Nowa Humanistyka i odpowiedzialność za ciągłość (dawnej) tradycji
New Humanities and Responsibility for the Continuity of an (Ancient) Tradition

Summary/Abstract: In Polish literary and cultural studies, the New Humanities are a recent development, not yet fully formed and drawing on earlier methodological turns – a laboratory or sorts. Polish researchers focus on contemporary phenomena (from the mid-twentieth century), adapting their tools to them. They practically do not refer to older literatures and cultures, and consequently their work creates an image of the present that is rootless, devoid of tradition and memory. Outside Poland, by contrast, the scholars who represent the key reference points for the New Humanities have often developed their tools by exploring earlier literatures and cultures, for instance in their work on emotions. This exclusive interest in the present is worrying, as it ignores the important role of the old tradition and the continuity of culture – in research as well as in the literary and cultural education of new generations.

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