Common culture and the ideology of difference in medieval and contemporary Poland /
"This study examines shared culture in medieval and contemporary Poland. The author argues that shared culture produced by ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse societies-rather than elitist values or institutional, ethnic, and religious differences-was foundational to societal su...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "This study examines shared culture in medieval and contemporary Poland. The author argues that shared culture produced by ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse societies-rather than elitist values or institutional, ethnic, and religious differences-was foundational to societal survival in medieval Polish cities"-- Through the examination of common culture as a process in medieval Krakow, Poznan, and Lublin, Pac challenges the ideology of difference -- institutional, religious, ethnic, and nationalistic. Similarly, Pac maintains, twenty-first-century Polish leaders utilize anachronistic approaches in the invention of Polish Catholic identity to counteract the country's increasing ethnic and religious diversity. As in the medieval period, contemporary Polish political and social elites subscribe to the European Union's ideology of difference, legitimized by a European Christian heritage, and its intended basis for discrimination against non-Christians and non-white individuals under the auspices of democratic values and minority rights, among which Muslims are a significant target. (page [4] of cover) |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 331 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-311) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781793626912 179362691X |