The Ongoing Miracle and its Historical Roots

Authors

  • Aleksandra Głos Jagiellonian University in Kraków

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.2120

Keywords:

solidarity, freedom, cooperation, revolution, trust, Hannah Arendt, Arista Maria Cirtautas

Abstract

Solidarity enhances freedom. Firstly, because it creates freedom‑­friendly environments, and secondly, because it brings radical novelty into the world, in the form of intellectual, social and artistic revolutions. It is also a reservoir of mutual trust and responsible humanitarian help. All of these aspects were present during Poland’s ‘Solidarity’ revolution of the 1980s, which triggered the social and political transformation of the country in a non‑­violent way. Now, the theory and practice of solidarity inherited since that movement can be treated as a regulative idea, still to be explored and extended.

Author Biography

  • Aleksandra Głos, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
    Aleksandra Głos – graduated in law and philo­sophy from Jagiellonian University in Kra­ków. Currently pursuing her doctoral degree at the Law Faculty and working as a research assistant at the Institute of Philosophy of Jagiellonian University. Her interests lie in legal philosophy, medical ethics and the psychology of emotion. In her spare time, she is a translator of German theology.

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Published

2017-06-01

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2017)

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