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Biography
Koneczny graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and began work as at the Jagiellonian Library. After Poland regained its independence, he became an assistant professor in 1919. In June 1920, after he had qualified received the degree of doctor habilitatus, he became a professor of the Stefan Batory University in Wilno. After having retired in 1929, he came back to Kraków.
Works
Koneczny approached various matters in a critical manner. He combatted the racist myths of the early 20th century and constantly wrote on the need for morality in politics. His interests moved from purely historical research to the philosophy of history, religion and philosophy. His pioneering works dealing with the history of Russia. Koneczny authored extensive monographs of Byzantine and Jewish civilisations, which he considered to be less developed than the Latin civilisation of catholic Europe. In 1948, after sixty years of research work Koneczny calculated that his written scholarly output encompassed 26 volumes, each of them being 300 to 400 pages long, not to mention more than 300 articles, brochures and reprints.
Criticism
Feliks Koneczny was one of the chief proponents of anti-semitic theory, that Jewish civilization, according to him, threatened entire Latin-Christian world . In his anti-semitic publication Hitleryzm zażydzony (The Judaized Hitlerism) Koneczny even claimed, that Nazism was a product of Jewish civilization. . His teachings are still very popular among Polish nationalist parties . His followers claim that Koneczny approached various matters in a critical manner and that he combatted the racist myths of the early 20th century and constantly wrote on the need for morality in politics. His opponents stress that Koneczny, suggested that Jews and Catholics could not live in the same country because, according to him, Jews were lawless and immoral .
Works
Most in Polish; one book available in English translation.
- Dzieje Rosyi. Tom I. (do roku 1449), Spólka Wydawnicza Warszawska, Warsaw 1917.
- Polskie Logos a Ethos, t. I–II, Ksiegarnia sw. Wojciecha, Poznan 1921.
- O wielosci cywilizacyj, Gebethner & Wolff, Kraków 1935. English translation (abridged) On the Plurality of Civilisations, Polonica Publications, London 1962.
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- Swieci w dziejach narodu polskiego, t. 1–2, Tow. Sw. Michala Archaniola, Miejsce Piastowe 1937–1939.
- Rozwój moralnosci, Tow. Wiedzy Chrzesc., Lublin 1938.
- Cywilizacja bizantynska, Towarzystwo im. Romana Dmowskiego, London 1973.
- Cywilizacja zydowska, Towarzystwo im. Romana Dmowskiego, London 1974.
- O lad w historii, Towarzystwo im. Romana Dmowskiego, London 1977.
- Panstwo w cywilizacji lacinskiej. Zasady prawa w cywilizacji lacinskiej, Towarzystwo im. Romana Dmowskiego, London 1981.
- Prawa dziejowe oraz dodatek Bizantynizm niemiecki, Towarzystwo im. Romana Dmowskiego, London 1982.
- Dzieje Rosji. Tom III. Schylek Iwana III. 1492–1505, Towarzystwo im. Romana Dmowskiego, London 1984.
References
- ^ Feliks Karol Koneczny - academic career path, Kwart Hist Nauki Tech. 2005;50(1):95-115.
- ^ Joanna Beata Michlic Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present
External links
Further reading
- P. Bilinski Feliks Koneczny (1862–1949). Zycie i dzialalnosc. Ad astra, Warsaw 2001.
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