Wojna bezsilnych. Niekończąca się historia
The War of the Helpless: A Never-Ending History
Author(s): Agnieszka DaukszaSubject(s): Anthropology, Studies of Literature, Political history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: witness; victims; passivity; helpless people; weakness;
Summary/Abstract: This article is about helpless people during World War II: victims, civilians, people who are marginalised, ill, injured, old, imprisoned, etc. Dauksza also reconstructs the mechanisms of dealing with helpless people in the postwar era – their renewed stigmatisation. She demonstrates that for many decades political and social practices as well as research on the war and the Shoah have focused on heroic history – heroes, victories, military superiority, the perpetrators and their devastating activities as well as active witnesses who testify. Dauksza calls for a turn towards different individuals – those who are helpless, inactive, weak, unheroic and subject to other people’s decisions. A narrative about them would show different aspects of World War II and suggest a reinterpretation of historical politics in Europe, even today.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 9-20
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish
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