Verfasst von:	Waligórska, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Cross purposes
Titelzusatz:	catholicism and the political imagination in Poland
Verf.angabe:	Magdalena Waligorska, Humboldt University of Berlin
Verlagsort:	Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2023
Umfang:	376 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	New studies in european history
ISBN:	978-1-009-23095-7
Abstract:	No other symbol is as omnipresent in Poland as the cross. This multilayered and contradictory icon features prominently in public spaces and state institutions. It is anchored in the country's visual history, inspires protest culture, and dominates urban and rural landscapes. The cross recalls Poland's historic struggles for independence and anti-Communist dissent, but it also encapsulates the country's current position in Europe as a self-avowed bulwark of Christianity and a champion of conservative values. It is both a national symbol - defining the boundaries of Polishness in opposition to a changing constellation of the country's Others - and a key object of contestation in the creative arts and political culture. Despite its long history, the cross has never been systematically studied as a political symbol in its capacity to mobilize for action and solidify power structures. Cross Purposes is the first cultural history of the cross in modern Poland, deconstructing this key symbol and exploring how it has been deployed in different political battles
DOI:	doi:10.1017/9781009230933
URL:	Cover: http://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/426F6F6B446174617C7C393738313030393233303935377C7C434F50.jpg?sq=2
	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009230933
Schlagwörter:	(g)Polen    / (s)Politische Identität    / (s)Religiöse Identität    / (s)Geschichtsbild    / (s)Kreuz    / (s)Politisches Symbol    / (z)Geschichte
Sprache:	eng
RVK-Notation:	NK 2465
Sach-SW:	European history
	Europäische Geschichte
	HISTORY / Europe / General
	Katholizismus, römisch-katholische Kirche
	Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
	Social & cultural history
	Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
Geograph. SW:	Poland
	Polen
K10plus-PPN:	1832721876