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Polish debate around 'Fear' by Jan Tomasz Gross from the perspective of the intermediary discourse analysis
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The Polish debate around 'Fear' by Jan Tomasz Gross from the perspective of the intermediary discourse analysis
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number909.82/0004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]10575h
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Vienna, Austria
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Passagen
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2009
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]14p.
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Passagen Gesellschaft.
NotesInternational conference proceedings at the Kreisky-Forum, Vienna, in June 2008.
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp147-168
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp147-168
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
"Fear" did not invite public deliberation on Polish anti-semitism, but was a conscious act of shock therapy, applied by the author. The book's reception did not result in a revaluation of the Polish collective remembrance. On the contrary, Gross' work had a polarising effect on its readers. The mechanism of the "spiral of silence" relates to the fact that an allegedly minority-oriented opinion under the pressure of the media may become that of the actual majority