Marek Siemek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marek Siemek

Polish academic

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 30-May-2011

Profession: historian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Marek Jan Siemek (November 27, 1942 – May 30, 2011) was a Polish philosopher and historian of German transcendental philosophy (German idealism).
He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the director of its Department of Social Philosophy.Marek Siemek was a disciple of Bronislaw Baczko, one of the main representatives of the Warsaw School of the History of Ideas.
In his early works Siemek interprets marxism as a form of transcendental philosophy.
In his later works ha abandons marxism for hegelianism interpreted as transcendental social philosophy. From 1986 member of International Advisory Committee of The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft.
Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.
On 10 February 2006 he received doctorate honoris causa of the University of Bonn. Marek Siemek had one son, currently residing in the United States.