English
Język Polski
The Golden Mean Principle. A handful of comments on the currently dominant discourse about ‘Polish-Jewish relations
Anna Zawadzka
redakcja@holocaustresearch.pl Author BiographyAnna Zawadzka, doctor of sociology, works in the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw University Gender Studies lecturer, editor of Studia Litteraria et Historica, director of the Żydokomuna documentary. Author of, for instance: “„Żydokomuna”. Szkic do socjologicznej analizy źródeł historycznych” (Societas/Communitas 2 [2009]), “„Rzeczpospolita” jednego narodu” (in Analizować nienawiść. Dyskurs antysemicki jako tekstowe wyzwanie, 2011), “Polska walcząca” (in Wojciech Wilczyk (ed.), Święta wojna, 2014), “Wojna polsko-polska na terenie Izraela” (Studia Litteraria et Historica 1, 2012), “Zdzieranie masek. Sposoby pisania o żydowskich komunistach” (Studia Litteraria et Historica 2, 2013).
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6043-3321
Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Piotr Forecki
piotr.forecki@amu.edu.pl Author BiographyPiotr Forecki, assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Journalism of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, member of the Department of Anti-Semitism Studies of the Jewish Historical Institute. Author of the monographs Od „Shoah” do „Strachu”. Spory o polsko-żydowską przeszłość i pamięć w debatach publicznych (2010) and Reconstructing Memory. The Holocaust in Polish Public Debates (2013).
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-5326
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 11 (2015), Pages: 408-428
Submission Date: 2020-10-21Publication Date: 2015-12-01
https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.478
Abstract
The article attempts to deconstruct the dominant Polish discourse regarding the ‘Polish-Jewish relations’. Its central figures are the logic of the golden mean as a tool to reach historical truth, symmetrization of Polish and Jewish wrongs and faults, and hospitality as the prevalent attitude of Poles towards Jews. The authors show its opinion-forming power using three examples: a review of Paweł Pawlikowski’s film Ida, the reception of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and a discussion on the Righteous monuments, which were to be erected in Warsaw.
License
Copyright (c) 2015 Author&"Holocaust Studies and Materials"
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The journal is published under the Diamond Open Access Standard, CC-BY-4.0 Deed - Attribution 4.0 International - Creative Commons
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Piotr Forecki, Closely Observed Books [Mirosław Tryczyk, Miasta śmierci i Drzazga; Paweł Piotr Reszka, Płuczki] , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 17 (2021)
- Piotr Forecki, Anna Zawadzka, The Golden Mean Principle. A Handful of Comments on the Currently Dominant Discourse on ‘Polish-Jewish Relations’ , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. Holocaust Studies and Materials (2017)
- Piotr Forecki, April Talking. Polish flags over the Ghetto , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 10 (2014)
- Piotr Forecki, To Europe: yes, but together with our Zionists , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 21 (2025)
- Piotr Forecki, The Museum of Reconciliation in Markowa , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 12 (2016)
Similar Articles
- Karolina Panz, The Destruction of shtetl Grice , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 3 (2007)
- Kamil Kijek, Before the Pogrom in Przytyk. The National Movement and the Genesis of the Anti-Jewish Incidents in the Kielce Province During 1931–1935 , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 14 (2018)
- Kamil Kijek, Are Polish-Jewish Relations the History of Jews in Poland?: Audrey Kichelewski, Ocalali. Żydzi polscy po Zagładzie , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 18 (2022)
- Marta Duch-Dyngosz, In Search of Local Memory of the Holocaust. The Case of Commemoration of Jewish Communities in Smaller Towns in Contemporary Poland , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 17 (2021)
- Małgorzata Melchior, The Holocaust and Polish-Jewish Relations in Sociological Studies , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2008: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Polish Center for Holocaust Research of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Literature on Organized and Individual Help to the Jews (1945–2008) , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 4 (2008)
- Katarzyna Odrzywołek, Piotr Trojański, Tehran Children – from Siberian Frost to Palestinian Sun. The role of Polish Embassy’s diplomatic posts in the USSR and Anders’s Army in rescuing Jewish children , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 11 (2015)
- Jan Grabowski, Editors, From the editor , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2008: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Dariusz Libionka, Polish Literature on Organized and Individual Help to the Jews (1945–2008) , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: 2010: Holocaust Studies and Materials
- Krzysztof Czubaszek, Stanisław Żemis – Witness to the Extermination of Jews in Łuków , Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały: No. 14 (2018)
<< < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 > >>
You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.
