Agata BIELIK-ROBSON

Agata BIELIK-ROBSON
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Agata BIELIK-ROBSON (b. 1966, Warsaw) received her M.A. from Warsaw University (1989, with distinction) and her PhD from The Polish Academy of Sciences in 1995, which gave her a special award for her thesis, "The Crisis of the Subject in Contemporary Philosophy." She has presented papers in journals and at conferences prolifically over the past decade, as well as publishing the books, On the Other Side of Nihilism: Contemporary Philosophy in Search for a New Subjectivity (1997, IFIS PAN Press), Other Modernity: A Hidden Life of the Modern Soul (2000, Universitas) and her translation of Harold Bloom's seminal The Anxiety of Influence into Polish. Her recent work on the Romantic conception of subjectivity, The Spirit of the Surface. Romantic Prolegomena to Any Future Philosophy of Subjectivity (forthcoming in Polish, Universitas) aims, via its translation into English, "to show the Anglo-Saxon reader the unity, as well as actuality, of the Romantic movement perceived from both, British-American and Central European perspective." Dr. Bielik writes, "although I was originally trained as a philosopher, I often find more inspiration in the field of literature than in strictly academic philosophical writings. I am a strong advocate of the 'literary style' in philosophy, as well as of bringing together these two crucial domains of contemporary humanities." She is participating courtesy of Jurzykowski Foundation.

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