UKRAINIANS-GREEK CATHOLICS AND POlES-MARIAVITES AMONG POLES-ROMAN CATHOLICS. LOCAL-LEVEL SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND MECHANISMS Of ITS MAINTAINING
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Ukraińcy grekokatolicy i Polacy mariawici wśród Polaków rzymskich katolików. Lokalne zróżnicowanie społeczne i mechanizmy jego utrzymywania w perspektywie porównawczej
UKRAINIANS-GREEK CATHOLICS AND POlES-MARIAVITES AMONG POLES-ROMAN CATHOLICS. LOCAL-LEVEL SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND MECHANISMS Of ITS MAINTAINING IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Aleksandra Herman
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Comparative history
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: social dualism; social differentiation; local-level politics; religion at school; collective memory; affirmation of identity; self-organization; national minority; religious minority

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the analysis is to compare the local social differentiation in two culturally heterogeneous communi- ties: 1) two-denominational and 2) two-denominational and two-national. The study focused on local mecha- nisms of the maintenance of differentiation. Comparative approach allowed capture of contextual conditions. the study included the areas of life where the intersection of the private and public spheres occurs. it was found that local mechanisms maintaining the differentiation lead to the phenomenon of bestowing public signi cance to private choices or even to sanctioning them by the public opinion. for this reason, the analysis focuses on the following areas of local social life: the genesis of local divisions and its social memory, marriage selection, political power and schools. Among the conclusions it should be noted that the depth of social division is not determined by the multiplication of differences but rather by the origin of divisions and social memory. there is larger toleration of the “mixed” identity (of the nuclear family or even of individuals) in the community of two-dimensional social diversity but with the shared experience of uprooting (among minority and majority). the research has con rmed better political minority self-organization, which can then affect political mobilisa- tion of the majority. finally, a way of institutionalization of differentiation in local schools (different ways of segregation) plays a signi cant role in the socialization to the local dualism.

  • Issue Year: 13/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 41-62
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish