Romantic nationalism and liberalism: Joachim Lelewel and the Polish national idea
In: East European monographs 83
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In: East European monographs 83
In: Nationalities papers: the journal of nationalism and ethnicity, Volume 22, Issue S1, p. 93-110
ISSN: 1465-3923
In a time of international crisis, a small group of Polish Communist intellectuals on Soviet territory, with approval from the Stalinist government, harnessed the national myths of a people faced with total destruction in the name of fascist Aryan supremacy. These intellectuals, ethnic Poles and Polish Jews, rejected, revitalized, or revolutionized old national myths and created a new mythology. They coordinated their efforts closely with the anti-Hitlerite National Front Strategy adopted by the Comintern following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June, 1941. They sincerely, albeit naïvely, believed that their creation manifestly assured the Poles of their national identity. They also believed that the new mythology promised not only the survival of an honorable people but also the rebirth of their state in a brighter future in solidarity with fellow Slavs, and ultimately with the Stalinist Soviet state which they admired.
In: Canadian Slavonic papers: an interdisciplinary journal devoted to Central and Eastern Europe, Volume 20, Issue 3, p. 429-460
ISSN: 2375-2475