Wartości kapitalistyczne w polskim dyskursie publicznym
The values of capitalism in the Polish public discourse

Summary/Abstract: After 1989, capitalism – as an ideology (a political system) and a set of practicesconcentrated in the economic sphere – has strongly shaped interpersonal relationships,linguistic acts and the social picture of the world, including its fundamental values, ofPoles in general. The author of this paper makes a preliminary investigation intoaxio-linguistic aspects in a broader context of the issue related to the reception of thecapitalist discourse in the Polish cultural and linguistic space. The connection of thisideological system with values should be considered in regard to three dimensions: 1) inthe domain of crucial ideas, such as: liberty, property, individualism, on whichcapitalism is founded; 2) in the field of positive or negative evaluation dependent onopposite perspectives of discourse participants and related to the different constituentsof the formation system, i.e. employed / unemployed, flexible contract/ junk contract,tax/ tribute; 3) in relation to the values encompassed by the Polish tradition, such as:community, justice, equality, solidarity, which can serve as reference points for theanti-capitalist (critical) discourse.

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