Marek Jan Siemek (November 27, 1942 – May 30, 2011) was a Polish philosopher and historian of German transcendental philosophy (German idealism). He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the director of its Department of Social Philosophy.[1]
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| Born | 27 November 1942 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 30 May 2011 (age 68) Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Professor and director of Department of Social Philosophy at University of Warsaw |
| Employer | University of Warsaw |
| Known for | Philosopher and historian of German Transcendental Philosophy at the University of Warsaw |
| Children | Maksymilian Strzelecki |
Marek Siemek was a disciple of Bronisław Baczko, one of the main representatives of the Warsaw School of the History of Ideas. In his early works Siemek interprets marxism as a form of transcendental philosophy. In his later works ha abandons Marxism for hegelianism interpreted as transcendental social philosophy.
From 1986 member of International Advisory Committee of The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft. Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.[2] On 10 February 2006 he received doctorate honoris causa of the University of Bonn.
Marek Siemek had one son, currently residing in the United States.
Main publications
edit- Fryderyk Schiller, Warszawa, Wiedza Powszechna, 1970
- Idea transcendentalizmu u Fichtego i Kanta, Warszawa, PWN, 1977
- Filozofia, dialektyka, rzeczywistość, Warszawa, PIW, 1982
- W kręgu filozofów, Warszawa, Czytelnik, 1984
- Filozofia spełnionej nowoczesności - Hegel, Wykłady Kopernikańskie w Humanistyce, vol. 2, Toruń, Wydawnictwo UMK, 1995.
- Hegel i filozofia, Warszawa, Oficyna Naukowa, 1998
- Vernunft und Intersubjektivität. Zur philosophisch-politischen Identität der europäischen Moderne, Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2000
- Wolność, rozum, intersubiektywność, Warszawa, Oficyna Naukowa, 2002[3]
Translations
edit- "Prawdy szukamy obaj". Z korespondencji między Goethem i Schillerem, with Jerzy Prokopiuk, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1974 (translation of the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller)
- Martin Heidegger, Nauka i namysł; Przezwyciężenie metafizyki, in: Martin Heidegger, Budować, mieszkać, myśleć. Eseje wybrane, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1977
- György Lukács, Młody Hegel. O powiązaniach dialektyki z ekonomią, BKF, PWN, Warszawa 1980
- György Lukács, Historia i świadomość klasowa., BWF, PWN, Warszawa 1988.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Życie Jezusa, in: Zygmunt Freud, Mojżesz i monoteizm, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1995.
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Teoria Wiedzy. Wybór pism, vol. 1, BKF, PWN, Warszawa 1996
References
edit- ^ "Hegel i różnica epistemologiczna" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "List of Fellows". ci.edu.pl. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Polskie Towarzystwo Hegla i Marksa" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
External links
edit- Marek Siemek's page at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw
- Stanisław Gromadzki, Marcin Miłkowski, Wstęp (Introduction) to the philosophical journal Przegląd Filozoficzno-Literacki 1(16)/2007
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