Konstelacja Szkoły Głównej. Józef Mianowski
The cast of characters of the Main School. Józef Mianowski

Author(s): Grażyna Borkowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Józef Mianowski; authority; battle; science; Main School
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the question of “double” experience of generation of Prus and Świętochowski: from one side – the Main School’s tradition, from other side – the participation in January Uprising. There are the concurrent experiences and activities from the perspective of historians and historians of literature. De facto they are mutually contradictory, because the young people from the Main School expelled the National Government’s appeal to leave the school and join the battle. Afterwards, a lot of students took part in January Uprising, but their decisions can be treated as the expression of their attitude, independent of Main School’s ideas. In the article the author writes the profile of Józef Mianowski, the vice-chancellor of school, eminent physician and educationalist, who was held in high esteem by imperial government and Polish society. This situation is intriguing , because we are not able to explain it and it proves that we focus our attention to extreme situations (traitor – patriot) without possibility to understand more complicated “centre” (from the point of view of ideology).

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