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Dylematy i paradoksy identyfi kacji ideologicznych w okresie transformacji
Dilemmas and paradoxes of ideological identifi cations in the period of transformation

Author(s): Marek Górka
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Poland; III Republic of Poland; political transformation; political parties; party ideologies; political identification; the Independent Self-governing Trade Union ‘Solidarity’

Summary/Abstract: The history of political transformation in Poland is an uninterrupted process of forming identifications along party lines, as well as of the political milieus’ searching, for a response to the question regarding the location of their own subjective space within the wider political sphere. It is worthwhile, when we discuss this, to ask whether the building up of a party’s identity is dictated by ideological and programmatic reasons or whether it is an incidental matter. The values and beliefs concealed in the 80s, when the opposition belonged to the underground, have been permanently inscribed into the Polish political landscape. A group of doctrines which served as a component in the build-up of party identity may be perceived. The religious and national values, as well as the historical and cultural issues, which emerged into the daylight, may be treated as the embryo of certain ideas, which in time, as a result of public debates, have become fundamental determinants of many political parties.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 77-108
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish
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