Tożsamość, autonomia, solidarność
Identity, Autonomy, Solidarity

On Twenty-First Century Polish Studies

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the transformations of Polish studies over the past thirty years.These changes have occurred thanks to the gradual opening of Polish studies to mediaother than literature, to circulations other than high culture, and to minority cultures.As a result of these transformations, Polish studies have become media studies, notexclusively literary studies. However, today’s discipline is above all characterized bya critical attitude – practiced in research and teaching – toward all canons, especiallythe national canon that links ethnic identity with male, intellectual, and heterosexualidentity. Thanks to the broadening and blurring of identity, Polish studies have maintainedconsiderable autonomy, which scholars and teachers combine with commitment. Thisparticular connection of independence with solidarity characterizes modern Polishstudies: it can address almost any issue and enter into scientific alliances with any fieldwhile maintaining this autonomy through engagement in cultural conflicts.

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