When the Lexicon was published in 1995

When the Lexicon was published in 1995, a writer born after 1960 was, by definition, “a young writer.” 12 years later generations born in the’60s no-one assigned to the youth. The representatives of this generation if not osiwieli, only because wyłysieli, moreover, are no longer spragnionymi famous cultural outsiderami szturmującymi Parnas, but rather they already occupying Parnas, building the first tranche of the assault the next wave of young people.

Issued by the Dunin-Wasowicz “Conversations tubes” is a good excuse to take stock of these changes. From several years Dunin deliver their own cultural almanac “spark of God and the Light” (from the 2004 show as “Light”) – a quasi-commercial with the normal monthly, empikowo-distribution kiosks, and the previously issued as an amateur, non Nieregularnik, the so-called fanzine.

Nail each issue of “Flash” is a river of intelligence that leads from Dunin a creator, most belonging to either the generation or that generation of uwielbianym (as distinguished Polish fantaści and Marek Stanislaw Lem Huberath or discovered by Dunina Dorota Maslowska). The book is a collection of selected interviews with a dozen years.

The oldest dates back to 1993, but the events of 1989 – the German occupation of Lublin empiku by a group of poets-anarchists, led by Kazimierz Malinowski intelligence hero. Begins with significant questions of “So how was it?”.

Today such a way zaczynania interview with the poet is already granted, but at the beginning of the 90s it was iconoclastic. One of the succession after PRL was rigid cultural hieratyczność publicity. Krytykowi serious wypadało kolokwialnie not write that the film he just liked – had to write, rather, that “this film is one of the most outstanding works of the renowned director of this”.

Of all the heroes of the book’s most important and most appear

Of all the heroes of the book’s most important and most appear to be Prime Minister Mohammad Daud Khan, who in 1973 toppled the king of traveling around Europe and the Afghan monarchy abolished, becoming the pioneer republic in Afghanistan. His government, and the fluctuations have led to attempts to reform the Communist-over, and this in turn to the emergence of armed mudżahedinów, for vehicle-quarter of the Soviet Army and civil wars.

In addition to issued 80 years later book “In the shadow of Amanullaha” Richard Piekarowicza Afghanistan – the birth of the republic “is probably the first in our attempt to analyze these actions Afghan rulers, which was adopted reformatorami call.

Is the provocative title of the book. The birth of the republic? As public awareness of the journalism kształtowanej cheap and even cheaper television shutter Afghans associated with the eternal war, fanaticism, barbarism. What can be the common people, created for the war and her doomed from republikańskimi ideas? It turns out that not only have, but they may even go down as a model republikanów rozmiłowanych the ideas of liberty, equality and Fortitude.

Republikanami were in Afghanistan and the young officers who believe in the realization of communist utopia, and fighting with them for a community mudżahedini śniący equal before God. Republikanami were, in fact, even the Taliban.

Those who arrange the world the image of the stereotypes, the book-Dyndo put Sierakowski uncomfortable. But be glad and unsubmissive seekers.

You can understand why Orwell as a “beggarly najnędzniejszą with” find “

director of Oxford Center for Social Research, is a trained anthropologist. Her book is the result of field test on a race living in the island situated not far from Europe. Over the years, Fox has lived among the inhabitants of that tribe, exploring its prejudices, rituals and rites of passage Godowej. In contrast to many other anthropologists, however, Fox did not have to take an exotic trip, I tested it to race well known to us English.

But do we really know them so well? We all have stereotypical images in the head – and a rigid flegmatycznego gentleman or objectionable kibola of color face in umalowaną his beloved team. Do these images are arranged in a coherent whole – especially when realize that kibol may be that the gentleman that recreation on holiday?

Fox has conducted field studies fair. Wpadała to passers-by examining how often will apologize for his indiscretion simulated. Climbed on the roofs, binoculars to observe the behavior of the English in their home gardens. In knajpach, instead of the mess, podsłuchiwała talks about the weather and noted who drinks what and how to retain.

From the book emerges as a fascinating portrait of the greatest British obsession, that is the class membership. Snobbery is not only a phenomenon known Englishmen (although it is not they invented that word), but the fear of the British Isles before the dream of zdeklasowaniem and promotion of the level reaches the top level of difficult to understand someone from the outside.

Free from fear are only two classes involved extreme opposite position. All things are lawful arystokratom, because they have been issued what kompromitowałoby member of middle class, is treated as a harmless eccentricity. All the working class may be that – trawestując Marx – there is nothing to lose except for sugar in tea.

You can understand why Orwell as a “beggarly najnędzniejszą with” find “an average middle-class.” Its members are torn between the opportunities and prestige of the higher middle class, even if their leaders, sometimes they zapraszających hunting or showing niechcenia pictures from his house in Tuscany, and the constant fear that any detail of their surroundings – even the introduction of the family to neighboring MISSING property – will lose their lower jaw in the middle class.

I thought that “the average middle-class” Orwell invented solely for the purpose of his satyr such as “viva aspidistra, but Fox will ensure that this is the term used in the islands to this day – not enough Englishmen triad aristocracy class – middle class – working class, in the extract of the additional sub-classes.

Hoffmann’s book was published 20 years ago

The book of German historian Joachim Hoffmann’s “The Russian allies of Hitler. Vlasova and his army” to discuss the basic reading of a difficult episode of World War II, namely the problem of traffic antystalinowskiego working with the Third Reich. This topic in English take again, badly translated Thorwalda seeks work – “illusion: Soviet Soldiers in Hitler’s army” a much better dissertation Andrejew – “General Vlasova and Russian wyzwoleńczy movement” and released three years ago, an excellent monograph by Jaroslaw Gdańskiego, “Forgotten Soldiers Hitler. “

Hoffmann’s book was published 20 years ago, before the mountain. Then it was considered to be unique and, in principle, be the first to develop so well written. If Bellona pokusiła for printing 10-15 years ago, it would be this important event. Today, especially after the excellent work of Gdansk Jaroslaw, Hoffmann’s book remains one of the most important position on collaboration during the Second World War. However, the archives held in Bundesarchiv Koblenz exploration and lack of access to works published in the West and the East before the disappearance of the Iron Curtain “reflect on the state test” Russian allies of Hitler. ” Simply book reflects the state of knowledge in the years 1984-86.