Pełczyński G., Pomieciński A.
DOI: 10.32691/2410-0935-2019-14-174-182
Information about authors:
Grzegorz Pełczyński, professor, Institute of Ethnology and Culture Anthropology,
University of Wrocław. Head of the Center for Eastern Research in Wrocław. Poland
E-mail: grzegorz.pelczynski [at] uwr.edu.pl (grzegorz[dot]pelczynski[at]uwr[dot]edu[dot]pl)
Adam Pomieciński, professor, Institute of Ethnology and Culture Anthropology,
University Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, Poland.
E-mail: adpom [at] amu.edu.pl (adpom[at]amu[dot]edu[dot]pl)
Abstract. The article focuses on the question of national minorities in Poland in the context of anthropological reflections. Contemporary discussion about national and ethnic minorities occupies an important place both in the political debates as well as in cultural studies in Europe and the world. The increase of significance of this issue is for the authors a pretext for a closer look at the current situation of national minorities in Poland. Authors includes historical perspective which shows fundamental changes occurring among minority groups in this country. In the Polish history, we can distinguish various stages which influenced the social structure of national, ethnic and religious minorities. The article includes, first of all, the situation of national minorities in the Second Republic of Poland (1918-1939; Poland as a multi-ethnic country), Polish People’s Republic (1945-1989; Poland as a country with a small number of minorities), and after democratic transformation after 1989 (rise of interest concerning the question of nation and national minorities in everyday life).
Keywords: Poland, national minorities, national transformations, multi-nationality, mono-ethnicity, assimilation.
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