The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist PolandUniversity of Chicago Press, 2009 M10 15 - 280 pages In the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland’s borders, Geneviève Zubrzycki sees it as a particularly crucial moment in the development of post-Communist Poland’s statehood and its changing relationship to Catholicism. |
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... Carmelite convent away from Auschwitz (1992); when criticism of the church was so pervasive that special public discussion forums were initiated by the Dominicans in Cracow (1993); when the broadcasts of Radio Maryja, a right-wing ...
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Contents
Introduction and Theoretical Orientations | 1 |
1 Genealogy of Polish Nationalism | 34 |
Redefining the Nation in PostCommunist Poland | 77 |
Archaeology of a Contested Site and Symbol | 98 |
Mobilizing the Nation | 141 |
5 Debating Poland by Debating the Cross | 171 |
Nationalism and Religion Reexamined | 202 |
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The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland Geneviève Zubrzycki No preview available - 2006 |
The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland Geneviève Zubrzycki No preview available - 2006 |