CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Nabozny, Richard Thomas |
|---|---|
| Title | Papal Pilgrimages To Poland As Pedagogical Programs, 1979-1987 |
| Summary | This thesis aims to reconstruct the speeches given by Pope John Paul II on his visits to Poland in 1979, 1983, and 1987 as part of a specially designed pedagogical program. The author argues that one of the functions of the papal visits, as a pedagogical program, was to provide instruction and establish a firm moral and cultural foundation for the people of communist Poland. That being said, this thesis also asserts that John Paul II viewed himself as a pedagogue to the nation. The author shows how the Pope’s intellectual development contributes to this position and examines his speeches in light of the situation in Poland before and after each visit. Quentin Skinner’s ideas on meaning and intention are used as the analytical apparatus for this thesis. By distinguishing between different forms of meaning and the intentions of speech, this thesis is able to argue that there are present different layers of meaning in the Pope’s speeches; of which one corresponds to the pedagogical programs. The author shows that the actual program consisted, in part, of the intentional emphasis on culturally loaded subtexts within official public addresses, which served as various symbolic meanings to the listeners. The author’s argument is strengthened by comparing the program of the visits from 1979, 1983 and 1987 with the first papal visit to Poland after the fall of communism in 1991. |
| Supervisor | Janowski, Maciej; Al-Bagdadi, Nadia |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/nabozny_rick.pdf |
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