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Public knowledge in cold war Poland : scholarly battles and the clash of virtues, 1945-1956 / Alexej Lochmatow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lochmatow, Alexej, author.
- Series:
- Poland: transnational histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scholars--Poland.
- Scholars.
- Academic disputations--Poland.
- Academic disputations.
- Learning and scholarship--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Professional ethics.
- Poland--Intellectual life--1945-1989.
- Poland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 257 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Alexej Lochmatow is a Walter Benjamin Research Fellow at the University of Erfurt. He got his PhD from the University of Cologne and the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interest lies in the history of science and humanities, public knowledge, and intelligence research.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- From the War to the 'Gentle Revolution'
- The many faces of the Soviet Union
- The teachers of virtues: the French and the early post-War project
- The Polish Intelligentsia and an anti-authoritarian vision of society
- Between 'outdated' Marxism and 'updated' Catholicism
- The 'failed' quest for unity
- The school of 'new virtues'
- '1956' as a 'diagnosis' and 'prognosis'
- Epilogue: The concept of virtues as a lens.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 26, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lochmatow, Alexej. Public knowledge in cold war Poland
- ISBN:
- 9781003428251
- 1003428258
- 9781000958003
- 1000958000
- 9781000958034
- 1000958035
- Publisher Number:
- 40032013436
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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