La «Pologne Populaire»: genèse et signification de la notion. Une page de l’histoire de la formation d’une modernité périphérique
The concept of “People’s Poland”: its genesis and meaning. A page in the history of the formation of a peripheral modernity
Author(s): Piotr Kuligowski, Rafał DobekSubject(s): Cultural history, Diplomatic history, Economic history, Political history, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: communities of the Polish People; emancipation; People’s Poland; Polish Democratic Society; the Great Emigration
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to consider the concept of “People’s Poland,” which was coined and developed by representatives of the so-called Great Emigration, small emigration and (to a certain degree) in the Polish territories (1830s–1870s). Basing on the methodological categories of conceptual history, in our work we formulate three theses. Firstly, we consider “People’s Poland” as a historiosophical category which creates an asymmetrical pair of counter-concepts with “Noble Poland.” Secondly, we note that “People’s Poland” was also used as a label for an existing people’s class, and in this sense it served to create a new political subject. And thirdly, we point out that the concept of “People’s Poland” supported the formation of a common identity by the Polish Leftists of that time. In general, this article likewise can be treated as a contribution to the studies on the semantic continuity of the Polish Left and on the genealogy of the language of Stalinism in the 20th century.
Journal: Prace Historyczne
- Issue Year: 144/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 539-557
- Page Count: 19
- Language: French