A bit of a Chicago Boy, as it turns out. Thanks to Pejman for the tip. Requiescat in pace.
6 thoughts on “Leszek Kołakowski (October 23, 1927 – July 17, 2009)”
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Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
A bit of a Chicago Boy, as it turns out. Thanks to Pejman for the tip. Requiescat in pace.
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He will be missed.
Never read any of his stuff. What’s his best book?
I couldn’t say what his best book is, but I think you might enjoy as an introduction My Correct Views On Everything.
Link to the aforementioned. Looks pretty good and I might just get it. Out of stock at the moment, but perhaps we can start a groundswell of Kołakowski-ism.
Kołakowski’s “Main Currents of Marxism” is a massive volume of history and analysis which Marxists are likely to loathe.
George Weigel writes here on meeting Kolakowski and on what makes Kolakowski an important thinker.