Piotr Balcerowicz is an orientalist, philosopher, professor at

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

and founder of the Association Education for Peace.

Biography

He was active in the Federation of Government Secondary School of Torun, created in autumn 1980, occurring against indoctrination in schools, which has also been involved in organizing self-education action. In 1990 he graduated from the Warsaw University Oriental philology. In 1999 he obtained his Ph.D. from

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vo ...

, where he studied in 1992-1996. Former member of the Science Committee of Orientalist

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society o ...

. He is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, and a professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies

. Since 2002, founder and CEO of the Association Education for Peace.

Publications

In Polish

* 2001: ''Afganistan. Historia-ludzie-polityka'' (Afghanistan. History-people-politics) * 2003: ''Dżinizm. Starożytna religia Indii'' (

Jainism Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle bein ...

. The ancient religion of India) * 2003: ''Historia klasycznej filozofii indyjskiej. Część pierwsza: początki, nurty analityczne i filozofia przyrody'' (The history of classical Indian philosophy. Part One: origins, trends analysis and philosophy of nature)

In English

* 2009: ''Jainism and the definition of religion''.

References

External links

Website
* List of publication

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