Leonidas Donskis

Leonidas Donskis (b. August 13, 1962 in Klaipėda, Lithuania USR) is a Lithuanian philosopher, essayist, cultural critic and activist.

He currently serves as Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, and Director of the Political Science and Diplomacy School at Vytautas Magnus University, docent of Helsinki University [ [http://www.vdu.lt/staff/PMDI/Donskis_en.htm School of Political Science and Diplomacy] ] and the host of the TV discussions show "Be pykčio" [ [http://www.lrt.lt/tv/shows.php?id=430514&no=0&cid=1158&grid=430514 Be pykčio] (no anger)] . And therefore he is known as one of public person who is influencing culture of thought in Lithuania.

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Donskis has published 8 books in Lithuanian and English languages.

* Moderniosios kultūros filosofijos metmenys: Mokymo priemonė univ. humanit. fak. studentams. Vilnius : Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, 1993;
* Moderniosios sąmonės konfigūracijos: Kultūra tarp mito ir diskurso. Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 1994;
* Tarp vaizduotės ir realybės: ideologija ir utopija nūdienos civilizacijos teorijoje. Vilnius : Baltos lankos, 1996;
* Tarp Karlailio ir Klaipėdos: visuomenės ir kultūros kritikos etiudai. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla, 1997;
* Forms of Hatred. The Troubled Imagination in Modern Philosophy and Literature. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2003;
* Pilietinė visuomenė ir jos priešai: autoritetas, tiesa ir viešoji erdvė XXI amžiaus pradžios Lietuvoje. Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2004;
* Tapatybė ir laisvė: trys intelektualiniai portretai. Vilnius : Versus aureus, 2005.
* Loyalty, Dissent, and Betrayal. Modern Lithuania and East-Central European Moral Imagination. With a preface by Zygmunt Bauman. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2005.

Donskis is the editor of two book series:
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* The Value Inquiry Book Series.

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