Od Rzeczypospolitej Szlacheckiej do IV RP. Krótki przegląd polskiej mitologii założycielskiej
From the noble Republic of Poland to the Fourth Republic: a short review of Polish founding myths

Summary/Abstract: There is one type of political myths returning especially often in the Polish political space. This type of myth, founding myth, gains a lot of followers especially during social crises. The main aim of this article is to remind the most popular Polish founding myths together with their historical context. Moreover, a comparison of the past political myths function with their latest variation, the so-called “Fourth Republic of Poland” founding myths, was described. In the summary section, a special attention is devoted to the danger related with using the founding myths for particular motivated political interests.

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