Grzegorz Krzywiec - Chauvinism, Polish Style: The Case of Roman Dmowski (Beginnings: 1886–1905)

Polish Studies

Polish Studies

Transdisciplinary Perspectives 18

Transdisciplinary Perspectives 18

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Grzegorz Krzywiec

Grzegorz Krzywiec

Chauvinism, Polish Style

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The book addresses the genesis of Polish

One of the most important studies written

Chauvinism, Polish Style

integral nationalism and the role of

on antisemitism in Poland, this brilliant,

Roman Dmowski as a co-founder of

well-researched biography of Roman

this phenomenon in the development

Dmowski, the leading figure in Polish

Style

The Case of Roman Dmowski

of Polish political thought at the fin-de

national and antisemitic thought, spares

sicle. Based on extensive documentary

no punches.

(Beginnings: 1886-1905)

research, it attempts to show a broader

Scott Ury, Tel Aviv University (Israel)

olish

picture of modern Polish political and

P

social thinking in context of the late 19th

Engagingly written and convincingly

and early 20th East Central Europe. The

structured , this is extremely valuable,

author reflects on the significance of racial

deeply researched and fascinating study

thinking and Social Darwinism of the

of Polish ethnonationalism in making.

new nationalist imagination, arguing that

Joanna Beata Michlic, University of Bristol

its intellectual foundations came from

(United Kingdom)

anti-positivist and anti-Enlightenment

tradition. He challenges the widespread

An energetic new interpretation of a

Chauvinism,

assumption that Polish nationalism in its

crucial and controversial figure in Polish

early version cherished somehow mild

history and politics.

attitudes toward minorities, especially the

Theodore R. Weeks, Southern Illinois Uni-

Jews, claiming instead that enmity toward

versity (USA)

Otherness constitutes its ideological

core. A major feature of the book is the

contextualization of Polish nationalism

The Author

against the backdrop of the fin-de-sicle

Grzegorz Krzywiec is Assistant Professor

European political thought.

at the Institute of History, Polish Acade

my of Sciences. He is Coordinator of the

Interdisciplinary Seminar on Problems

of Anti-Semitism at the Jewish Historical

Institute in Warsaw and was a research

fellow at, among others, Vrije Universitet

Brusels, the Institute for Human Sciences

in Vienna and Tel Aviv University.

ISBN 978-3-631-62757-0

Polish Studies

Polish Studies

Transdisciplinary Perspectives 18

Transdisciplinary Perspectives 18

zywiec

z Kr

Grzegorz Krzywiec

Grzegorz Krzywiec

Chauvinism, Polish Style

rzegorG

The book addresses the genesis of Polish

One of the most important studies written

Chauvinism, Polish Style

integral nationalism and the role of

on antisemitism in Poland, this brilliant,

Roman Dmowski as a co-founder of

well-researched biography of Roman

this phenomenon in the development

Dmowski, the leading figure in Polish

Style

The Case of Roman Dmowski

of Polish political thought at the fin-de

national and antisemitic thought, spares

sicle. Based on extensive documentary

no punches.

(Beginnings: 1886-1905)

research, it attempts to show a broader

Scott Ury, Tel Aviv University (Israel)

olish

picture of modern Polish political and

P

social thinking in context of the late 19th

Engagingly written and convincingly

and early 20th East Central Europe. The

structured , this is extremely valuable,

author reflects on the significance of racial

deeply researched and fascinating study

thinking and Social Darwinism of the

of Polish ethnonationalism in making.

new nationalist imagination, arguing that

Joanna Beata Michlic, University of Bristol

its intellectual foundations came from

(United Kingdom)

anti-positivist and anti-Enlightenment

tradition. He challenges the widespread

An energetic new interpretation of a

Chauvinism,

assumption that Polish nationalism in its

crucial and controversial figure in Polish

early version cherished somehow mild

history and politics.

attitudes toward minorities, especially the

Theodore R. Weeks, Southern Illinois Uni-

Jews, claiming instead that enmity toward

versity (USA)

Otherness constitutes its ideological

core. A major feature of the book is the

contextualization of Polish nationalism

The Author

against the backdrop of the fin-de-sicle

Grzegorz Krzywiec is Assistant Professor

European political thought.

at the Institute of History, Polish Acade

my of Sciences. He is Coordinator of the

Interdisciplinary Seminar on Problems

of Anti-Semitism at the Jewish Historical

Institute in Warsaw and was a research

fellow at, among others, Vrije Universitet

Brusels, the Institute for Human Sciences

in Vienna and Tel Aviv University.

Chauvinism, Polish Style

POLISH STUDIES

TRANSDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

Edited by Krzysztof Zajas / Jarosaw Fazan

VOLUME 18

Grzegorz Krzywiec

Chauvinism, Polish Style

The Case of Roman Dmowski (Beginnings: 1886-1905)

Translated by Jarosaw Garliski

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Krzywiec, Grzegorz, 1974

Title: Chauvinism, Polish style : the case of Roman Dmowski (beginnings : 1886-1905) / Grzegorz Krzywiec ; translated by Jaroslaw Garlinski.

Other titles: Szowinizm po polsku. English

Description: Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Edition, 2016. | Series: Polish studiestransdisciplinary perspectives ; volume 18 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015041390| ISBN 9783631627570 (print) | ISBN 9783653026764

(e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Dmowski, Roman, 1864-1939. | NationalistsPolandBiography.

| Narodowa Demokracja (Political party : Poland) |

NationalismPolandHistory. | Chauvinism and jingoismPolandHistory.

| RacismPolandHistory. | AntisemitismPolandHistory. | Political culturePolandHistory. | PolandIntellectual life. | PolandRace relationsHistory.