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Cross Purposes : Catholicism and the Political Imagination in Poland by Magdalena Waligórska (2024, Trade Paperback)
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No other symbol is as omnipresent in Poland as the cross. This multilayered and contradictory icon features prominently in public spaces and state institutions. It is anchored in the country's visual history, inspires protest culture, and dominates urban and rural landscapes.
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009230972
ISBN-139781009230971
eBay Product ID (ePID)22065563315
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Book TitleCross Purposes : Catholicism and the Political Imagination in Poland
Number of Pages388 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / General
Publication Year2024
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorMagdalena Waligórska
Book SeriesNew Studies in European History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Dewey Edition23
Reviews'... a brilliant reading of modern Polish history [and] an inspiring example of practicing cultural history - a multi-threaded study of images, symbols, ideas, and practices, including points of protest and establishment of power.' Iwona Kurz, H-Soz-Kult
Dewey Decimal943.8
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The ascendance of the cross; 2. Colonization in the shadow of the cross; 3. Female and furious: the invention of the 'defense of the cross'; 4. Solidarity's sacred politics; 5. The transformation crusades; 6. Religious populism and its opponents; Conclusion.
SynopsisNo other symbol is as omnipresent in Poland as the cross. This multilayered and contradictory icon features prominently in public spaces and state institutions. It is anchored in the country's visual history, inspires protest culture, and dominates urban and rural landscapes. The cross recalls Poland's historic struggles for independence and anti-Communist dissent, but it also encapsulates the country's current position in Europe as a self-avowed bulwark of Christianity and a champion of conservative values. It is both a national symbol - defining the boundaries of Polishness in opposition to a changing constellation of the country's Others - and a key object of contestation in the creative arts and political culture. Despite its long history, the cross has never been systematically studied as a political symbol in its capacity to mobilize for action and solidify power structures. Cross Purposes is the first cultural history of the cross in modern Poland, deconstructing this key symbol and exploring how it has been deployed in different political battles.s been deployed in different political battles.s been deployed in different political battles.s been deployed in different political battles., Cross Purposes is the first cultural history of the cross in modern Poland, deconstructing this key symbol and exploring how it has been deployed in different political battles. Historians of Eastern Europe will find in it a compelling cultural history of Poland's major political upheavals.
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