Creating Solidarity: The Religious Foundations of the Polish Social Movement

Recent scholarship on the origins of the Solidarity movement has centered on the question of attribution: "Who done it: workers, intellectuals, or someone else?" The temperature of the debate is rising and the battle lines are drawn. On one side , there are those who argue that the workers...

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Published in:East European politics and societies 1997-04, Vol.11 (2), p.339-365
Main Author: Osa, Maryjane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catholic Church
Christian Theology and Religion
Civil Society
Collective action
Communism
Government/Political systems
History
Intelligentsia
Labor unions
Poland
Political history
Political opposition
Political protest
Politics and religion
Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Religion
Religion and politics
Religious aspects
Social history
Social Movements
Social protest
Socialism
Sociology of Politics
Solidarity
Workers
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Summary:Recent scholarship on the origins of the Solidarity movement has centered on the question of attribution: "Who done it: workers, intellectuals, or someone else?" The temperature of the debate is rising and the battle lines are drawn. On one side , there are those who argue that the workers were the "prime motivators" of the remarkable social opposition in Poland in 1980-81. On the other side of the barricade, there are those contending either that intellectuals played a key role, or that mobilization was a result of the activities of civil society. Class terms have dominated the discourse and intellectual affiliations have colored analyses as well. Is this debate a manifestation of academic internecine conflict, or is it driven by a theoretically important research question? [...]
ISSN:0888-3254
1533-8371
DOI:10.1177/0888325497011002007