Introduction: Poland’s Wars of Symbols
- This introduction to the special section on Poland’s wars of symbols analyzes the symbolic contestation that has characterized the country in recent years, studying a range of phenomena including nation, gender, memory, and religious symbolism within the overall framework of political conflict. In doing so, it offers a multidisciplinary view on political fractures that have resonated throughout Europe and the “West.” Overall, the four case studies in this section study ways in which national symbols, topoi, and narratives have been deployed as tools in drawing and redrawing boundaries within society, polarizing and mobilizing the political camps as well as contesting and resisting power. These studies enable us to situate recent political events in a historical perspective, mapping the rise of populism in Poland against the background of legacies specific to the East-Central European region.
Author details: | Simon LewisORCiDGND, Magdalena WaligorskaORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0888325418821418 |
ISSN: | 0888-3254 |
ISSN: | 1533-8371 |
Title of parent work (English): | East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures |
Publisher: | Sage Publ. |
Place of publishing: | Thousand Oaks |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2019/04/16 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Release date: | 2021/02/26 |
Tag: | Poland; culture; nationalism; political symbols; populism |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 2 |
Number of pages: | 12 |
First page: | 423 |
Last Page: | 434 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Slavistik |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Peer review: | Referiert |