Polish Patriotism after 1989

Concepts, Debates, Identities

Dorota Szeligowska (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2016
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-0343-1992-8 (ISBN)

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This book analyses the concept of patriotism and the contest over its meaning in key public debates in Poland over the last twenty-five years. It focuses on the strategies used to appropriate, re-shape and «bend» the notion of patriotism, which during this period has become a central issue in Polish political discourse.

This book analyses the concept of patriotism and the contestation over its meaning in key public debates in Poland over the last twenty-five years. It focuses on the strategies used to define, re-shape and "bend" the notion of patriotism, which during this period has become a central issue in Polish political discourse. Contemporary Polish society is characterized by a growing polarization of the public sphere. Rivalry between former communists and former dissidents has been progressively replaced by internal opposition within the ranks of once-dissident allies, now divided into civic-minded "critical" patriots and nationalist-oriented "traditional" patriots. This division re-emerges regularly during key moments in Polish public life - most recently in the aftermath of the highly contested 2015 parliamentary elections. By tracing the evolution of the debate over patriotism since 1989, this book provides crucial insights into the current political situation.

Dorota Szeligowska holds a PhD from the Doctoral School of Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest, where she specialized in political theory and comparative politics. She currently lives and works in Brussels and is a visiting scholar at the Dijon campus of Sciences Po, where she lectures on the history of communism, the sociology of post-communism and EU affairs.

Contents: Introducing Polish Intellectual Debates About Patriotism - Theoretical, Historical and Political Contextualization of Debates About Patriotism in Poland - The Reopening of the «Discursive Space» After 1989: Reconquering Key Political Concepts to Legitimize the New Democratic State - Progressive Polarization of the Contestation over the Modern Form of Patriotism - The Development of «Critical Patriotism» within Debates About Polish-Jewish Relations - The Divisive Effect of Romantic Patriotism: National Mourning Following the Smolensk Crash in 2010 - Discussing the Country, Contesting the Love: Concluding Remarks.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Nationalisms across the Globe ; 17
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	450 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Schlagworte	1989 • communist • Concepts • Critical Patriotism • debates • Dissident • Dorota • Identities • Jaskulowski • Kamusella • krzysztof • Patriotism • Patriotism in Poland • Polish • Polish public life • Romantic Patriotism • Szeligowska • Tomasz
ISBN-10	3-0343-1992-4 / 3034319924
ISBN-13	978-3-0343-1992-8 / 9783034319928
Zustand	Neuware