Jacek Raciborski in conversation with Adam Michnik on Polish People’s Republic, political breakthrough and political role of a few scholars Cover Image

Z Adamem Michnikiem o PRL, przełomie ustrojowym i politycznej roli kilku uczonych rozmawia Jacek Raciborski
Jacek Raciborski in conversation with Adam Michnik on Polish People’s Republic, political breakthrough and political role of a few scholars

Author(s): Jacek Raciborski, Adam Michnik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Civil Society, Sociology, History of ideas, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Political Ecology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation, Sociology of Politics, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydział Socjologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jerzy J. Wiatr; Zygmunt Bauman; Adam Michnik; revisionism in Polish United Workers’ Party; scholars in politics; political change; responsibility

Summary/Abstract: Some reminiscences of Adam Michnik on Jerzy J. Wiatr and Zygmunt Bauman and some other public scholars at the time of the Polish People’s Republic and after its peaceful demise in 1989/1990. Main topics of the discussion between Adam Michnik and Jacek Raciborski concern the dynamics of the social and political changes that led to the regime change, the tension between their spontaneity and their conceptualization, social and psychological contexts of decision making at that time, and the issue of responsibility of people handing over power peacefully: if and how let them be a part of the transition without punishing them for previous crimes.

  • Issue Year: 14/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 171-182
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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