Świętochowski’s “Genealogy of the Present” among the Ideas of Polish Nationalism Cover Image

„Genealogia teraźniejszości” Świętochowskiego w kręgu idei polskiego nacjonalizmu
Świętochowski’s “Genealogy of the Present” among the Ideas of Polish Nationalism

Author(s): Paweł Kuciński
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Aleksander Świętochowski; Świętochowski’s “Genealogy of the Present”

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper Kuciński discusses the historical and ideological contexts of Aleksander Świętochowski’s book “Genealogy of the Present (Genealogia teraźniejszości)”. The journalistic pamphlet by Apostle of Truth triggered in 1930’s open discussion inspired by the then political circles, mostly Polish radical right wing. The article focuses on the extraction and presentation of the notion of historical politics of native interwar nationalism. Seeing the book in question as an example of stolen language, the paper concentrates on the political strategies of appropriating the text and analyses the then calculating mode of reading of the text adopted by ideological discourse.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 23-35
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish