Date: 2012
Type: Book
Polish Risorgimento: Visions of the modern Polish nation and their Italian foundations
Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 2012, Eastern European culture, politics and societies, 1
JUREK, Lidia, Polish Risorgimento: Visions of the modern Polish nation and their Italian foundations, Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 2012, Eastern European culture, politics and societies, 1
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/24655
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
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.
Table of Contents:
- Polish National Movement
- The Italian Risorgimento
- Risorgimental Background of 'Pole Catholic'
- The Catholic Church
- Cultural Transfer
- National Identity
- Mazzini and Mickiewicz
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/24655
ISBN: 9783631624012
Publisher: Peter Lang
Version: Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2010