Solidarno?c : A New Perspective on the Workers' Revolution and the Intellectual Opposition

Siermi&

ISBN 10: 9004690158 / ISBN 13: 9789004690158

Published by Brill Apr 2026, 2026

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Neuware - This high-profile and award-winning work shows the organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarnosc 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'. Sierminski 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 Solidarnosc 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Solidarno?c : A New Perspective on the Workers' Revolution and the Intellectual Opposition
• Publisher: Brill Apr 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004690158
• ISBN 13: 9789004690158
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 24D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 748 grams

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Synopsis

This high-profile and award-winning work shows the organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarność 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 Solidarność 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.

About the Author

Michał Siermiński, Ph.D. (1989) is a research fellow at the Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political Thought. He works mainly on the history of the People's Republic of Poland and other countries of the Soviet bloc.