Polish Flavoured Patriotism
Couple of weeks ago when I was disembarking from a plane in Brussels, I came across a woman with two exceptionally polite and well-mannered small children. On the way to the baggage claim the boy of preschool age was singing loudly “Mazurek Dąbrowskiego” (“Dąbrowski’s Mazurek” – Polish national anthem). “One can see that the boy [...]
Open Patriotism
A great celebration for Polish liberals – Congress of Liberty – pushed me into some musing. The most important and interesting track of the event seemed to be the issue of patriotism, covered during panel discussion entitled “Freedom of choice of patriotism. The Polish and European Identity”. Why do I think so? Although patriotism is [...]
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