Populizm antyislamski a socjalizacja polityczna w kontekście polskim
Anti-Islamic Populism and Political Socialization in the Polish Context

Summary/Abstract: The article suggests a framework in which to analyze the phenomenon of Islamophobia in Poland as part of a broad political context. The main categories it puts forward are: populism, which is approached through notions of radicalism or extremism, and its link with racism (ethnocentric populism), as well as the threefold idea of political socialization as a forming of consciousness, an introduction to political culture, and an interpellation to collective subjectivity. Within this framework, I address the question of the role played by anti-Islamic populism in the socialization of young Poles today, as well as its connection with other political and cultural claims. I discuss some aspects of anti-Islamic discourse and the broader right-wing ideological formation, as well as attempts made to socialize individuals as agents of Polish nationalism with a view to forming a new political generation. The final part of the article analyzes this subjectivity through the prism of the sociological-pedagogical notions of resistance and critical socialization, as well as the functional connection of this racist-populist subjectivity with capitalism.

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