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Zygmunt Krasiński and the Resurrectionists on Polish Politics and the Revolution
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The article examines the similarities between the political thought of Zygmunt Krasiński (1812-1859), a romantic poet, and the reflection on the politics of the most prominent representatives of the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The author of the paper emphasizes how Krasiński greatly appreciated the pastoral and national work of the Resurrectionists, having great confidence in them. He carried on a regular correspondence with them (with Father A. Jełowicki and Father H. Kajsiewicz), from which emerged significant similarities between the reflection on the subject of politics exposed by the poet and the aforementioned clergymen. Both Krasiński and the Resurrectionists considered the Catholic religion to be the foundation of Polishness understood as a community of spirit and culture. Preserving this community while remaining faithful to the Catholic identity of the Polish nation was, stressed jointly by both Krasiński and the Resurrectionists, a sine qua non for the Polish nation to regain political independence. On this path, however, there was a serious threat posed by the revolution. As the author of "Undivine Comedy" points out, the revolution threatened Poland both from the West (through radical currents inspired by the anti-Christian legacy of the French Revolution) and from the East (through Russia, understood as an institutionalized revolutionary insurrection). This way of interpreting the revolutionary danger was shared by the Resurrectionists, the recipients of the poet's letters.
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Zygmunt Krasiński, Aleksander Jełowicki, Hieronim Kajsiewicz, the Resurrectionists, Catholicism, the Great Polish Emigration, religious ordersDetails
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