Rossica jako narzędzie walki politycznej w Polsce: o pewnym profilu stereotypu Moskwy w polskim dyskursie politycznym
Rossica as an Istrument of Political Conflict in Poland: Certain Profile of the Stereotype of Moscow in Polish Political Discourse

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to answer the question, in what way Rossica (various referencesto Russia and Soviet Union) are used as a tool of current political conflict in contemporaryPoland and in what way and to what degree negative stereotype of Moscow was created inPolish right-wing political discourse. The research of Polish media proved that this stereotypeis based on some components of denotative meaning of the toponym Moscow ‘the capital ofRussia and former Soviet Union’ and the invariant of this meaning ‘the centre of Russianand (before) Soviet politics’. This stereotype is supported, on the one hand, by strong selfstereotypeof a Pole as a “bearer” of freedom and civilisation of the West as opposed toRussian despotism and Asianism, and on the other hand − by politically pronounced anti-Russianism. In the author’s opinion, the source of such attitude is the broad paradigm ofPolish − Russian relations. He believes that the reason for negative connotations and contextsof numerous usages of Rossica in Polish texts can also be explained in this dimension.

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