Józef Tischner

Józef Stanisław Tischner (12 March 1931 – 28 June 2000) was a Polish

Tischner was born in

After the fall of communism in 1989, he continued preaching the importance of ethics in the new capitalist Poland. In September 1999, Tischner received the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest decoration.

Tischner remains a controversial figure in Poland. He frequently criticized Polish religiousness by calling it as flat (shallow) as a pancake, he also accused the Polish clergy of being extremely conservative, engaged in politics and antisemitism.

Fellow of Collegium Invisibile as a professor of philosophy.^[1] He died in Kraków on 28 June 2000.

Selected publications

Tischner wrote and published more than 600 articles and books.

His two main works, in which he explained his original philosophical concepts, are:

• The Philosophy of Drama (Filozofia dramatu) (1998)
• The Controversy over Human Existence (Spór o istnienie człowieka) (1998)

Most notable among his Góral themed works is:

• A Goral History of Philosophy (Historia filozofii po góralsku) (1997)

See also

• Knights of the Order of the White Eagle

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Sources

• "Nie ma rzeczy niemożliwych" . Magazyn Kulturalny Tygodnika Powszechnego nr 7/8 (56/57), 08 lipca 2001.
• "Lektury nie tylko obowiązkowe". Dziennik Polski, 14 maja 2009.

References

External links

• "Józef Tischner".
  Information Processing Centre
  database (in Polish).

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