We can observe the return of utopia in our thinking; effectively, it would seem, exorcised, compromised and criticised as a fragment of the modernity project, it reappears, allowing us to think about what is different and possible, and to overall think differently. Historical imagination allows us not only the understanding of the past, but also constructing its different variants, as well as constructing the future. Hence the comeback and the accompanying question about the agency of humanities. What and how will we invent and imagine in relation to the future? These were the issues considered during the seminar.
Andrzej Leder is a philosopher of culture and psychotherapist. He is currently employed as Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Between 1992 and 2012 Andrzej Leder was a member of the editing board of the journal Res Publica Nowa. His book Prześniona rewolucja. Ćwiczenie z logiki historycznej published in 2015 has been widely acclaimed as an inspiring and innovative approach to 20th century Polish history and contemporary Polish culture. German translation of this book is due in April 2019.
