‘Black Monday’ and the ‘Chain of Light’: The infrapolitics of civic resistance in Poland
‘Black Monday’ and the ‘Chain of Light’: The infrapolitics of civic resistance in Poland
Author(s): Wojciech DohnalSubject(s): Politics, Civil Society, Politics and society, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: civic protest; resistance; black Monday; Chain of Light; infrapolitics;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is an anthropological analysis of the events that took place in Poland in 2016 and 2017. These were massive civil protests against government policy. Unlike most sociological and political science studies, the author proposes to interpret them in the category of infrapolitical actions. To thet end he refers to the concept of ‘infrapolitics’, once propouned by James Scott, and examines whether and to what extent it can be used to interpret the described events.
Journal: LUD
- Issue Year: 105/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 44-57
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English