Segun Ogungbemi - Dialogue and Universalism

DIALOGUE AND UNIVERSALISM
No. 7–8/2010
LESZEK KOŁAKOWSKI:
THE NEW STAGE OF DIALOGUE AND UNIVERSALISM.
INDIVIDUALITY AND INFINITY. METANOIA — SOLIDARITY
Editorial. Leszek Kołakowski: Exponential Growth towards Wisdom Networks
of Panhuman Civilization (Janusz Kuczyński) .................................................. 5
I. LESZEK KOŁAKOWSKI AND HIS WORKS
Andrzej Walicki — Argument for a Balzan Prize for Leszek Kołakowski ............. 9
Marek Siemek — Laudatio on the Renewal of Leszek Kołakowski’s Ph.D. at the
University of Warsaw ......................................................................................... 15
Janusz Dobieszewski — On the Consolation Offered by Leszek Kołakowski’s Metaphysical Horror ............................................................................................... 21
Zofia Rosińska — Illuminating Life. Leszek Kołakowski’s Philosophy of Culture 39
Marcin Król — Intro to What Does Leszek Kołakowski Teach Us? ....................... 49
Witold Mackiewicz — Nietzschean Traits in the Works of Leszek Kołakowski .... 57
Werner Krieglstein — Taming the Horror of Time ................................................ 77
II. FAREWELL TO LESZEK KOŁAKOWSKI
July 17, 2009 in the Polish Sejm: Appeal by Marshal Bronisław Komorowski
for a Moment of Reflection, Thought, Prayer for Leszek Kołakowski ............ 81
Farewell Remembrances:
Karol Toeplitz — A Farewell to Professor Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009) ....... 83
Jerzy Szacki — Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009): Remembrances and Some
Comments .......................................................................................................... 95
Addresses at Leszek Kołakowski’s Funeral on July 29, 2009 at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw:
Jacek Bocheński, Karol Modzelewski, Henryk Samsonowicz ................................ 111
Reminiscences:
Andrew Targowski — Leszek Kołakowski in the West and in Poland ................. 115
Jerzy Kolarzowski — Moving the Borders of the World—about Professor
Leszek Kołakowski ...................................................................................... 119
Jarosław Kuisz — Treading in Kołakowski’s Footsteps ...................................... 121
Marta Bucholc — Annulment ............................................................................... 125
Jakub K. Szamałek — My Last Coffee with Professor Kołakowski ..................... 129
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Janusz Kuczyński — The Universalism of John Paul II—The Universalism
of Leszek Kołakowski. Afterword.................................................................... 131
Charles Brown — Dialogue and UniversalismE. Editorial .................................. 145
Publications by Leszek Kołakowski in D&U:
Dialogue and Humanism:
No. 3–4/1992: Even When the Devil Says He Is Telling the Truth, He Is Ling,
pp. 11–17.
No. 4/1994: Ethics, pp. 5–44.
Dialogue and Universalism:
No. 1/1995: Introductory Remarks: Methanoia, pp. 8–10.
No. 1–2/1996: Karl Marx and the Classical Definition of Truth, pp. 5–24.
No. 1–2/1997: Listening to a Good Man: A Text for the Year 2000, pp. 17–21.
No. 1–2/1998: In Praise of Cosmopolitanism, pp. 35–40
No. 1–2/2004: The Virtues of Dialogue, the Sins of Discord, pp. 13–14.
No. 3–4/2004: What the Past Is For, pp. 13–16.
No. 3–4/2004: Acceptance Speech, pp. 41–43.
No. 3–4/2004: Worst Memories—Again, pp. 45–47.
No. 7–8/2005: Sounds of Many Waters, pp. 5–10.
The photos are presented thanks to the Promotion Office of the University of Warsaw.
On these photos (by Marcin Kluczek), Professor Kołakowski is shown during celebrations held in honor of Him at the University. Moreover, they form a kind of His
farewell with the University and its characteristic buildings: the gate to the University,
Auditorium Maximum, Old Library (2), the building of Law Department and new University Library.