Friendship and Revolution in Poland
The Eros and Ethos of the Committee for Workers’ Defense (KOR)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12609955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nina Witoszek (0000-0002-5354-4664, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-231 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8230 • E-ISSN: 1743-8772 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698230701208004 |
| OpenAlex | W2083364948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Solidarity, the movement that toppled communism in Poland, was preceded and prepared by a still earlier opposition to East‐bloc oppression – The Committee for Workers’ Defense (KOR), which operated from 1976. The Polish government, busily engaged in the suppression of workers’ strikes, came up against a clutch of 14 idealist and nonviolent intellectuals who announced their commitment to taking the workers under their protection. KOR used their friendship as a weapon against the fear imposed by the communist state. They openly sought to mobilize the media to serve a liberative purpose, to protect civil rights, and in this to bring into being an altogether new polis. KOR’s ‘warm circle’ of friendship was built upon ceaseless argument in all spheres, not least in politics. KOR supplies perhaps the most vibrant and important contemporary example of the role and power of friendship in social movements which are committed to the democratic project
Communism · Democracy · Ethos · Friendship · Opposition (politics · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |