homage

These are notes on the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1937, in which Orwell took part. The notes consist, as it were, of two parts: the story of an eyewitness participant and an analytical analysis. The author shows the war in an unusual perspective. There is no heroism in it, no clear goal and ideological orientation. Orwell describes in detail the natural benevolence of the Spaniards, their tolerance...

“Homage to Catalonia“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the POUM militia of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the...

First published in 1860, „Brother Jacob” is a short story about deception, imperial venture, and self-interest by George Eliot in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered, and ambitious David Faux and his simple-hearted and naif brother, Jacob. It is Eliot’s literary homage to Thackeray, a satirical modern fable that draws telling parallels between eating and reading.

W prezentowanym tomie Czytelnik znajdzie eseje przybliżające pewne odmiany hermeneutyki oraz problemy pojawiające się u myślicieli związanych z tradycją hermeneutyczną, a także teksty filozofów tak istotnych dla myśli współczesnej jak Rousseau, Heidegger, Derrida, Arendt czy Patočka. Publikacja powstała jako uhonorowanie dokonań naukowych Profesora Włodzimierza Lorenca, pracownika Wydziału Filozofii...