Norwid wobec Rosji. O koncepcji presji moralnej
Norwid on Russia. On the concept of moral pressure

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the concept of “moral pressure”, developed by Norwid during the January Uprising. Moral pressure was to constitute the main weapon in the ideological struggle postulated by the poet. Norwid strongly criticised the unilateral reliance of Poles on armed struggle, while utterly (as he claimed) neglecting the ideological struggle. Moral pressure was to constitute a kind of systemic and multifaceted propaganda-like influence on Russia and Europe in order to make them realise that any progress towards the democratisation of Russia takes place through Polish mediation. However, the tragedy of the Polish situation is that this mediation usually involves Polish sacrifice and the violation of Polish rights. The article presents a diachronic perspective on the formation of this concept and its hidden paradoxes that remained unnoticed by Norwid.

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