Karol Irzykowski and the Clerk
Maria Gołębiewska
kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.plInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
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The text discusses Karol Irzykowski’s conceptions of clerkism. His theses echoed the assumptions of clerkism of Julien Benda. The issues are discussed in Part I of the text. Part II contains a detailed discussion on clerkism and the clerk, as defined by Irzykowski. For Irzykowski, like for Benda, the clerk was consistently idealistic (disinterestedness, non-participation in institutional and political disputes). The specific character of his conception lay in the fact that it combined clerkist theses with aesthetic ones in art critique (arguments with Tadeusz Boy-Zeleński). Irzykowski combined his theses with tenets of meritorism in art critique and the conception of the „projecting thought”. Irzykowski emphasized the individualistic character of the clerk (clerkism and the right to privacy, frankness in social contacts, friendship as a „clerk’s emotion”). Part III of the text recounts the critical activity of Prof. Stefan Morawski, pointing to its clerkist inspirations and theses.
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Karol Irzykowski, Stefan Morawski, Julien BendaReferences
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Maria Gołębiewskakwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Adiunkt w Instytucie Filozofii i Socjologii PAN. Zajmuje się filozofią współczesną (zagadnienia epistemologiczne w fenomenologii i w poststrukturalizmie), filozofią i teorią kultury (teorie filmu i komunikacji) oraz badaniami mediów. Opublikowała Demontaż atrakcji (2003) i Między wątpieniem a pewnością (2003).
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