Jan Stachniuk

Jan Stachniuk
Born	13 January 1905 Kovel, Vistula Land, Russian Empire
Died	14 August 1963 Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Other names	Stoigniew (pseudonym)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy Polish philosophy
School	Culturalism Neopaganism Zadrugism
Main interests	Culture History Politics Religion Criticism of Christianity Slavic paganism
Notable ideas	Wspakultura

Jan Stachniuk (13 January 1905 - 14 August 1963) was a Polish philosopher, an editor-in-chief of the Polish pre-war nationalist journal Zadruga, the creator of the Zadruga Movement, a theoretician and the founder of culturalism.

Jan Stachniuk was born on 13 January 1905 in Kovel. In 1930 he finished his education at the College of Commerce in Poznań. During World War II, he fought in the ranks of the Home Army.

Publications

• Kolektywizm a naród (Collectivism and the nation), 1933
• Heroiczna wspólnota narodu (Heroic community of nation), 1935
• Państwo a gospodarstwo (State and the economy), 1939
• Dzieje bez dziejów (History without history), 1939
• Mit słowiański (Slavic myth), 2006; written in 1941
• Zagadnienie totalizmu (The question of totalitarianism),1943
• Człowieczeństwo i kultura (Humanity and culture),1946
• Walka o zasady (Fight for principles),1947
• Wspakultura (Back-culture),1948
• Droga rewolucji kulturowej w Polsce (The path of cultural revolution in Poland), 2006; written in 1948
• Chrześcijaństwo a ludzkość (Christianity and humanity), 1997; written in 1949

See also

• Julius Evola
• Franco Freda
• Feliks Koneczny
• Stanisław Szukalski

References

Sources

• Wacyk, Antoni. Jan Stachniuk 1905-1963. Życie i dzieło [Jan Stachniuk 1905-1963. Live and opus] (in Polish).