Reshaping Poland’s Community after Communism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reshaping Poland’s Community after Communism write by Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer. This book was released on 2018-06-14. Reshaping Poland’s Community after Communism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Harnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy towards others, and civic activity in post-Communist Poland in the light of Western influence over elements of Polish life. Reshaping Poland’s Community after Communism focuses on three major cases, largely ignored in Polish scholarship: (1) a hugely popular, faux-baroque Catholic shrine, which illustrates new strategies adopted by the Polish Catholic Church to attract believers; (2) Woodstock Station, a widely known free charity music festival, demonstrating new practices of sympathy towards strangers; and (3) the emergence of national internet pro-voting campaigns and small-town watchdog websites, which uncover changes in practical uses of civic engagement. In exploring grass-roots, everyday negotiations of religiosity, charity, and civic engagement in contemporary Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer demonstrates how a country’s cultural changes can suggest wider, dramatic democratic transformation.
Poland's First Post-communist Generation
Poland's First Post-communist Generation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poland's First Post-communist Generation write by Kenneth Roberts. This book was released on 1995. Poland's First Post-communist Generation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book identifies the immediate winners and losers, and compares the costs and benefits of Poland's transformation. The research was conducted by a team of British and Polish sociologists as part of the Economic and Social Research Council's East-West Programme.
Politics of Time
Politics of Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politics of Time write by Leszek Koczanowicz. This book was released on 2008. Politics of Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What has really happened in Poland since the election of 2005? After such spectacular events as the practice of lustration and the questioning of solidarity with the European Union, one has to ask: what is the nature of this newly emerging society? As with many of the recent developments in former communist countries that seem to be mysterious and irrational, the situation and ensuing problems are complex and the answers neither trivial nor easy. This book, by the distinguished Polish philosopher, addresses these complexities through the role of the communist past in post-communist Poland. It describes the events that led to the collapse of the Solidarity program and the growing influence of the nationalistic and religious parties in the government. The author investigates the nature of social and political temporality and develops a theoretical framework that allows him to apply his conclusions not only to Poland but also to other formerly communist countries. Leszek Koczanowicz is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Cultural Studies Department at University of Lower Silesia (DSW) in Wroclaw. His previous affiliations include Wroclaw University (1977-1997), Opole University (1997-2002), SUNY/Buffalo (1998-1999 and 2000-2001), and Columbia University (2004-2005) where he was Distinguished Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs. He is an author and editor of six books and numerous articles in Polish and English.
Music, City and the Roma under Communism
Music, City and the Roma under Communism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Music, City and the Roma under Communism write by Anna G. Piotrowska. This book was released on 2022-02-10. Music, City and the Roma under Communism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book highlights the role of Romani musical presence in Central and Eastern Europe, especially from Krakow in the Communist period, and argues that music can and should be treated as one of the main points of relation between Roma and non-Roma. It discusses Romani performers and the complexity of their situation as conditioned by the political situations starkly affected by the Communist regime, and then by its fall. Against this backdrop, the book engages with musician Stefan Dymiter (known as Corroro) as the leader of his own street band: unwelcome in the public space by the authorities, merely tolerated by others, but admired by many passers-by and respected by his peer Romain musicians and international music stars. It emphasizes the role of Romani musicians in Krakow in shaping the soundscape of the city while also demonstrating their collective and individual strategies to adapt to the new circumstances in terms of the preferred performative techniques, repertoire, and overall lifestyle.
Post-Communist Poland - Contested Pasts and Future Identities
Post-Communist Poland - Contested Pasts and Future Identities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Post-Communist Poland - Contested Pasts and Future Identities write by Ewa Ochman. This book was released on 2015-09-04. Post-Communist Poland - Contested Pasts and Future Identities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the reinterpretations of Poland's past which have been undertaken by Polish national and local elites since the fall of communism. It focuses on remembrance practices and traces the de-commemorating of communism to examine the ways in which collective remembering and forgetting shapes present power constellations in Poland and impacts on foreign and domestic policy. The book outlines the detail of the new hegemonic national myths which are being established but also investigates fragmentation and diversification of commemorative practices at the local level that has the most potential to challenge the dominant vision of national Polish identity, historically centred on martyrdom, heroism and independence, as less relevant to Poland's new aspirations for the future.
