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Solidarność
A New Perspective on the Workers' Revolution and the Intellectual Opposition
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This high-profile and award-winning work shows the organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarność revolution of 1980–81 and thus debunks the canonical idea that the movement was orchestrated primarily by intellectuals from the democratic opposition, who brought consciousness to the workers ‘from the outside’. Siermiński traces...
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This high-profile and award-winning work shows the organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarność revolution of 1980–81 and thus debunks the canonical idea that the movement was orchestrated primarily by intellectuals from the democratic opposition, who brought consciousness to the workers ‘from the outside’.
Siermiński traces the origins of the Polish revolution to the self-activity and self-organisation developed by the Polish working class during earlier protests, strikes, and occupations. The author convincingly demonstrates that Solidarność was driven by the working class's own aims, experiences and revolutionary instinct—often in direct opposition to the efforts of intellectuals to contain its radicalism.
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This high-profile and award-winning work shows the organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarność revolution of 1980–81 and thus debunks the canonical idea that the movement was orchestrated primarily by intellectuals from the democratic opposition, who brought consciousness to the workers ‘from the outside’. Siermiński traces the origins of the Polish revolution to the self-activity and self-organisation developed by the...Hardback$45000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9789004690158
Publisher: Brill
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 April 2026
Country: Netherlands
Imprint: Brill
Contributors:
- Translated by Maciej Zurowski
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 808g
Pages: 412
About the Author
Michał Siermiński, Ph.D. (1989) is a research fellow at the Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political Thought. He works mainly on the history of the People's Republic of Poland and other countries of the Soviet bloc.
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