Grobowe milczenie?
Silent as the grave?

Post-January voices on Andrzej Towiański and the reception of his thought

Author(s): Damian Włodzimierz Makuch
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Andrzej Towiański; reception of Towianism; early Positivism; post-January period; Catholic criticism
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the changes in the reception of Andrzej Towiański and Towianism after the January Uprising (until 1882), namely in the period of the Master’s literal and symbolic departure. The author proves that in the times of the Positivist offensive, writers began to verify the harmful myths about the Towianist religious movement and its leader. The period saw the emergence, alongside memoirs and polemical narratives, of attempts to conduct research on Towianism based on preserved documents and historical works. The author shows how the stories shaped by representatives of the intelligentsia were directly connected with new political and anthropological projects, as well as with the assessment and place of religion in the post-January period.

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