Za podstawę porównania wzorca oficera II Rzeczypospolitej i oficera Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej przyjęto system aksjologiczny obu badanych okresów. Całość narracji oparto na autorskim modelu ...wzorców osobowych, złożonych z czterech komponentów: uwarunkowań genealogicznych, osobowościowych, profesjonalnych i społecznych. Zestawienie tych komponentów na tle przedwojnia i powojnia przełożyło się na efekt końcowy w postaci dwóch przeciwstawnych portretów idealnego oficera. W pierwszym górę brały takie wartości jak elitaryzm urodzenia i wykształcenia, doskonałość osobowościowa oparta na cnotach religijnych i świeckich, imperatyw walki za niepodległość ojczyzny łącznie z gotowością ofiary życia, przy zachowaniu apolityczności, najwyższej próby patriotyzmu i związku z Kościołem. Drugi wzorzec cechował egalitaryzm, moralność socjalistyczna, imperatyw walki o zachowanie ustroju i sojuszu, skrajne upolitycznienie i ateistyczne postawy. Mimo kolejnych zmian ustrojowych każdy z nich pozostaje w jakimś stopniu obecny we współczesnej rzeczywistości.
The cautious expansion of freedoms in the sign of de-Stalinization is remembered in Poland as the "October Thaw of 1956". The renowned historian Jerzy Kochanowski presents an innovative view of this ...era. He vividly describes the contemporary facts of life as hooliganism and prostitution, work and unemployment, money and corruption, the concept of deliberate motherhood and dreams of having one's own car. The term "revolution" in the title of the book is to be taken literally, because the emotions that gripped Polish society at the time manifested themselves in a variety of ways on the streets. When the “Polish October Revolution” was over, the country was irreversibly changed.
This article offers a critical discussion of Magdalena Raszewska’s book Dejmek (Warszawa 2021). The reviewer argues that this biography of Kazimierz Dejmek (1924–2002), theater director and manager, ...is at the same time a meta-historical source, as it offers insights not only into a particular receding model of theatre and thinking about theater, but also into the categories, concepts, and structures specific to its time. Raszewska precisely describes Dejmek’s patriarchal features and principles, and she presents the history of his theater using terms pertinent to the values cherished by himself and his community. While her use of rumor and denunciation letters to de-mythologize Dejmek’s theater and its backstage practices may at times raise methodological concerns, it undoubtedly contributes to a picture of power and community relations that encourages a critical examination of the past and its protagonist.
This book sheds light on the complex experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in Poland, against a local backdrop of openly anti-refugee political narratives and strong opposition to sharing the ...responsibility for, and burden of, asylum seekers arriving in the EU. Through a multidimensional analysis, it highlights the processes of forced migrant admission, reception and integration in a key EU frontier country that has undergone a rapid migration status change from a transit to a host country. The book examines rich qualitative material drawn from interviews conducted with forced migrants with different legal statuses and with experts from public administration at the central and local levels, NGOs, and other institutions involved in migration governance in Poland. It discusses both opportunities for and limitations on forced migrants’ adaptation in the social, economic, and political dimensions, as well as their access to healthcare, education, the labour market, and social assistance. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners in migration and asylum studies, social policy, public policy, international relations, EU studies/European integration, law, economics, and sociology.
In The Carpathians, Patrice M. Dabrowski narrates how
three highland ranges of the mountain system found in present-day
Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine were discovered for a broader
regional public. ...This is a story of how the Tatras,
Eastern Carpathians, and Bieszczady Mountains went from being terra
incognita to becoming the popular tourist destinations they are
today. It is a story of the encounter of Polish and Ukrainian
lowlanders with the wild, sublime highlands and with the indigenous
highlanders-Górale, Hutsuls, Boikos, and Lemkos-and how these
peoples were incorporated into a national narrative as the
territories were transformed into a native/national landscape.
The set of microhistories in this book occur from about 1860 to
1980, a time in which nations and states concerned themselves with
the "frontier at the edge." Discoverers not only became enthralled
with what were perceived as their own highlands but also availed
themselves of the mountains as places to work out answers to the
burning questions of the day. Each discovery led to a surge in
mountain tourism and interest in the mountains and their indigenous
highlanders.
Although these mountains, essentially a continuation of the
Alps, are Central and Eastern Europe's most prominent physical
feature, politically they are peripheral. The Carpathians
is the first book to deal with the northern slopes in such a way,
showing how these discoveries had a direct impact on the various
nation-building, state-building, and modernization projects.
Dabrowski's history incorporates a unique blend of environmental
history, borderlands studies, and the history of tourism and
leisure.
Scientific connections between Polish People’s Republic and The Second Yugoslavia were a very important element of the bilateral relations between both countries. The mechanisms and rules of the ...scientific cooperation were similar to the rules and mechanisms of the cultural cooperation and faced the same constraints and possibilities. Types of institutions existing in the field of culture had their correspondences in the field of science and education. Developing of the scientific cooperation was not a strategic aim for both countries in the interwar period as well as during the Communism due to the situation on the international political scene. In the era of globalization, in the context of international scientific cooperation, interslavic relations has become the weakest in the last two centuries. Nowadays, even more than before, the scientific cooperation between all Slavic countries depends on individuals and their involvement.
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