Produkt
KlappentextHarnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy towards others, and civic activity in post-Communist Poland in the light of Western influence over elements of Polish life.Reshaping Poland´s Community after Communism focuses on three major cases, largely ignored in Polish scholarship: (1) a hugely popular, faux-baroque Catholic shrine, which illustrates new strategies adopted by the Polish Catholic Church to attract believers; (2) Woodstock Station, a widely known free charity music festival, demonstrating new practices of sympathy towards strangers; and (3) the emergence of national internet pro-voting campaigns and small-town watchdog websites, which uncover changes in practical uses of civic engagement. In exploring grass-roots, everyday negotiations of religiosity, charity, and civic engagement in contemporary Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer demonstrates how a country´s cultural changes can suggest wider, dramatic democratic transformation.
Zusammenfassung
Offers insights into the democratic transformation of Poland through examinations of the day-to-day lives of "ordinary people"
Contextualizes Polish examples with Western cases to analyze the influence of the West on Polish cultural development since 1989
Holds value for scholars working in a range of disciplines including cultural sociology, political sociology, political science, social anthropology, transformation studies, religion, and culture and media studies, among other areas
Offers insights into the democratic transformation of Poland through examinations of the day-to-day lives of "ordinary people"
Contextualizes Polish examples with Western cases to analyze the influence of the West on Polish cultural development since 1989
Holds value for scholars working in a range of disciplines including cultural sociology, political sociology, political science, social anthropology, transformation studies, religion, and culture and media studies, among other areas
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-08774-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum15.01.2019
AuflageSoftcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Seiten191 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht278 g
IllustrationenXV, 191 p. 15 illus.
Artikel-Nr.51692841
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