The memory politics of Cursed Soldiers, antisemitism and racialisation

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dc.abstract.enThis paper examines the relationship between racism and the memory politics of the anti-communist underground in Poland. It explores a covert antisemitism behind the conserv-ative nationalist hegemonic project of transforming the anti-communist underground into the ideologically charged symbol of the Cursed Soldiers. It demonstrates that under the conditions of the condemnation of antisemitism, the symbolism of the Cursed Soldiers has become a covert way of expressing anti-Jewish prejudice in hegemonic memory politics. The paper argues that this covert antisemitism must be seen in the broader context of historical racialised anti-semitism and racialised structures of Polish national iden-tity. The paper challenges the notion of Poland as a country free from racism, by unpacking the role of racialisation in the dominant understanding of Polishness. It demonstrates how the memory politics of the Cursed Soldiers fit into the racialised logic of the dominant ideology of Polish national identity.
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Humanistycznych - Instytut Nauk Humanistycznych
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Humanistycznych w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Humanistycznych
dc.contributor.authorJaskułowski, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorMajewski, Piotr
dc.date.access2023-02-27
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-20T10:30:51Z
dc.date.available2023-12-20T10:30:51Z
dc.date.created2022-11-08
dc.date.issued2023-10
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper examines the relationship between racism and the memory politics of the anti‐communist underground in Poland. It explores a covert antisemitism behind the conservative nationalist hegemonic project of transforming the anti‐communist underground into the ideologically charged symbol of the Cursed Soldiers. It demonstrates that under the conditions of the condemnation of antisemitism, the symbolism of the Cursed Soldiers has become a covert way of expressing anti‐Jewish prejudice in hegemonic memory politics. The paper argues that this covert antisemitism must be seen in the broader context of historical racialised antisemitism and racialised structures of Polish national identity. The paper challenges the notion of Poland as a country free from racism, by unpacking the role of racialisation in the dominant understanding of Polishness. It demonstrates how the memory politics of the Cursed Soldiers fit into the racialised logic of the dominant ideology of Polish national identity.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumberUMO-2019/33/B/HS6/00124
dc.description.granttitlePolityka pamięci wobec antykomunistycznego podziemia. Między państwowymi upamiętnieniami, a kulturą popularną i komercjalizacją
dc.description.issue4
dc.description.physical1289-1303
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume29
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/nana.12937
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8129
dc.identifier.issn1354-5078
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/238
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nana.12937
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o kulturze i religii
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC
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dc.subject.enantisemitism
dc.subject.enmemory politics
dc.subject.enPoland
dc.subject.enracialisation
dc.subject.enracism
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dc.titleThe memory politics of Cursed Soldiers, antisemitism and racialisation
dc.title.journalNations and Nationalism
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle