian Poland, dominated by Western influence. |
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| Keywords: | African philosophy universalism particularism ethnophilosophy philosophic sagacity logocentrism H Odera Oruka Paulin Hountondji K Anthony Appiah Lucius Outlaw |
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