Riding History to Death - Confessions of a Battered Rider

This powerful memoir traces the life of Karol Modzelewski, one of the preeminent Polish dissidents of the twentieth century. In a nuanced and critical analysis of Poland’s politics over the last half century, Modzelewski provides a frank assessment of the country’s flawed transition to democracy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Glossary of Abbreviations and Local Names
From the Translator
Introduction: In the Very Heart of History
Irena Grudzinska Gross
Author's Note
1 Children of the Homeland
2 We Are the ZMP
3 A Revolution in Need of Repair
4 The Right of Self-Defense
5 The Prison Side of the World
6 Socialism with Gierek's Face
7 Our Union of Brothers
8 Postwar
9 Liberty without Brotherhood
Epilogue
I Had Two Souls : A Conversation with Karol Modzelewski
Timeline
Compiled by Karol Modzelewski

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Karol Modzelewski (1937–2019) was among the most prominent Polish dissidents of the twentieth century and was a professor of medieval studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Zusammenfassung

This powerful memoir traces the life of Karol Modzelewski (1937–2019), one of the preeminent Polish dissidents of the twentieth century. In a nuanced and critical analysis of Poland’s politics over the last half century, Modzelewski provides a frank assessment of the country’s flawed transition to democracy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Karol Modzelewski, Modzelewski Karol
• Mitarbeit: Frank L. Vigoda (Herausgeber), Irena Grudzinska Gross (Einführung), Gross Irena Grudzinska (Einführung), Frank L. Vigoda (Übersetzung), Frank L. Vigoda (Herausgeber und Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781538141618
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4161-8
• Seiten: 402
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, Poland, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Political leaders & leadership, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership