Polska nowoczesność. Genealogia
Polish Modernity. A Genealogy

Author(s): Tomasz Kizwalter
Subject(s): History, Modern Age, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: modernity; modernisation; nation; nobility; people
Summary/Abstract: In the case of Poland the first signs of modernity, i.e. the ideological influence of the Enlightenment and the economic impact of capitalism, were connected with the attempts to overcome crisis of the Republic. The loss of the independent state brought modernisation problems, which made the underdevelopment of the country a crucial factor affecting Polish culture. The 19th-century struggle for modernity was to create cultural patterns, which still define views and attitudes of the Poles.

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