ISBN:
9781648250354
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 211 Seiten
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1 Karte
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in East and Central Europe 27
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in Central Europe
Uniform Title:
W stronę Xenopolis
Parallel Title:
Übersetzung von Czyżewski, Krzysztof, 1958 - W stronę Xenopolis
DDC:
305.800943
Keywords:
Ośrodek Pogranicze Sztuk, Kultur i Narodów w Sejnach
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Cultural fusion
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Intercultural communication
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Central European literature History and criticism
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Cultural pluralism
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Europe, Eastern Civilization
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Europe, Central Civilization
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Osteuropa
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Ostmitteleuropa
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Zivilgesellschaft
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
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Grenzgebiet
Abstract:
Preface / Mayhill C. Fowler -- Acknowledgements / Krzysztof Czyżewski -- Editorial note / Mayhill C. Fowler -- Map -- Introduction / Timothy Snyder -- Xenopolis -- Miłosz: A Connective Tissue -- Towards deep culture: a practitioner's reflections -- Drama of the Polish outsider -- Reinventing Central Europe -- Czernowitz: a forgotten metropolis -- The spirituality of Vilnius -- Between Timișoara and Târgu Mureș -- Our Bosnia: Bosnia becomes ours, until it hurts -- Sacrum, Fascism, Eliade -- Jerzy Ficowski: A reading of ashes -- Stanisław Barańczak: A widening horizon -- Tony Judt: An elder brother in thinking -- Tomas Venclova: A man from the other side -- The Spirit of Truth: On essays by Irena Grudzińska-Gross -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"How do we build civil society? How does a society repair itself after violence? How do we live in a world with others different from ourselves? These questions lie at the heart of Krzysztof Czyzewski's writing and his work with Fundacja Pogranicze, the Borderland Foundation, at the border of Lithuania, Poland, and Belarus. Writing from the heartland of Europe's violence and creativity, Czyzewski seeks to explain how we can relate better to each other and to our diverse communities. Building on examples of places and people in East-Central Europe, Czyzewski's essays offer readers concepts such as the invisible bridge, the nejmar (the bridge-builder), and the xenopolis (the city of others), which create community throughout the world. The three sections of the book--concepts, places, and practices--show how this cultural work bridges the divide between concepts and practices and offers a new map of Europe. Ultimately, Czyzewski hopes we can all move toward xenopolis, toward the understanding that others are, in fact, ourselves. This book offers an introduction to Czyzewski's work, with framing essays by specialists in Central and East European history"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 203-204. - Register
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Translated from Polish
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