DEBATES ON THE WORK ETHOS. THE NORMATIVE AND PRACTICAL DIMENSION OF THE WORK ETHOS IN SOCIALISM - THE PROGRESSIVE PRISON IN JAWORZNO (1951-1953) (Polish title - below)

• Authors: Galeziowska Malgorzata
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

(Title in Polish - 'Spory o sens pracy. Normatywny i praktyczny wymiar etosu pracy w socjalizmie - na przykladzie Wiezienia Progresywnego w Jaworznie (1951-1953)'). The article intends to present the determinants of the rift between the normative and practical work ethos upon the example of a penal institution for adolescents in Jaworzno and a negative attitude towards the prevailing system in post-war Poland. The normative ethos would correspond to the ideal type emulated by the young inmates, transformed and realised in the form of the practical ethos. The indicator of those changes is the range and type of involvement in work, the ability to conciliate the contradictions, which resulted from the nonsensical character of fictional work, excessively onerous conditions and compulsory labour. The same holds true for the show character of the performed work, whose feature in socialism corresponded to the public nature of cooperation and competition. A sui generis indicator of those differences was the application of work as a sanction in prison; work became punishment whenever certain occupations regarded as better or worse were designated according to the assessment of the inmate's submission. At the same time, there arose the conviction that although manual labour was the core of the normative work ethos in socialism, the person who managed to fulfil his duties beyond the range of manual labour found himself in many respects in a much better situation.

Keywords

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COMPULSORY LABOUR; PENAL INSTITUTION FOR ADOLESCENTS (JAWORZNO); PRISONS IN POLAND.

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 31-46
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Galeziowska Malgorzata

• Malgorzata Galeziowska, Wyzsza Szkola Informatyki i Ekonomi TWP w Olsztynie, ul. Wyzwolenia 30, 10-106 Olsztyn, Poland.

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CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA082424