Essays by a founder of the Borderland Foundation in East-Central Europe explore the meanings of community in a fractured world.
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.
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.
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Table des matières
Introduction: Timothy SnyderPreface: Mayhill C. Fowler
Acknowledgements: Krzysztof Czyzewski
Editorial Note: Mayhill C. Fowler
Map
CONCEPTS
Xenopolis
Milosz: A Connective Tissue
Towards Deep Culture
Drama of the Polish Outsider
PLACES
Reinventing Central Europe
Czernowitz: A Forgotten Metropolis
The Spirituality of Vilnius
Between Timisoara and Târgu Mure?
Our Bosnia
PEOPLE
Sacrum, Fascism, Eliade
Jerzy Ficowski: A Reading of Ashes
Stanislaw Baranczak: 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 Grudzinska-Gross
Select Bibliography
Index
A propos de l’auteur
TIMOTHY SNYDER is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books on East and Central European history.Achetez cet ebook et obtenez-en 1 de plus GRATUITEMENT !
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