Stommismus. Die politische Biografie Stanisław Stommas, verfasst von Radosław Ptaszyński. Rezension

• Authors: Robert Żurek

Title variants

EN

Review of Radosław Ptaszyński’s book "Stommizm. Biografia polityczna Stanisława Stommy"

Abstracts

EN

Radosław Ptaszyński devoted over 700 pages of his book to Stanisław Stomma, a catholic intellectual who, during his life was confronted with two totalitarian systems, German Nazism and Soviet Communism. Stomma remains until today a symbol of „stommizm”. This name, created basing on a Stomma’s surname remains a symbol of political realism, and willingness of compromise (with direct limits), and accompanied by a strong moral integrity. Stomma, a devoted catholic played also an important role in the long process of Polish-German reconciliation. According to the Author “stommizm” itself can be recognised as a new kind of heroism, however remote from other well-known patterns of heroism.

Keywords

EN

Stanisław Stomma; Polish-German reconciliation; intellectuals; international dialog; catholic intellectuals

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Historie. Jahrbuch des Zentrums für Historische Forschung Berlin der Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 191-197

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Robert Żurek

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/historie.2020.133259

Biblioteka Nauki

56076743