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Publicystyka Pawła Jasienicy (w wyborze)

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Kowalczyk W. K.

Acta Humana

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2018

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vol. 9

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Między Polską Piastów i Polską Jagiellonów a Rzeczpospolitą Obojga Narodów. Refleksje „anarchologiczne” i ich miejsce w rozwoju myśli historycznej Pawła Jasienicy

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Mękarski A.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2022

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issue 1

43–68

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In March 1962, Paweł Jasienica, known chiefly for his books on the history of Poland, published an article entitled ‘Polska anarchia’ (‘Polish anarchy’). The article, which appeared in the weekly Przegląd Kulturalny, sparked off a heated debate on the sources of the anarchy into which the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth began to descend in the latter half of the seventeenth century. Among those who contributed to the debate were some of the leading historians of the day. Encouraged by the response to his article, Jasienica decided to expand it into a full-length book (completed in the spring of 1963). The author first presents the views expounded in the article from Przegląd Kulturalny, and then he reconstructs the debate and examines how Jasienica referred to it in his work on the anarchy. Since Jasienica’s account of the anarchy covers the period with which he was also concerned in Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów (published in English as The Commonwealth of Both Nations) – the third part of his series on the history of Poland for which he is most acclaimed – the author also attempts to compare the interpretations advanced in one work with those advanced in the other. As regards the anarchy, Jasienica traced its origin back to the reign of the last two kings of the Jagiellonian dynasty . In compliance with their commitment to securing the support of the great magnates on whom they chose to base their power, Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548) and Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572) refused to endorse political arrangements advocated by the representatives of the Lower House of Parliament. The failure to reform the country along the lines suggested by the latter group led, in the long term, to political chaos. Unlike Jasienica, according to whom the Commonwealth degenerated into anarchy because of the errors committed almost exclusively by the rulers, the academic historians, whose views were inspired by Marxism, linked the state’s political impotence with the policy pursued by the whole nobility as a class. However, as the author shows, in Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów Jasienica radically changed his views. In his later work, all responsibility for the future anarchy was shifted onto Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) and his Catholic fanaticism. In revising his interpretation of what is known as the nobles’ anarchy, Jasienica drew, at least to some extent, on works by Jarema Maciszewski and Władysław Czapliński, historians who also represented the official historiography of the Polish People’s Republic.

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Ideologiczno-metodologiczne meandry Rozważań o wojnie domowej Pawła Jasienicy. Uwagi o dziele i jego recepcji

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Mękarski A.

Klio Polska. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Historiografii Polskiej

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2020

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issue 12

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This article deals with Rozważania o wojnie domowej (Reflections on the Civil War), the last book by Paweł Jasienica, an essayist and acclaimed history writer known mainly for his books on the history of Poland. The article offers analysis of both the work and its reception. In executing the first task, the author focuses on extracting the critique of the communist ideology which Jasienica included, in some veiled way, in his account of the main topic to which his last book is devoted – the Vendée rebellion of 1793. In the article Jasienica is shown to have used his account of one of the episodes of the French revolution to criticise the PRL’s political system, arguing, one should add, in favour of replacing it with liberal democracy. Analysis also shows that the reception of Jasienica’s work was significantly mediated by the ideological preferences of its reviewers.

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Przedmiotem artykułu są Rozważania o wojnie domowej, ostatnia książka Pawła Jasienicy, eseisty i uznanego pisarza historycznego, znanego głównie z książek o historii Polski. Artykuł proponuje analizę książki i jej recepcji. Realizując pierwsze zadanie, autor skupia uwagę na krytyce ideologii komunistycznej, którą Jasienica w nieco zawoalowany sposób włączył do opisu głównego przedmiotu swej ostatniej książki – powstania w Wandei w 1793 r. W artykule wykazano, że Jasienica wykorzystał opis jednego z epizodów rewolucji francuskiej do krytyki systemu politycznego PRL, opowiadając się, należy dodać, za jego zastąpieniem przez demokrację liberalną. Analiza ukazuje także, że recepcja dzieła Jasienicy była w istotnym stopniu zapośredniczona przez preferencje ideologiczne recenzentów.

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Publicystyka Pawła Jasienicy (w wyborze)

Między Polską Piastów i Polską Jagiellonów a Rzeczpospolitą Obojga Narodów. Refleksje „anarchologiczne” i ich miejsce w rozwoju myśli historycznej Pawła Jasienicy

Ideologiczno-metodologiczne meandry Rozważań o wojnie domowej Pawła Jasienicy. Uwagi o dziele i jego recepcji