Reshaping Poland's Community after Communism - Ordinary Celebrations

Harnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy towards others, and civic activity in post-Communist Poland in the light of Western influence over elements of Polish life.
Reshaping Poland's Community after Communism focuses on three major cases, largely ignored in Polish scholarship: (1) a hugely popular, faux-baroque Catholic shrine, which illustrates new strategies adopted by the Polish Catholic Church to attract believers; (2) Woodstock Station, a widely known free charity music festival, demonstrating new practices of sympathy towards strangers; and (3) the emergence of national internet pro-voting campaigns and small-town watchdog websites, which uncover changes in practical uses of civic engagement. 

In exploring grass-roots, everyday negotiations of religiosity, charity, and civic engagement in contemporary Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer demonstrates how a country's cultural changes can suggest wider, dramatic democratic transformation. 

 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Lichen Sanctuary: Practicing Aspirations of the Polish Church Community.- 3. Woodstock Station Festival: Practicing Recognition.- 4. National Internet Pro-voting Campaigns and Local Watchdog Websites: Practicing Civil Society Online.- 5. Conclusion: Ordinary Celebrations in a "Pluralistic Situation".

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer is Assistant Professor at Kozminski University, Poland.

Zusammenfassung

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319787343
• ISBN: 978-3-31-978734-3
• Seiten: 191
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 218 mm x 18 mm
• Gewicht: 402 g
• Illustration: XV, 191 p. 15 illus.
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie; Soziologie, Europa, B, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Politik und Staat, Russia, Sociology of Culture, European Politics, Democracy, Political Science, Political Sociology, International Relations, Social Sciences, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, auseinandersetzen, Citizenship, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Civics & citizenship, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Russia—Politics and government, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, cultural sociology, Polish culture