Andrzej Friszke

is a Polish historian and professor of Human Sciences whose main area of interest is modern history. He lectures at the Collegium Civitas and has published a number of books on the history of the Polish People’s Republic and democratic opposition in the twentieth century.

Articles

Leszek Kołakowski’s political path

Leszek Kołakowski was Poland’s foremost twentieth century philosopher. Fifty years ago, he left communist Poland, to confront Marxism from abroad in a series of magisterial works. Historian Andrzej Friszke, in conversation with ‘Res Publica Nowa’s’ Tadeusz Koczanowicz, traces his intellectual and spiritual journey.