In search of lost meaning/ the new Eastern Europe
Michnik ,Adam
- 1st.ed.
- Berkeley: University of California Press, c2011.
- xix, 224 p
PART I. ANNIVERSARIES ' 1. Poland at the Turning Point: Fifteen Years of Transformation, / Fifteen Years of Gazeta Wyborcza 3 2. In Search of Lost Meaning: The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Solidarity Movement 22 3- Rage and Shame, Sadness and Pride: The Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of the Imposition of Martial Law 37 4. The Bitter Memory of Budapest: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Budapest Uprising y9 PART II. THE WORK OF HATRED j. The Sadness of the Gutter 15 6. Accusers and Traitors 98 7. The Accusers and the Noncivic Acts 114 8. A Wound upon Adam Mickiewicz's Brow '34 PART III. THE COMPLEX POLISH-JEWISH MATTERS 9. The Kielce Pogrom: Two Examinations of Conscience '73 10. The Shock ofjedwabne /• 204 Glossary: Guide to Events and People 213 hidex 111