Communism - Legitimacy - Nationalism : Nationalist Legitimization of the Communist Regime in Poland.
Title:
Communism - Legitimacy - Nationalism : Nationalist Legitimization of the Communist Regime in Poland.
Author:
Wolff-Powęska, Anna.
ISBN:
9783653046786
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (410 pages)
Series:
Studies in History, Memory and Politics Series ; v.20
Studies in History, Memory and Politics Series
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Nationalist Legitimation of Political Authority -- Chapter 2: Communism: From National Nihilism to Nationalist Legitimation -- Chapter 3: The Communist System in Poland: Its Legitimated and Non-Legitimated Sources of Stability -- Chapter 4: "We Are by Blood from the Blood and Bone of Pułaski's Bone" -- Chapter 5: "Let them attack us as Polish Communists" (1945-1947) -- Chapter 6: "Dmowski Probably Wasn't a Marxist" (1948-1955) -- Chapter 7: "Every Country Should Have Full Independence and Self Determination" (1956) -- Chapter 8: "But It Is Nonetheless a Progressive Nationalism…" (1957-1970) -- Chapter 9: "The Party, Poland, Gierek the Party, Poland, Gierek" (1970-1980) -- Epilogue: The Third Crusade Against Poland -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book is devoted to the issue of nationalism in the latest Polish history as well as to legitimation of power and creation of social trust with the use of propaganda. It focuses on the contemporary history of Eastern Europe.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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