CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Jarzabek, Marcin Michal |
|---|---|
| Title | Separatenss and National Identity - the Case of Upper Silesia in Interwar Poland |
| Summary | My dissertation examines the problem of the Upper Silesian identity in Interwar Period. From a historical perspective it applies elements of selected theories of nationalism and identity. As primary sources I use newspapers, archival materials, books and brochures. In the thesis I distinguish separateness from political separatism and I focus my interest on some manifestations of the former phenomenon. I confront problem of the Upper Silesian specificity with its legal and social preconditions of political autonomy, minority rights, modernization, and role of the Catholic Church. I reconstruct also some Polish Interwar discourses about the Silesianness. On the basis of the investigation of the Union of Defence of Upper Silesians I maintain that Silesian separateness became perceived and started to define itself in the opposition to the existing national states’ frames as a project against Polish and German nationalisms, only when it turned out that important elements of Upper Silesian identity have been rejected or depreciated by them. |
| Supervisor | Janowski, Maciej Ludwik |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/jarzabek_marcin.pdf |
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