UID:
almahu_9949598602802882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 257 pages).
ISBN:
9781003428251
,
1003428258
,
1000958000
,
9781000958034
,
1000958035
,
9781000958003
Series Statement:
Poland: transnational histories
Content:
"This book explores the public debates among scholars that took place in Early Cold War Poland. The author challenges the traditional narrative on the 'Sovietisation' of Central and Eastern European countries and proposes to see this process not as a spread of Marxist ideology or a Soviet institutional model, but as an attempt to force scholars to rapidly adopt new academic and civic virtues. This book argues that this project failed to succeed in Poland and shows how the struggle against these new virtues united both Marxist and non-Marxist scholars. While covering the arc of Polish scholarly debates, the author invites the reader to go beyond Poland and to use 'virtues' as a framework for reflections on both the foundations of scholarly practice and the 'nature' of authoritarian regimes with their ambition to teach scholars how to be 'virtuous.'"--
Note:
Introduction -- From the War to the 'Gentle Revolution' -- The many faces of the Soviet Union -- The teachers of virtues: the French and the early post-War project -- The Polish Intelligentsia and an anti-authoritarian vision of society -- Between 'outdated' Marxism and 'updated' Catholicism -- The 'failed' quest for unity -- The school of 'new virtues' -- '1956' as a 'diagnosis' and 'prognosis' -- Epilogue: The concept of virtues as a lens.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lochmatow, Alexej. Public knowledge in cold war Poland New York : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032549491
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003428251
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003428251
