CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Golachowska, Julia Ewa |
|---|---|
| Title | From Antisemitism to Philosemitism: Myths of the Cursed Soldiers and Righteous Among the Nations |
| Summary | The thesis addresses issues of contemporary memory politics in Poland – cult of the cursed soldiers and the Polish Righteous Among the Nations in the context of the debate on the antisemitic violence and Jedwabne debate. The author examines the influence of the books published by Jan Tomasz Gross: Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Fear. Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz, an essay in historical interpretation and Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust on the public debate and memory politics. The thesis reflects also on the concept of pedagogy of shame and interprets cults of the cursed soldiers and the Polish Righteous Among the Nations as a reaction for the Gross’ findings. The author uses the category of the mechanism regulating negative emotions proposed by Michał Bilewicz. |
| Supervisor | Miller Michael |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/golachowska_julia.pdf |
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