The Remnants of Modernity : Two Essays on Sarmatism and Utopia in Polish Contemporary Literature Hardback
by Przemyslaw Czaplinski
Part of the Modernity in Question series
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Polish culture after 1989 has been defined by conflicts surrounding the remnants of modernity, phenomena marginalised during communism.
The book considers two such phenomena: the search for a common tradition and the disappearance of utopia.
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, romanticism provided a common tradition.
After 1989, its place was assumed by Sarmatism, an elite and xenophobic pre-modern cultural formation, into which contradictory values were introduced, creating an explosive mixture of emancipation and populism.
The second remnant, the heritage of utopia, is addressed in works whose critical visions of change are not comprehensive projects, but rather rebellions.
They begin with a questioning of authority, and lead to a posthuman definition of humanity and interspecies solidarity.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:193 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:15/12/2014
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- ISBN:9783631629246
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:193 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:15/12/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631629246
