Reshaping Poland's Community after CommunismAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Tuesday 15 January 2019
Description
Harnessing 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 Polands 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 countrys cultural changes can suggest wider, dramatic democratic transformation.
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
15 Jan 2019
Cultural studies
€93.59
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
05 Jul 2018
Cultural studies
€93.59
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
30 Apr 2024
Ancient, classical and medieval texts
€93.60
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
03 Aug 2023
Ancient, classical and medieval texts
€97.11
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews