Imaginary Neighbors: Mediating Polish-jewish Relations After The Holocaust
by Dr. Dorota Glowacka /
2007 / English / PDF
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Imaginary Neighbors
Imaginary Neighbors offers a unique and significant
contribution to the contemporary debate concerning Holocaust
memory by exploring the most important current political topic
in Poland: Jewish-Polish relations during and after World War
II. Drawing on the controversy and attention generated by Jan
Gross’s landmark book
offers a unique and significant
contribution to the contemporary debate concerning Holocaust
memory by exploring the most important current political topic
in Poland: Jewish-Polish relations during and after World War
II. Drawing on the controversy and attention generated by Jan
Gross’s landmark bookNeighbors
Neighbors, whose description of
the brutal Jedwabne massacre reignited the debate over
Polish-Jewish relations during the war, this timely volume
presents a rich and nuanced examination of the manner in which
past and present relations between Poles and Jews are
understood in Poland and in the Polish and Jewish diasporas.
, whose description of
the brutal Jedwabne massacre reignited the debate over
Polish-Jewish relations during the war, this timely volume
presents a rich and nuanced examination of the manner in which
past and present relations between Poles and Jews are
understood in Poland and in the Polish and Jewish diasporas.
Rather than revisiting historical details of Jedwabne, this
innovative collection uses an interdisciplinary approach to
understand the reverberations of the events—and the scholarship
that has evolved around them—within the context of the Polish
national community. Combining scholarly essays with literary
and journalistic accounts,
Rather than revisiting historical details of Jedwabne, this
innovative collection uses an interdisciplinary approach to
understand the reverberations of the events—and the scholarship
that has evolved around them—within the context of the Polish
national community. Combining scholarly essays with literary
and journalistic accounts,Imaginary Neighbors
Imaginary Neighbors
demonstrates that the Holocaust memory in Poland, together with
the memory of Polish Jews and Jewish culture, continues to be
engaged in conflict. What emerges is a passionate conversation
among cultural critics, philosophers, literary theorists,
historians, theologians, and writers on the vexing issues of
responsibility, forgiveness, reconciliation, and national and
religious identity.
demonstrates that the Holocaust memory in Poland, together with
the memory of Polish Jews and Jewish culture, continues to be
engaged in conflict. What emerges is a passionate conversation
among cultural critics, philosophers, literary theorists,
historians, theologians, and writers on the vexing issues of
responsibility, forgiveness, reconciliation, and national and
religious identity.