Janez Sacha's monograph deals with the hitherto unknown dimension of Kosovel's oeuvre, with his relation to non-animatonic physics in the face of Einstein's and quantum physics. The starting point of the author's reflection is the manifesto of organic constructivism to mechanics and other manifestos of Kosovel, in the context of his controversy with the understanding of Man and nature as a machine, that is, with the scheme of the mechanistic world. Related to this is Kosovel's idea of a "new constructive man". He often referred to Einstein, to the concept of gravity, to time-space and its mysticism, connected geometry and physics, equated poetry with architecture, devoted himself to the analysis of space, talked about empty space, mentioned moving philosophy, the meaning of movement as opposed to non-animtonic statics, etc.he understood the transition from chaos to Cosmos as an attempt to reconcile man's ethical principles and actions with the new ethics of nature and its laws. All the more so because quantum mechanics, in contrast to non-tangtonic determinism, once again opens up space for human free will. Baggo analyzes many of Kosovel's definitions of Constructivism and notes their close relationship to quantum particle entanglement. He also interprets some of Kosovel's key songs with particular attention. Towards the end of the book, he sheds new light on the poet's illness and death, his relationship to and conflict with the Communist Party, cooperation with the original TIGER organization, and Kosovel's understanding of revolution.
The discussion with Dr. Janez Bagko will be conducted by Dr. Igor Zhunkovic from the Department of comparative literature and literary theory, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. The interlocutors will pay special attention precisely to Kosovel's attitude to modern physics and thus actualize his literary creation from this point of view as well.
Dr. Janez bag is a literary historian and theorist, a long-time professor at the Department of comparative literature and literary theory at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. He published several books on the Greek epic and tragedy, as well as on the European and Slovenian historical avant-garde. With Kosovel, mdr. worked in the study of Sotko Kosovel, Slovenian historical avant-garde and zenitism (1986) and in the extensive monograph Sotko Kosovel (2011). He received Zois's recognition for her.
Monografija Janeza Vrečka se ukvarja z doslej neznano razsežnostjo Kosovelovega opusa, z njegovim odnosom do newtonske fizike ob soočenju z Einsteinovo in kvantno fiziko. Izhodišče avtorjevega premisleka so manifest organskega konstruktivizma Mehanikom in drugi Kosovelovi manifesti, in sicer v kontekstu njegove polemike z razumevanjem človeka in narave kot stroja, se pravi s shemo mehanicističnega sveta. S tem je povezana tudi Kosovelova ideja o »novem konstruktivnem človeku«. Sam se je pogosto skliceval na Einsteina, na pojem gravitacije, na časo-prostor in njegovo mističnost, povezoval je geometrijo in fiziko, izenačeval poezijo z arhitekturo, se posvečal analizi prostora, govoril je o praznem prostoru, omenjal gibljivo filozofijo, pomen gibanja v nasprotju z newtonsko statiko itn. Prehod iz kaosa v kozmos je razumel kot poskus uskladitve človekovih etičnih načel in dejanj z novo etiko narave in njenih zakonov. Toliko bolj, ker kvantna mehanika v nasprotju z newtonskim determinizmom znova odpira prostor za človekovo svobodno voljo. Vrečko analizira številne Kosovelove definicije konstruktivizma in ugotavlja njihovo tesno povezanost s kvantno delčnovalovno prepletenostjo. Posebno pozorno interpretira tudi nekatere ključne Kosovelove pesmi. Proti koncu knjige na novo osvetljuje pesnikovo bolezen in smrt, njegovo razmerje do komunistične partije in konflikt z njo, sodelovanje s prvotno organizacijo TIGER in Kosovelovo razumevanje revolucije.
Pogovor z dr. Janezom Vrečkom bo vodil dr. Igor Žunkovič z Oddelka za primerjalno književnost in literarno teorijo Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. Sogovornika bosta posebno pozornost posvetila ravno Kosovelovemu odnosu do moderne fizike in tako aktualizirala njegovo literarno ustvarjanje tudi s tega gledišča.
Dr. Janez Vrečko je literarni zgodovinar in teoretik, dolgoleten profesor na Oddelku za primerjalno književnost in literarno teorijo ljubljanske Filozofske fakultete. Objavil je več knjig o grškem epu in tragediji, pa tudi o evropski in slovenski zgodovinski avantgardi. S Kosovelom se je mdr. ukvarjal v študiji Srečko Kosovel, slovenska zgodovinska avantgarda in zenitizem (1986) ter v obsežni monografiji Srečko Kosovel (2011). Zanjo je prejel Zoisovo priznanje.