LEADER 04209nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910778592603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-42697-4 010 $a9786612426971 010 $a0-226-99305-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226993058 035 $a(CKB)1000000000798962 035 $a(EBL)471917 035 $a(OCoLC)489212555 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241274 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10281732 035 $a(PQKB)10853037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471917 035 $a(DE-B1597)523409 035 $a(OCoLC)781260136 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226993058 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471917 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343429 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242697 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000798962 100 $a20051020d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe crosses of Auschwitz$b[electronic resource] $enationalism and religion in post-communist Poland /$fGenevie?ve Zubrzycki 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-99304-3 311 $a0-226-99303-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-263) and index. 327 $aIntroduction and theoretical orientations -- Genealogy of Polish nationalism -- "We, the Polish nation" : redefining the nation in post-communist Poland -- "Oswiecim"/"Auschwitz" : archaeology of a contested site and symbol -- The aesthetics of the war of the crosses : mobilizing "the nation" -- Debating Poland by debating the cross -- Conclusion : nationalism and religion reexamined -- Appendix A: newspapers consulted -- Appendix B: preamble to the Constitution of the Third Republic of Poland. 330 $aIn the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland's borders, Geneviève Zubrzycki sees it as a particularly crucial moment in the development of post-Communist Poland's statehood and its changing relationship to Catholicism. In The Crosses of Auschwitz, Zubrzycki skillfully demonstrates how this episode crystallized latent social conflicts regarding the significance of Catholicism in defining "Polishness" and the role of anti-Semitism in the construction of a new Polish identity. Since the fall of Communism, the binding that has held Polish identity and Catholicism together has begun to erode, creating unease among ultranationalists. Within their construction of Polish identity also exists pride in the Polish people's long history of suffering. For the ultranationalists, then, the crosses at Auschwitz were not only symbols of their ethno-Catholic vision, but also an attempt to lay claim to what they perceived was a Jewish monopoly over martyrdom. This gripping account of the emotional and aesthetic aspects of the scene of the crosses at Auschwitz offers profound insights into what Polishness is today and what it may become. 606 $aNationalism$xReligious aspects$zPoland 606 $aNational characteristics, Polish 606 $aPost-communism$zPoland 610 $apoland, communism, world war 2, sociology, history, holocaust, auschwitz, religion, judaism, christianity, spirituality, commemoration, memorial, nationalism, catholicism, crosses, anti-semitism, national identity, ultranationalists, martyrdom, sacrifice, death, post-communism, concentration camp, nonfiction, control, power, assimilation, community. 615 0$aNationalism$xReligious aspects 615 0$aNational characteristics, Polish. 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a320.5409438/09049 700 $aZubrzycki$b Genevie?ve$0866559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778592603321 996 $aThe crosses of Auschwitz$93782545 997 $aUNINA