title: The evolution of Leszek Kołakowski’s religious thought
abstract: This thesis examines the entire work of the Polish philosopher Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009), and argues that religious questions were at the heart of his thought from the very beginning of his intellectual career. Furthermore, it maintains that Kołakowski’s youthful engagement with Communism in Stalinist Poland, along with his later historical inquiries into various strands of modern philosophy were, in fact, phases in his development as a religious philosopher. The thesis, which relies on a te
journal: Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford)