iek po Polsku - IJS Vol 2.

Lets Be Serious (Guest Editorial Introduction to IJS Vol 2. 0)

Kuba Mikurda

The Polish issue of the International Journal of iek Studies presents the reader e!tensi"e #olle#tion of te!ts The reader #riti#s& as issue opens

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hi#h ha"e been published in Polish $ournals in re#ent %ears. hi#h pro"ide an a##essible here iek easil%

ill find here arti#les b% iek& essa%s b% his intelle#tual allies and #onsistent ell as inter"ie s ' ith iek and about iek(&

introdu#tion to the )ain the)es of his ps%#hoanal%ti#al and so#iolo*i#al elaborations. The ith a kind of +iek ,eader- . a #olle#tion of brief arti#les& )o"es fro) politi#al issues to popular #ulture and ba#k - his topi#s ran*e fro) /)ish& atheis) and /nakin Sk% alker to 0en& 0apatistas and 1o)bies. The follo in* se#tion re#onstru#ts a stor)% debate hi#h took pla#e in +2uropa 3eekl%- in sprin* 2004 after the release of the Polish edition of Revolution at the Gates b% 5a6art and Kr%t%ka Polit%#1na 'the dis#ussion is supple)ented b% additional resour#es listed under +iek on the 3eb-(. In the +Inter"ie s and 7e#tures- se#tion the reader the inter"ie short "ersion of the inter"ie #atalo*ue(. The issue #loses ill find& a)on* others& the #o)plete "ersion of in Mar#h 2004 'a #ondu#ted b% Mi#ha8 9iela ski durin* iek:s "isit to 3arsa

ha"e been published in +Planet ;o# ,e"ie - <il) <esti"al ith pra#ti#al *uide to additional iekian resour#es on the

Internet 'both in Polish and 2n*lish(. =b"iousl%& the issue does not ai) at bein* a #oherent bod% of te!ts& hi#h ill be #onsistentl% pro"ided ith ne hi#h ould *i"e a

#o)plete a##ount of iek:s theoreti#al endea"our. Instead& it establishes an open ar#hi"e arti#les& resour#es and links. >i"en that . in )ost #ases . Polish #riti#s and readers respond to iek either b% re$e#tin* his theories as a hole& or treatin* the) solel% as an e!#ellent intelle#tual entertain)ent& this issue of IJS inter"enes to pro"ide +a third pill- . it en#oura*es to read iek #arefull% and seriousl%& to en*a*e in a #riti#al stud% of his thou*ht& different aspe#ts of iek:s ork. hi#h ould open a spa#e for e!tensi"e debate on

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ould not be possible

ithout the help of Mi#ha8 9iela ski& /*ata 9ielik-,obson&

Piotr 9o*ale#ki& Julian Kut%8a and Ma#ie$ ?o i#ki. Thank %ou6