Solidarnośc: A New Perspective on the Workers' Revolution and the Intellectual Opposition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004690158)

This high-profile and award-winning work shows the organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarnośc revolution of 1980-81 and thus debunks the canonical idea that the movement was orchestrated primarily by intellectuals from the democratic opposition, who brought consciousness to the workers 'from the outside'. Siermiński traces the origins of the Polish revolution to the self-activity and self-organisation developed by the Polish working class during earlier protests, strikes, and occupations. The author convincingly demonstrates that Solidarnośc was driven by the working class's own aims, experiences and revolutionary instinct--often in direct opposition to the efforts of intellectuals to contain its radicalism.

Author: Maciej Zurowski,Michal Siermiński
ISBN-10: 9004690158
ISBN-13: 9789004690158
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2026
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.94d