Essayist and critic about Polishness. The case of Andrzej Kijowski (1928–1985)

Abstract

The neoromantic and modern Polish culture was the source of Andrzej Kijowski’s literary imagination. His symbols, myths, as well as generally speaking constructivism and historicism were shaped by the specific Polish past. As a result, this author paradoxically was both constructivist and anti-constructivist. His philosophy was changing during his life but there is no strict line of evolu-tion. At the same time, in different proportions, historical relativism and metaphysical essentialism coincided in Kijowski’s thinking.