Remigiusz Ryzinski

Foucault in Warsaw (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Bye, Sean Gasper

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1958, Michel Foucault arrived in Poland to work on his thesis-a work that eventually came to be published as The History of Madness. While he was there, he became involved with a number of members of the gay community, including a certain "Jurek," who eventually led the secret police directly to Foucault's hotel room, causing his subsequent exit from Poland. That boy's motivations and true identity were hidden among secret police documents for decades, until Remigiusz Ryzinski stumbled upon the right report and uncovered the truth about the whole situation. Nominated for the Nike Literary Award, Foucault in Warsaw reconstructs a vibrant, engaging picture of gay life in Poland under communism-from the joys found in secret nightclubs, to the fears of not knowing who was a secret informant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Letter
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781948830515
• Artikelnr.: 62050790

Autorenporträt

Remigiusz Ryzinski is a philosopher, cultural critic, writer, and academic lecturer who works on gender and queer theory; he has published three academic books. He is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and has also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. He has received grants from the French government, the Robert Schuman Polish Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, and the city of Warsaw. Foucault in Warsaw is his literary nonfiction debut.