Title Toward xenopolis : visions from the borderland / Krzysztof Czyżewski ; edited by Mayhill C. Fowler ; with a foreword by Timothy Snyder

Published Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 211 pages) : map Series Rochester studies in East and Central Europe Rochester studies in East and Central Europe. Contents Preface / Mayhill C. Fowler -- Acknowledgements / Krzysztof Czyżewski -- Editorial note / Mayhill C. Fowler -- Map -- Introduction / Timothy Snyder -- Xenopolis -- Miłosz: A Connective Tissue -- Towards deep culture: a practitioner's reflections -- Drama of the Polish outsider -- Reinventing Central Europe -- Czernowitz: a forgotten metropolis -- The spirituality of Vilnius -- Between Timișoara and Târgu Mureș -- Our Bosnia: Bosnia becomes ours, until it hurts -- Sacrum, Fascism, Eliade -- Jerzy Ficowski: A reading of ashes -- Stanisław Barańczak: A widening horizon -- Tony Judt: An elder brother in thinking -- Tomas Venclova: A man from the other side -- The Spirit of Truth: On essays by Irena Grudzińska-Gross -- Select bibliography -- Index Summary "How do we build civil society? How does a society repair itself after violence? How do we live in a world with others different from ourselves? These questions lie at the heart of Krzysztof Czyzewski's writing and his work with Fundacja Pogranicze, the Borderland Foundation, at the border of Lithuania, Poland, and Belarus. Writing from the heartland of Europe's violence and creativity, Czyzewski seeks to explain how we can relate better to each other and to our diverse communities. Building on examples of places and people in East-Central Europe, Czyzewski's essays offer readers concepts such as the invisible bridge, the nejmar (the bridge-builder), and the xenopolis (the city of others), which create community throughout the world. The three sections of the book--concepts, places, and practices--show how this cultural work bridges the divide between concepts and practices and offers a new map of Europe. Ultimately, Czyzewski hopes we can all move toward xenopolis, toward the understanding that others are, in fact, ourselves. This book offers an introduction to Czyzewski's work, with framing essays by specialists in Central and East European history"-- Provided by publisher Analysis East-Central Europe Xenopolis civil society community building community concepts community cultural diversity cultural work diversity fractured world understanding violence Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the Polish Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2022) Subject Ośrodek Pogranicze Sztuk, Kultur i Narodów w Sejnach. Cultural pluralism -- Europe, Central Cultural fusion -- Europe, Central Intercultural communication -- Europe, Central Central European literature -- History and criticism SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Central European literature Civilization Cultural fusion Cultural pluralism Intercultural communication SUBJECT Europe, Central -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003840 Europe, Eastern -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045767 Subject Central Europe Eastern Europe Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Fowler, Mayhill Courtney, 1974- editor. Snyder, Timothy, writer of foreword. LC no. 2021054269 ISBN 1800105290 9781800105300 1800105304 9781800105294

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