Górnośląski regionalizm jako praktyka dyskursywna
Upper Silesian Regionalism as the Discourse Practice

Summary/Abstract: Regional issues are becoming one of the most important in sociological thinking. In sociological literature regionalism or New regionalism are indicated as phenomena related to ideology, social movements or regional tradition. The subject of the paper is analysis of Upper Silesian regionalism in two regions: Opole and Upper Silesia (former Katowice and nowadays Silesian Voivodship) as discourse practice responding to creation of social movement or regional institution manifested Silesianness or Upper Silesianness. Social movement called Civic Committee of Opole Defense, social movement realized Regional Contract for Katowickie Voivodship and Movement for Silesian Autonomy were chosen as subject of analysis. All three cases show cutting off from state structures, negation of the state, independence of the region, possibilities of managing the region and its development, regional identity and identity of the region. The aim of the article will be to presentthe forms Upper Silesian ideology of regionalism created at the end of twentieth century.

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