Europe, the Pope and the Holy Left Alliance in Poland

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dc.contributor.authorPobłocki, Kacper
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-16T12:36:59Z
dc.date.available2016-05-16T12:36:59Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThis article describes why the Polish government has pushed for an invocation to Christian traditions in the European Union Constitution. It is ar- gued that this is a rather ‘unfortunate’ outcome of the political alliance between the Catholic Church and the Polish left, especially between President Alek- sander Kwas ́niewski and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). This alliance al- lowed the SLD to legitimize their rule in the post-socialist Poland, and it was a result of a political competition between them and the post-Solidarnos ́c ́ elites. As a result, John Paul II became the central integrative metaphor for the Polish society at large, which brought back in the marginalized as well as allowed the transition establishment to win the EU accession referendum in 2003. The arti- cle (which was written when Leszek Miller was still Prime Minister) demon- strates how this alliance crystallized and presents various elements of the cult of the Pope in Poland that followed. Finally, it argues that the worship of the Pope is not an example of nationalism, but of populism, understood not as a peripheral but as a central political force, and advocates for more research on the ‘politics of emotions’ at work in the centers and not in peripheries.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationFocaal. European Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 34, 2004, pp. 123-133.pl_PL
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/14643
dc.language.isopolpl_PL
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesspl_PL
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dc.subjectreligionpl_PL
dc.subjectpost-socialismpl_PL
dc.subjectPolandpl_PL
dc.subjectVaticanpl_PL
dc.subjecthegemonypl_PL
dc.subjectJohn Paul IIpl_PL
dc.subjectKarol Wojtylapl_PL
dc.subjectLeszek Millerpl_PL
dc.subjectRadio Maryjapl_PL
dc.subjectpoliticspl_PL
dc.titleEurope, the Pope and the Holy Left Alliance in Polandpl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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