"Bloody Revenge in "God's Playground

Poles' Collective Memory of Relations with Germans, Russians, and Jews

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9951879
AutoresAleksandra Jasińska‐kania (University of Warsaw, autor de correspondencia), Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania (a The Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Warsaw University, Poland)
Año2007
Volumen37
Número1
Páginas30-42
Fecha de publicación2007-03-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2753/ijs0020-7659370102
OpenAlexW1967148024
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas11

The chapter analyzes the assignment, perceptions, and representations of the roles of aggressors, offenders, victims, and witnesses in Polish relations with Germans, Russians, and Jews in the aftermath of World War II as reflected in recent public discourse in Poland. Analysis will focus on debates triggered in Poland by the following issues: (1) the German project to create a "Center Against Expulsions" (inspired by the forced migration of Germans from Poland); (2) a demand for recognition of massacre of the Polish prisoners of war in Katyń as an act of genocide and a crime against humanity; (3) the publication of Jan T. Gross's book Neighbors, on the massacre of Jews in Jedwabne. The theoretical and methodological framework is derived from Thomas J. Scheff's theory of pride and shame emotions as key mechanisms that generate both strong social bonds and intractable conflicts. Conclusions will recommend the acknowledgment of feelings and apologies as directions toward resolution of the protracted conflicts and reconciliation between nations

Art · Bloody · Collective memory · Literature · Sociology · Theology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies