Wojciech Baluch

A research assistant at the Jagiellonian Universtity. In 1994 he was
studying cognitive semantics in SUNY University in Buffalo with Fulbright Scholarship. Author of “Performing the Meaning” and “Dyskurs, postać, płeć w Dramacie” (Discourse, Character and Sex in Drama). His last book (habilitation) concerns the subject of “weak discourse”. He was a vice-president of Democratic Party in 2007. He was also the author and co-owner of the first virtual-parliament opened on a website since 2008 till 2010

Politics

Why Does a Liberal “Think About an Elephant” – Reflections by a Polish Cognitivist

BY Wojciech Baluch / August 7, 2014

What may a liberal democrat say standing face to face with a several-tonne giant? That it grew too big? That its power disturbs the fragile social balance? It is all true, but the more we talk about it, the more people will notice that an elephant has the power which is probably worth following.