Leszek Kolakowski

Leszek KoÅ‚akowski (Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kÉ”waˈkÉ”fskʲi]; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, especially his three-volume history, Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work, Kolakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. In his 1986 Jefferson Lecture, he asserted that "We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.” Continue Reading »

The above description is from the Wikipedia article on Leszek Kolakowski , licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. A full list of contributors can be found here.