The Remnants of Modernity: Two Essays on Sarmatism and Utopia in Polish Contemporary Literature

By Przemyslaw Czaplinski

Post-communist Polish culture faced a problem: how to reconcile a growing demand for individual autonomy with a growing need for interpersonal and interspecies solidarity. The author argues that writers sought a solution in the processing of remnants - in the productive destruction of two leftovers of modernity: Sarmatian and utopia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631629249
• ISBN13: 9783631629246
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.2"