Revolt in the Framework of Memory. "Solidarity", Revolution, Rebellion

Entering into dialogue with M. Zaremba, Czapliński argues that the collective memory of the Solidarity movement (an aggregate of knowledge about the past and a search for justifications for current activities) was produced and reproduced; the dynamic supported revolutionary efforts in the period 1980–1981 (when memory turned out to be insufficient) and rebellious activities in the period from December 13, 1981 through 1989 (when the matrix of revolt suggested misguided solutions). Czapliński looks for the differences between these two periods not in the ideals that were proclaimed, but in the forms of communication that were elaborated – inclusive in the first period, hierarchical in the second. An important factor in “S” memory, according to Czapliński, is the “comical imperative” that undermined both the official language and the pathos of the opposition’s activities

Aesthetics · Art · Collective memory · Epistemology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Theology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy