Toward Xenopolis: Visions from the Borderland (Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe, 27) - Hardcover

Czyżewski, Krzysztof

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1648250351 ISBN 13: 9781648250354

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2022

Synopsis

Essays by a founder of the Borderland Foundation in East-Central Europe explore the meanings of community in a fractured world.

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.

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About the Authors

KRZYSZTOF CZYŻEWSKI, a writer and artist, is one of the founders of the Borderland Foundation in Sejny, Poland.

MAYHILL C. FOWLER is Associate Professor of History at Stetson University.

TIMOTHY SNYDER is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books on East and Central European history.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648250351
• ISBN 13: 9781648250354
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Fowler Dr Mayhill C.