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2022 | 117 | 1 | 29-37

Article title

Kapitały niedostatku. Historie ludowe i etyka współczesności

Content

Title variants

EN
Capitals of scarcity. Folk stories and the ethics of modernity

Languages of publication

Abstracts

EN
This article seeks to answer the following question: Can the history of Polish society provide the basis for developing the contemporary ethics of self-restraints? The author refers to folk history research from recent years, discussing hunger, cold and the constant fear for biological survival as the fate of the majority of people living in the Polish lands until the mid-twentieth century. She wonders how crude necessity could contribute to the formation of an attitude of conscious choice in modern people who are aware of the burden of their complicated legacy. While the article does not provide clear-cut answers, it points out the paradoxical bond in the fate of people from different epochs and the fear of catastrophe as a repetitive experience. At the same time, she shows that nowadays at least we have a choice as to what ethical approach to adopt with respect to the latter.

Year

Volume

117

Issue

1

Pages

29-37

Physical description

Dates

published
2022

Contributors

  • Zakład Historii Kultury, Instytut Kultury Polskiej, Uniwersytet Warszawski

References

  • Chwalba, Andrzej. Historia Polski 1795–1918. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2000.
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  • Janicki, Kamil. Pańszczyzna. Prawdziwa historia polskiego niewolnictwa. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 2021.
  • Kopaliński, Władysław. Słownik mitów i tradycji kultury. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Bellona, 2003.
  • Leszczyński, Adam. Ludowa historia Polski. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo W.A.B., 2020.
  • Mencwel, Andrzej. Toast na progu. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2012.
  • Nesterowicz, Piotr. Każdy został człowiekiem. Wołowiec: Wydawnictwo Czarne, 2017.

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki
2152872

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_26112_kw_2022_117_03
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