Open AccessBolshevism in the political thought of Adolf Kliszewicz
Author(s) -
Maciej Marszał
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia nad autorytaryzmem i totalitaryzmem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2300-7249
DOI - 10.19195/2300-7249.42.3.4
Subject(s) - politics , communism , doctrine , ideology , nazism , perversion , materialism , socialism , state (computer science) , german , law , political science , economic history , sociology , history , philosophy , gender studies , theology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
Adolf Kliszewicz (born 1879) was one of the leading publicists of the Second Polish Republic connected with the Christian-conservative trend. He was a publicist for many conservative magazines, including Przegląd Powszechny, Nasza Przyszłość or Ateneum Kapłańskie. The article concerns views of Adolf Kliszewicz on the doctrine and political system of Bolshevism. It should be noted that Kliszewicz based his analysis of Russian communist thought on the background of political tendencies that began to dominate in Europe. For him, Italian fascism and German national socialism were the reference point for reflections on Bolshevism. Additionally, the Polish journalist saw in the Russian communist doctrine the great danger of national and state existence. Radical socialism, as he treated Bolshevism, was an expression of the perversion of man and his enslavement by materialistic ideology.