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relentlessly hunts for the paradoxes of modernity in both imaginary worlds and everyday life. The author of the book “Szczerość. O wyłanianiu się nowoczesnego porządku komunikacyjnego” [Honesty: How The Modern Communication Order Is Taking Shape]. She also investigated the cultural contradictions of liberalism (published in Poland in 2019 by Karakter Publishing House). Sometimes she thinks life is an art of interpretation. At other times, she decides that interpretation is, in fact, an art of survival.

If you like reading, you have surely heard about Normal People. The novel has been acclaimed a ‘future classic’ by The Guardian and its Irish author, 28-year-old Sally Rooney, hailed as the voice of her generation. Hulu and the BBC have bought the screen rights and a television adaption is due to premiere next spring.

The enthusiastic reviews might lead you to expect a literary revelation: a portrait of reality seen through the eyes of the young who are just entering adulthood after the financial crisis of 2008; a landscape that incorporates both psychological subtleties and the restraints of the class system (Rooney is

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Agata Sikora:

relentlessly hunts for the paradoxes of modernity in both imaginary worlds and everyday life. The author of the book “Szczerość. O wyłanianiu się nowoczesnego porządku komunikacyjnego” [Honesty: How The Modern Communication Order Is Taking Shape]. She also investigated the cultural contradictions of liberalism (published in Poland in 2019 by Karakter Publishing House). Sometimes she thinks life is an art of interpretation. At other times, she decides that interpretation is, in fact, an art of survival.

Translation: Annie Jaroszewicz

Publish date: 03.06.2019

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Agata Sikora:

relentlessly hunts for the paradoxes of modernity in both imaginary worlds and everyday life. The author of the book “Szczerość. O wyłanianiu się nowoczesnego porządku komunikacyjnego” [Honesty: How The Modern Communication Order Is Taking Shape]. She also investigated the cultural contradictions of liberalism (published in Poland in 2019 by Karakter Publishing House). Sometimes she thinks life is an art of interpretation. At other times, she decides that interpretation is, in fact, an art of survival.

When was the last time you felt true joy? What makes your body and mind vibrate? Cultural studies expert Agata Sikora puts us – and herself – under the microscope.

A couple holding hands, children jumping with enthusiasm, dogs barking playfully, a burst of laughter from friends sitting around a table, an improvised dance of happiness. What better symbol of the unification of humanity than this ‘divine spark’ which makes us all brothers? It’s good for the health, environmentally friendly, it opens us up to others; it really is hard to find a less controversial feeling than joy.

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