Crosses of Auschwitz Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland

Name: Crosses of Auschwitz Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland
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ISBN: 9780226993041

ISBN-10: 0226993043

ISBN-13: 9780226993041

Edition: 2006

Authors: Genevieve Zubrzycki

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In the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland's borders, Genevieve Zubrzycki sees it as a particularly crucial moment in the development of post-Communist Poland's statehood and its changing relationship to Catholicism. In "The Crosses of Auschwitz, "Zubrzycki skillfully demonstrates how this episode crystallized latent social conflicts regarding the significance of Catholicism in defining "Polishness" and the role of anti-Semitism in the construction of a new Polish…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Key to Pronunciation


Introduction and Theoretical Orientations



Genealogy of Polish Nationalism



"We, the Polish Nation": Redefining the Nation in Post-Communist Poland



"Oswiecim"/"Auschwitz": Archaeology of a Contested Site and Symbol



The Aesthetics of the War of the Crosses: Mobilizing "the Nation"



Debating Poland by Debating the Cross


Conclusion: Nationalism and Religion Reexamined



Periodicals Consulted



Official Translation of the Preamble, Constitution of the Third Republic of Poland



Historical Cues


References


Index