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«Polish Risorgimento»

Visions of the Modern Polish Nation and their Italian Foundations

by Lidia Jurek (Author)
©2013 Monographs 417 Pages

Summary

«The book offers an opportunity to look at the genesis of national identity as it was constructed in a specific stateless and multicultural context through cultural transfer and the impact of the contemporary media. It explores Polish reactions to the Italian Risorgimento which at the time represented the quintessential struggle for national freedom and offered hope for other oppressed nationalities. The Polish intellectuals were inflamed by the Italian movement, mostly as supporters, but also as its fierce opponents. They took on the Risorgimento’s political and civilizational dilemmas, adjusting them to suit their own agendas. By vividly discussing Italy’s political prospects they were filling in the half-empty vessel of Polish national identity. As the result of this dialogue, they placed Poland firmly within Western civilization, determined which factors legitimized their nation and defined its religious outlook. The book allows us to discern the external foundations of such empowering national images as the ‘revolutionary Pole’ and the ‘Pole Catholic.’» Marta Petrusewicz, City University of New York, Università della Calabria.

Details

Pages
417
Publication Year
2013
ISBN (PDF)
9783653022575
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631624012
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-02257-5
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (October)
Keywords
Polish national movement National identity Mickiewicz, Adam Pole-Catholic
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2012. 417 pp., 5 fig.

Biographical notes

Lidia Jurek (Author)

Lidia Jurek holds a PhD in History from the European University Institute, Florence (2010). Currently she is a Fellow at the Imre Kertész Kolleg, Jena (Germany).

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