Cross Purposes: Catholicism and the Political Imagination in Poland

by Magdalena Waligorska

No other symbol is as omnipresent in Poland as the cross. This multilayered and contradictory icon features prominently in public spaces and state institutions. It is anchored in the country's visual history, inspires protest culture, and dominates urban and rural landscapes. The cross recalls Poland's historic struggles for independence and anti-Communist dissent, but it also encapsulates the country's current position in Europe as a self-avowed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009230956
• ISBN13: 9781009230957
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"