Katarzyna Bojarska/Ewa Domanska/Piotr Filipkowski et al: Knowledge in the Shadow of Catastrophe (gebundenes Buch)

The volume offers the profound insights of the World War II generation with this extraordinary survey of Polish postwar humanities. The reader will encounter essays penned by eighteen luminous minds, including Bronislaw Baczko, Michal Glowinski, Oskar Hansen, Maria Janion, Anna Pawelczynska, Krzysztof Pomian, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, and more. Their texts are canonical in disciplines such as art history, cultural studies, history, literary criticism, philosophy, and sociology. The book allows to dive into the depths of memory and mnemonic experience, exploring the multifaceted tapestry of human existence-its historical, political, public, private, and often traumatic dimensions. Traverse the realms of material and visual cultures, and embrace the self-deconstructive and self-critical gestures that electrify intellectual pursuits. The book offers a powerful dose of academic reflection that will leave you profoundly engaged and will resonate long after you turn the final page.

Piotr Filipkowski is a sociologist, a oral historian, and an assistant professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Katarzyna Bojarska is an assistant professor in the Department of Culture and Media at the SWPS University in Warsaw. Ewa Domäska is a Professor of Human Sciences at the Faculty of History at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä, and a visiting professor at Stanford University.