Common Culture and the Ideology of Difference in Medieval and Contemporary Poland

The author discusses how medieval Kraków, Poznań, and Lublin had a shared culture that challenged the ideology of difference, including institutional, religious, ethnic, and nationalistic. Contemporary Polish leaders use anachronistic approaches to counter the country's increasing ethnic and religious diversity, legitimized by the European Union's ideology of difference and its basis for discrimination against non-Christians and non-white individuals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 346 pages
Publication date: 31 January 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

The author delves into a crucial exploration of shared culture as a vital cornerstone for societal survival. By examining common culture as a dynamic process in medieval Kraków, Poznań, and Lublin, the author challenges the notion of difference, encompassing institutional, religious, ethnic, and nationalistic dimensions. In their rejection of ethnic and religious diversity, the author argues that medieval rulers resorted to the moral authority of the Catholic Church, which had been established in Western European societies. Similarly, in the twenty-first century, Polish leaders employ anachronistic strategies to construct a Polish Catholic identity in response to the country's growing ethnic and religious diversity. As in the medieval era, contemporary Polish political and social elites embrace the ideology of difference, which is legitimized by a European Christian heritage and intended to discriminate against non-Christians and non-white individuals under the guise of democratic values and minority rights, with Muslims serving as a prominent target.

The author delves into a crucial exploration of shared culture as a vital cornerstone for societal survival.

By examining common culture as a dynamic process in medieval Kraków, Poznań, and Lublin, the author challenges the notion of difference, encompassing institutional, religious, ethnic, and nationalistic dimensions.

In their rejection of ethnic and religious diversity, the author argues that medieval rulers resorted to the moral authority of the Catholic Church, which had been established in Western European societies.

Similarly, in the twenty-first century, Polish leaders employ anachronistic strategies to construct a Polish Catholic identity in response to the country's growing ethnic and religious diversity.

As in the medieval era, contemporary Polish political and social elites embrace the ideology of difference, which is legitimized by a European Christian heritage and intended to discriminate against non-Christians and non-white individuals under the guise of democratic values and minority rights, with Muslims serving as a prominent target.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793626912