The Past as a Source of Evil: The Controversy Over History and Historical Policy in Poland, 2016
- History plays a huge role in Polish public debates, politics, and the ideology of the ruling PiS party. "Historical policy" is now officially on the agenda of the government and its agencies. Doctrine regarding the układ and all-pervading communist agents is now the official version of history. This article examines the way history has been used under the PiS government in Poland since November 2015.
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0050 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Adam LeszczyńskiGND |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | The Past as a Source of Evil: The Controversy Over History and Historical Policy in Poland, 2016 |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Release Date: | 2020/02/12 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2019/01/04 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2016/05/24 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | military; solidarity PiS; Poland; communism; historical policy; law |
| GND Keyword: | Polen; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość; Kommunismus; Geschichtspolitik; Militär; NSZZ "Solidarność" |
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| File Size: | 1232 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
