Bronisław Baczko (13 June 1924 – 29 August 2016)
was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. Together with

Leszek Kołakowski Leszek Kołakowski (; ; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, especially his three-volume history, '' Main Currents of Marxism'' (1976 ...

, he was a leading figure in the Warsaw School of the history of ideas in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Prizes and honours

* 2011: Balzan Prize for his work on the

Age of Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intel ...

References

* 1924 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Polish philosophers Polish anti-communists Polish United Workers' Party members Academic staff of the University of Warsaw {{Poland-academic-bio-stub