The un-Polish Poland, 1989 and the illusion of regained historical continuity / Tomasz Kamusella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamusella, Tomasz, author.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Palgrave Pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Polish.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Poland--Politics and government--1989-.

Poland.

Politics and government.

Lithuania--Languages--Political aspects.

Lithuania.

Poland--Languages--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xxix, 133 pages : color maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

This text discusses historical continuities and discontinuities between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, interwar Poland, the Polish People's Republic, and contemporary Poland. The year 1989 is seen as a clear pointbreak that allowed the Poles and their country to regain a 'natural historical continuity' with the 'Second Republic,' as interwar Poland is commonly referred to in the current Polish national master narrative. In this pattern of thinking about the past, Poland-Lithuania (nowadays roughly coterminous with Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia's Kaliningrad Region and Ukraine) is seen as the 'First Republic.' However, in spite of this 'politics of memory' (Geschichtspolitik) - regarding its borders, institutions, law, language, or ethnic and social makeup - present-day Poland, in reality, is the direct successor to and the continuation of communist Poland.-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-128) and index.

ISBN:

9783319600352

3319600354

OCLC:

987282811