The Nationalization of the Salesian Orphanage in Jaciążek (1951) in Postmemory Cover Image

Upaństwowienie Salezjańskiego Domu Dziecka w Jaciążku (1951) w postpamięci
The Nationalization of the Salesian Orphanage in Jaciążek (1951) in Postmemory

Author(s): Dariusz Stępkowski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Education, State/Government and Education, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: postmemory; demoralisation; socialism; pseudo-education; Catholic education;

Summary/Abstract: The article reconstructs and interprets the events that led up to the nationalization of the Salesian orphanage in Jaciążek in 1951. In the study I use the concept of postmemory and the method of qualitative analysis of cultural texts in which the witnesses of the event – the Salesians and their pupils – expressed their traumatic experiences. In spite of differences between the two groups, the main cause of trauma for both was the pseudo-educational activities of the promoters of socialist ideology. In conclusion, I suggest that we recognize socialist pedagogy as a separate instantiation of pseudo-education.

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 215-232
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish