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The three-part work provides a first synthetic account of the history of the Polish intelligentsia from the days of its formation to World War I. Part two (1832-1864) analyses the growing importance of the intelligentsia in the epoch marked by the triumph of the Polish romanticism. The stress is put on the debates of the position of intelligentsia in the society, as well as on tensions between great romantic ideas and realities of everyday life. A substantial part deals with the genesis, outbreak and defeat as well as the consequences of the national uprising in 1863, whose preparation was to a high degree the work of the intelligentsia. The work combines social and intellectual history, tracing both the formation of the intelligentsia as a social stratum and the forms of engagement of the intelligentsia in the public discourse. Thus, it offers a broad view of the group's transformations which immensely influenced the course of the Polish history.

The three-part work provides a first synthetic account of the history of the Polish intelligentsia from the days of its formation to World War I. Part two (1832-1864) analyses the growing importance of the intelligentsia in the epoch marked by the triumph of the Polish romanticism. The stress is put on the debates of the position of intelligentsia in the society, as well as on tensions between great romantic ideas and realities of everyday life. A substantial part deals with the genesis, outbreak and defeat as well as the consequences of the national uprising in 1863, whose preparation was to

Jerzy Jedlicki scharakteryzował inteligencję jako grupę społeczną specyficzną i typową dla struktur społecznych wschodniej i południowej Europy i odgrywającą szczególnie eksponowaną rolę w XIX i XX w. w tych właśnie regionach. Specyfika fenomenu inteligencji w polega m.in. na tym, że w terminem tym – jak np. w przypadku Polski, gdzie brak typowego dla Wielkiej Brytanii podziału na professionals i intellectuals – określić można wszystkie osoby, które posiadały odpowiednie kwalifikacje do pracy umysłowej. Inteligencję charakteryzowały świadomość grupowa i poczucie misji cywilizacyjnej wobec reszty społeczeństwa.

Memory of collective wrongs and atrocities suffered in the past from another nation or ethnic group often burdens a present conflict with strong resentment and makes it appear as a historical repetition or redress. There are many examples in recent history of Eastern Europe, the Balkans included, when vivid and deliberately inflamed historical reminiscences make it virtually impossible to negotiate a compromise solution of a crisis. Only when national memory has been "cooled" and sacrosanct historical places and symbols has lost some of their mobilizing force, may human relations between the enemy communities be restored.