When Reality Fails: Science Fiction and the Fall of Communism in Poland

Jerzy Kociatkiewicz and Monika Kostera
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Jerzy Kociatkiewicz: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Chapter 12 in Critical Management Research in Eastern Europe, 2002, pp 217-238 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract When martial law was enforced on 13 December 1981 in Poland, after the Solidarity rebellion that lasted for almost one-and-a-half years, it felt like all hope was being buried forever. The system, once again, proved that it was invincible. The massive popular movement, which had reached 10 million members at its peak, was shattered during the following years; the leaders were, once again, imprisoned, censorship tightened anew, and the people subjected to a new wave of unbearably self-righteous propaganda. Its main rhetorical style was named panswinism by Michal Glowinski (1992): ‘we are all swine no one is honest, Party people are swine, but so are the heroes of the Solidarity rebellion. There is no hope.’ Communism was here to stay and most people tended to believe that it was permanent; some voiced the belief that it might perhaps end in 100 years.

Keywords: Business Opportunity; Short Story; Science Fiction; Capitalize Sentence; Narrative Type (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403914361_12

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