Pogarda, gnój, idylla, czyli parę uwag na teamt polskości
The Contempt, the jung and idyll, that is, a few observations on the Polish character

Summary/Abstract: In Poland, contempt is a still present element of social thinking and behaviour. It is inscribed in the Eastern Slavs’ nature as strong, as the loyalty at any price or the human independence from institutional frames, which are still “on the carpet” in the Western societes. Beginning with the references to Levinas’ categories of the Other and the Third, author settles them in social context. He relates to literary borrowings from Polish artists: from Andrzej Stasiuk’s prose and Wojciech Tochman’s reports, trying to understand nature and origin of Polish contempt. Soon it appears, that it opposes both the Western political corectness imposed by the Third, and the rightful responsibility for the Other. Also cultural relativism, practicaly unfamiliar to Polish society, still remains unrecognized.

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