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Kbeingtogether”isanachievement,butinturntheachievementis
adeepenigma.Thatiswhyitcannotbeassumed,whyitneeded
andstillneedstobewrittenaboutandthoughtthrough.This
iswhatThoreauwasseekingtounderstand,andwhatSławek
interpretsinThoreau’songoingreflectioninthisremarkable
study.
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SurelymanyfactorshavecontributedtoTadeuszSławek’s
sensibility,andparticularlytohiscriticalmeditationon
community,transcendence,andpassion.Canwedoubtthat
Poland’storturedsocialandpoliticalhistoryintheoldregime
underwhichSławekcametomaturityplayedaroleinforming
hisconcerntodeconstructthedeadenedisolationofnominally
monadicKindividuals,”toconceptualizealiberatorypoliticsand
atrulysocialspace?InthisessayIhavebeeninspiredbyhis
interpretivepreoccupationwiththesequestions.Toclosemytext,
letmeoferatributetosolidarityandtofriendship–perhaps
thecardinalformsofsuchrelationships.Noonecouldhave
anticipatedthechangesinPolandsince1982;noonecouldhave
foreseenthefriendshipthatbeganthenforme.Iwanttohonor
thesetransformationsandthisafectionbycelebratingthe
paradoxoftheunimaginable,byresurrectingfromthefluxofthe
quotidiantheimprobabilityofsuchwonders.
