Evoking Polish memory : : state, self and the Communist past in transition / / Anna Witeska-Mlynarczyk.
The book offers an interdisciplinary but very grounded look at the question of memory politics in contemporary Poland. It describes the conflicting ways in which two groups of people - the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime - have actively engaged in rep...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Frankfurt am main, [Germany] : : Peter Lang Edition,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Warsaw Studies in Contemporary History,
Volume 3 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; Notes on Transcription; Introduction; Chapter One. Hidden Dialogicality: personal memory, expert knowledge, historical policy, and pedagogy of patriotism; Chapter Two. The Mediating Role of the State in a Social Practice of Acquiring a Hero/Victim Subject Position; Chapter Three. Religious Framework for Embodied Mutual Orientation: a hero/victim experience situated in the Catholic Church; Chapter Four.The Archbishop is not the Church! Talk in the Association as a collaborative moral action
- Chapter Five. The Space of Ambiguity: between the collectively enacted frames and the experience of the self in timeChapter Six. Between Acknowledgement and Erasure: socialdynamics behind the production of political identities materialized in the public space; Chapter Seven. The Factory of Pathologies: collectivized imageries about the former security officers under the democratic state; Chapter Eight. Excavating Memories of Political Violence in a 'Lawful' State: a case-study of a security officer's trial; Chapter Nine. Resolving Disorientation through Narrative:two case-studies; Conclusion
- Bibliography