The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland, Geneviève Zubrzycki (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006), xx + 280 pp., cloth 67.50, pbk. 27.50
Geneviève Zubrzycki has authored the best book to date on the Auschwitz “crosses controversy” in post-communist Poland. Her work is far more than a description of the events. She sets this controversy, which has been central to the redefinition of national identity in Poland, in the larger context o...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 490-492 |
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| Summary: | Geneviève Zubrzycki has authored the best book to date on the Auschwitz “crosses controversy” in post-communist Poland. Her work is far more than a description of the events. She sets this controversy, which has been central to the redefinition of national identity in Poland, in the larger context of the history of such self-definition in that country. The end result is a comprehensive study of religious symbolism and its impact on people's self-understanding as a national community. Hence the book is as relevant for sociologists of religion as it is for historians and religious-studies scholars. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcm051 |