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"Can communism reform itself?" - Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009.

By Fire Is Born - Jul 21st, 2009 at 11:10 pm EDT

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A Sense of Historical Irony

Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009.

By Christopher Hitchens

Posted Monday, July 20, 2009, at 12:26 PM ET

Leszek Kolakowski. Click image to expand.

WROCLAW, Poland—It was distinctly eerie to learn of the death of professor Leszek Kolakowski just 15 minutes before entering a room in which I was to give a short lecture on his influence. But it was also rather inspiring to be in a country that made the passing of a public intellectual into the front-page headline of every national daily paper the following day.

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