Postmodernity as an epidemic?Around Tomasz Burek's Quarantine Diary

Abstract

In the article, I write about the interpretation of Tomasz Burek's Quarantine Journal. In it, the author interprets the broadly understood postmodern philosophy as a disease that threatens the modern world. I describe the semantics of the title, the meaning of the eponymous quarantine and the reception of this work in the literary environment, and the reasons for imposing a "taboo" on it. I discuss the ways of evaluating literature by Tomasz Burk, their theological and axiological dimensions, the writers he appreciated and criticized, and his connections with personalistic philosophy. Finally, I describe the critic's attitude towards representatives of the deconstructionist school.