Zygmunt Krasiński and the Resurrectionists on Polish Politics and the Revolution
Zygmunt Krasiński and the Resurrectionists on Polish Politics and the Revolution

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the similarities between the political thought of Zyg-munt Krasiński (1812–1859), a romantic poet, and the refl ection on the politics of the most prominent representatives of the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The author of the paper emphasizes how Krasiński greatly appreciated the pas-toral and national work of the Resurrectionists, having great confi dence in them. He carried on a regular correspondence with them (with Father A. Jełowicki and Father H. Kajsiewicz), from which emerged signifi cant similarities between the refl ection on the subject of politics exposed by the poet and the aforementioned clergymen. Both Krasiński and the Resurrectionists considered the Catholic religion to be the foundation of Polishness understood as a community of spirit and culture. Preserving this commu-nity while remaining faithful to the Catholic identity of the Polish nation was, stressed jointly by both Krasiński and the Resurrectionists, a sine qua non for the Polish nation to regain political independence. On this path, however, there was a serious threat posed by the revolution. As the author of “Undivine Comedy” points out, the revolution threat-ened Poland both from the West (through radical currents inspired by the anti-Chris-tian legacy of the French Revolution) and from the East (through Russia, understood as an institutionalized revolutionary insurrection). This way of interpreting the revolution-ary danger was shared by the Resurrectionists, the recipients of the poet’s letters.

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