Jan Stachniuk

Jan Stachniuk (13 January 1905 – 14 August 1963) was a Polish philosopher, an editor-in-chief of the Polish pre-war nationalist journal Zadruga, the creator of the Zadruga Movement, a theoretician and the founder of culturalism.

Jan Stachniuk was born on 13 January 1905 in Kovel. In 1930 he finished his education at the College of Commerce in Poznań. During World War II, he fought in the ranks of the Home Army.

Publications Kolektywizm a naród (Collectivism and the nation), 1933 Heroiczna wspólnota narodu (Heroic community of nation), 1935 Państwo a gospodarstwo (State and the economy), 1939 Dzieje bez dziejów (History without history), 1939 Mit słowiański (Slavic myth), 2006; written in 1941 Zagadnienie totalizmu (The question of totalitarianism),1943 Człowieczeństwo i kultura (Humanity and culture),1946 Walka o zasady (Fight for principles),1947 Wspakultura (Back-culture),1948 Droga rewolucji kulturowej w Polsce (The path of cultural revolution in Poland), 2006; written in 1948 Chrześcijaństwo a ludzkość (Christianity and humanity), 1997; written in 1949