Krzysztof Michalski

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Krzysztof Michalski (born June 8, 1948 in Warsaw ; † February 11, 2013 in Vienna ) was a Polish philosopher and rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, which he founded in 1982 .

Life

Krzysztof Michalski graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in philosophy in 1974 with a dissertation on Heidegger and contemporary philosophy . In 1977 he spent a year as a Humboldt Fellow in Cologne, and from 1978 he taught philosophy at Warsaw University. 1981/82 he received a scholarship from the Thyssen Foundation in Heidelberg and 1982/83 Fellow of Churchill College , Cambridge. In 1986 he completed his habilitation at the University of Warsaw with the thesis Logic and Time. Attempt a phenomenological analysis . From 1987 he taught philosophy at Boston University , and since 1994 also at Warsaw University.

In 1982 he founded the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, of which he was rector until his death. The institute is an independent institute for advanced study in the field of humanities and social sciences. Since its inception, it has promoted intellectual exchange between East and West, between science and society, and between a variety of disciplines and schools of thought.

In the run-up to EU enlargement, Michalski advised the European Commission several times, most recently as chairman of the reflection group The Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe (2002-04). He was Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Public Affairs in Warsaw and President of the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study (NetIAS).

Honors

Fonts (selection)

Monographs
  • Heidegger i filozofia współczesna. (Heidegger and contemporary philosophy). Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1978.
    • Russian edition: Хайдеггер и современная философия. Territoria budushchego, Moscow 2010.
  • Logika i czas. Próba analizy Husserlowskiej teorii sensu. (Logic and time. An attempt at a phenomenological analysis). Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1988.
    • English edition: Logic and Time. An Essay on Husserl's Theory of Meaning. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht / Boston / London 1996.
    • Russian edition: Логика и время. Territoria budushchego, Moscow 2010.
  • Płomień wieczności. Eseje o myślach Fryderyka Nietzschego. (The flame of eternity. Essays on Friedrich Nietzsche's thinking). Znak, Krakow 2007.
    • English edition: The Flame of Eternity: An Interpretation of Nietzsche's Thought. Princeton University Press, 2012.
  • Zrozumieć przemijanie. (Understanding time. Essays). Fundacja Augusta Hrabiego Cieszkowskiego, Warsaw 2011.
As editor
  • Castel Gandolfo talks. 8 volumes. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1985-1998.
    • Polish edition: Znak and Centrum Myśli Jana Pawła, Warsaw / Krakow 2010.
  • Transit - European Review. New Critique Publishing House, Frankfurt a. M. Appears since 1990, so far 42 issues.
  • Conditions of European Solidarity. Volume I: What Holds Europe Together? Volume II: Religion in the New Europe. CEU Press, Budapest / New York 2006.
    • German-language edition of Volume II: What does Europe believe in? Religion and Political Culture in the New Europe. Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philosopher Krzysztof Michalski died
  2. ↑ cf. The Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe. Concluding remarks , European Commission, Directorate for Social sciences and humanities, Brussels 2005
  3. ^ Institute for Public Affairs
  4. ↑ NetIAS
  5. ^ Theodor Heuss Prize
personal data
SURNAME Michalski, Krzysztof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish philosopher and rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, which he founded in 1982
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2013
Place of death Vienna