Sławomir Sierakowski

Sławomir Sierakowski

Sławomir Witold Sierakowski ( [swaˈvɔmir ɕɛraˈkɔfskʲi] ; born November 4, 1979 ) is a Polish publicist, sociologist, literary and theater critic and publisher. He is the founder and head of Krytyka Polityczna ( Political Criticism ), one of the most active organizations on the Polish left, which is interdisciplinary in the fields of politics, humanities and, in addition to its home country Poland, also works in Ukraine, Russia, Great Britain and Germany.

education

Sierakowski completed the Interdisciplinary custom Humanist course ( Międzywydziałowe Indywidualne Studia Humanistyczne ) at the Warsaw University (major subjects: sociology, philosophy, economics) and was a fellow of the Collegium Invisible, the Polish Minister of Education, the Goethe Institute , the GFPS , the DAAD and the American The German Marshall Fund . As part of study trips, he visited a large number of universities and science centers in Europe, such as B. the Vienna Institute for Human Sciences , as well as in the USA, for example the universities of Yale and Princeton .

Public work

In 2002 he founded the quarterly Krytyka Polityczna ( Political Criticism ) and has been its editor-in-chief ever since. He also heads the Political Critique Publishing House of the same name (W ydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej ) and “ Brave New World”, Warsaw's largest independent cultural center and think tank , which functions as a forum for discussions, art presentations and political projects.

Since 2005 he has been chairman of the Stowarzyszenie im. Stanisława Brzozowskiego ( Stanisław Brzozowski Society), which coordinates five cultural centers (in Warsaw , Gdansk , Lodz and Kiev ) and 25 local circles at home and abroad; It also includes the publisher, the quarterly bulletin and an internet portal.

In October 2008 he initiated an Open Letter to European Public Opinion, signed by 250 leading intellectuals, which advocates the EU Constitutional Treaty and a federal Europe. The letter was published in a number of leading European media, such as B. Le Monde, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ( FAZ ), the Rzeczpospolita or the Gazeta Wyborcza .

His journalistic work includes 400 essays and editorials on Polish and European politics, culture and humanities. His interviews (with, for example, Jürgen Habermas , Michael Walzer , Charles Taylor , Ulrich Beck , Slavoj Žižek , Ernesto Laclau , Hayden White , Chantal Mouffe , Michel Houellebecq , Michel Faber , Amos Oz , Etgar Keret , David Grossman ) and book reviews were published in Polish, French, Czech, Israeli, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian daily newspapers and weekly and monthly magazines such as B. the Guardian , the New York Times and the taz published.

Artistic work

Sierakowski took part as co-screenwriter and actor in an art project of the Israeli artist Yael Bartana , which is based on the three films "Mary Koszmary" ( Nightmares , 2008), " Mur i wieża " ( Wall and Tower ) and "Zamach" ( Assassination , 2011). The project represented Poland at the 54th Venice Art Biennale .

Web links

• Krytyka Polityczna (German)
• Nowy Wspaniały Świat ( Brave New World)