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Transatlantic Democracy in the Twentieth Century
Transatlantic democracy in the 20th century - this concept goes beyond the idea of an American civilizing mission in Europe after two World Wars, and certainly beyond the notion of re-educating Germans, and making them fit for Western institutions after Nazism. As democracy is being contested anew in the beginning of the 21st century, a much more complicated landscape of democracy since 1900 emerges. Transfer was not a one-way-street, and patterns of conflict and transformation affected both American and European political societies. American democracy may not be reduced to a resilient defense of original traditions, while the narrative of German democracy is more than redemption from catastrophe. The essays in this volume contribute to a new history of transatlantic democracy that accounts for its manifold experiences and constant renegotiations, up to the current challenges of American and European populism.
The Final Flight: The Crash of Polish Air Force 101 and the Death of a President
On April 10, 2010, Polish Air Force 101 (roughly equivalent to the U.S. government Air Force One) carrying the Polish President, first lady, and 94 other high level government officials, clergy, military, representatives of Katyn Families, and other important individuals in Poland's business and culture crashed in a fog outside of Smolensk, Russia. The plane was on its way to a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre. There were no survivors. This book describes what happened and why. It points out the complex nature of such tragic plane crashes often due to human factors. More importantly, it tells the story from the perspective of the people involved and the terrible loss to the country which resulted from this historical and tragic event.
Polish Politics and Society
An examination of political, social and economic development in Poland since the summer of 1989, with the main focus on democratization.
Redeeming the Communist Past
This major study examines the regeneration of the former communist parties in East Central Europe after 1989.
Deep Mining Challenges
The International Mining Forum is a recurring event, hosted by the University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland, bringing together an international group of scientists, including those working in rock mechanics and computer engineering as well as mining engineers. The topics are wide-ranging, including papers on remote sensing to assess p
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Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories
The most complete English-language collection of the prose of Tadeusz Borowski, the most challenging chronicler of Auschwitz, with a foreword by Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny In 1943, the twenty-year-old Polish poet Tadeusz Borowski was arrested and deported to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. What he experienced in the camp left him convinced that no one who survived Auschwitz was innocent. All were complicit; the camp regime depended on this. Borowski’s tales present the horrors of the camp as reflections of basic human nature and impulse, stripped of the artificial boundaries of culture and custom. Inside the camp, the strongest of the prisoners form uneasy alliances with their captors and one another, watching unflinchingly as the weak scrabble and struggle against their inevitable fate. In the last analysis, suffering is never ennobling and goodness is tantamount to suicide. Bringing together for the first time in English Borowski’s major writings and many previously uncollected works, this is the most complete collection of stories in a new, authoritative translation, with a substantial foreword by Timothy Snyder that speaks to its enduring relevance.
Gustaw Herling e il suo mondo
Gustaw Herling è stato uno scrittore, pubblicista e saggista polacco, noto soprattutto per il libro Un mondo a parte che testimoniò la sua tragica esperienza in un gulag sovietico negli anni 1940-1942. Vissuto a lungo in esilio in Italia, dove il suo percorso è stato segnato dall’incontro con Croce e dal sodalizio con Silone e Chiaromonte nella rivista «Tempo presente», solo dopo la caduta del Muro di Berlino fu pienamente riconosciuto dal mondo culturale italiano. Nel 2019 è stato dedicato alla sua opera un volume dei «Meridiani»: Etica e letteratura. Testimonianze, diario, racconti. Questo volume, che raccoglie gli Atti del festival letterario Napoli di Herling tenutosi nel 2019 nel centenario della nascita dello scrittore, consentirà al lettore italiano di cogliere sfaccettature talora inedite non solo dell’opera, ma altresì dell’uomo che in prima persona ha combattuto per i diritti e la libertà di donne e uomini dell’epoca in cui ha vissuto, segnata dal marchio delle ideologie totalitarie e dall’ombra incombente del Male.
