Channeling Erasmus in Communist Poland: Leszek Kołakowski, Vatican II, and the Reinvention of "Counter-Reformation".

  • Published In: Journal of the History of Ideas, 2024, v. 85, n. 1. P. 87 1 of 3

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  • Authored By: Kosicki, Piotr H. 3 of 3

Abstract

Polish intellectual historian Leszek Kołakowski proposed in the 1960s an innovative, now virtually forgotten, reimagining of a crucial concept in the history of Roman Catholicism: the idea of "Counter-Reformation." Kołakowski's lifelong affinity for early modern Europe's Catholic dissidents led him into dialogue in the era of Vatican II with Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the leader of a movement of young Polish reformers who styled themselves "Catholic socialists." Seeing them as the bedrock of a new Catholic Counter-Reformation, Kołakowski sketched the role he hoped Poland might play in reinventing not only Catholicism, but religious life in the modern world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of the History of Ideas. 2024/01, Vol. 85, Issue 1, p87
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0022-5037
  • DOI:10.1353/jhi.2024.a917117
  • Accession Number:174880162
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