Włodzimierz Rydzewski – Leftist Thinking, Thinking of the Left

Abstract

The article is devoted to the memory of Włodzimierz Rydzewski, a person who has played a huge role in the shaping and development of Polish research into the Russian mind, the Polish Marxism, and philosophy in general (with particular regard to the Jagie-llonian University). His views and actions have been placed in the broader context of the situation in Poland in the last decades of the twentieth century, together with the works by Andrzej Walicki and Marek Siemek, operating in similar fields. The article outlines the topics and the methodology of scientific and journalistic activities of Rydzewski; it highlights the manifold merits of Rydzewski as a person.