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Riding History to Death

Autor Karol Modzelewski
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 mai 2021
This powerful memoir traces the life of Karol Modzelewski, one of the preeminent Polish dissidents of the twentieth century. With humor and perception, Modzelewski describes his formative years. Born in 1937 to a Polish-born mother and Russian-Jewish father in Moscow, he spent his early schooling and underwent deep indoctrination in the Soviet Union. In 1945 he moved with his mother and stepfather, a prominent communist, to Poland when his stepfather was appointed as foreign minister in Warsaw. In the relatively "liberal" Polish atmosphere, Modzelewski gradually awoke to the realities of the party system during his university years. Modzelewski discusses the experiences and realizations that led him in 1964 to coauthor with Jacek Kurö the famous "Open Letter to the Party," for which he and Kurö were imprisoned. With keen critical insight, Modzelewski describes his role as one of the leading intellectuals of the Solidarity movement. Much more than mere autobiography, this nuanced book is a profound and highly critical analysis of Polish politics over the last fifty years. Characteristically, Modzelewski refuses to portray events in black and white terms, providing a frank assessment of the country's evolution from communism to democracy, the genesis of Polish dissidence and its success in dismantling communism, and the causes of the current crisis of democracy in Poland.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781538141618
ISBN-10: 1538141612
Pagini: 392
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

Karol Modzelewski (1937¿2019) was among the most prominent Polish dissidents of the twentieth century and was a professor of medieval studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.


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This powerful memoir traces the life of Karol Modzelewski (1937-2019), one of the preeminent Polish dissidents of the twentieth century. In a nuanced and critical analysis of Poland's politics over the last half century, Modzelewski provides a frank assessment of the country's flawed transition to democracy.