Author
Ludwik Kulczycki 1866-1941

He was born in Warsaw on the 22nd of July 1866. He was among the founders of the Second Proletariat, and in the 1990’s he joined the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). On account of his socialist and pro-independence political activity he was arrested by the tsarist authorities and deported to Siberia (1895-1899). After several years he managed to escape and came to Lviv. In 1900 he published his Zarys socjologii. At odds with some PPS activists, in 1900 he initiated the creation of the Third Proletariat, which was most active in 1904-1905, but never managed to gain strong support among the workpeople. In course of time, Kulczycki moved away from the Socialist movement, and from Marxism in particular, becoming their critical commentator. This attitude was expressed, for instance, in his book W poszukiwaniu nowego ustroju społecznego (1933), in which he also analysed the other political and ideological currents popular in Poland in the interwar period. In his work entitled Rewolucja rosyjska. Od dekabrystów do wędrówki w lud 1825-1870 (1909) he discussed the internal transformations of Russia. In 1917 he published his study called Druga rewolucja rosyjska. During the First World War he was active on the Supreme National Committee. In 1920 he joined the National Workers’ Party (NPR). Kulczycki lectured at the School of Political Sciences and the Higher School of Journalism in Warsaw. He died in Warsaw on the 3rd of August, 1941.

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