THE SOCIALIST VISION OF MARRIAGE IN Polish PUBLIC DISCOURSE OF THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY (Socjalistyczna wizja malzenstwa w polskim dyskursie publicznym na przelomie XIX i XX wieku)

• Authors: Kwiatek Anna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article deals with the question of the Polish socialists' view of marriage on the basis of opinions voiced in newspapers and publications associated with that political orientation (eg. Naprzód, Robotnik, Przedswit, Swiatlo, Glos Kobiet, etc) from c. 1870 until 1914. What distinguished the socialist positions was a critique of the prevalent, traditional model of marriage and polemics with the Catholic Church. In the war of words neither side played fair nor desisted from using anything that could discredit the opponent. The left had to struggle with a stereotype of a godless socialist whose aim was to destroy the family. While fighting off unjust accusations, the socialists raised a number of points which did defy the status quo sanctioned by the Church, ie. they called for civil marriages and a divorce law. They argued that marriage must be funded on love, which their opponents often misinterpreted and condemned as a propagation of 'free love'. In fact, however, their postulates seem to overlap with has later been called the partnership model of marriage.

Keywords

EN

MARRIAGE & DIVORCE (LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH C.); SECULARIZATION; SOCIALIST IDEA OF MARRIAGE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Studia Historyczne
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 3(211)
• Pages: 285-289
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kwiatek Anna

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Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA087823