Stanisław Lem i jego żydowski sekret Dlaczego żydowskość stała się problemem dla polskich Żydów po drugiej wojnie światowej?

The article reflects on the possible reasons for the silence about Stanisław Lem’s Jewishbackground. This was not an isolated matter in Poland. Thus, the article treats Lem’sexample as a case study of the troubled identity of Polish Jews after the Second WorldWar in Poland. First, the article consid...

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Published inTeksty drugie no. 5; pp. 252 - 272
Main Author Obirek, Stanisław
Format Journal Article
LanguagePolish
Published Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2023
Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN)
Teksty Drugie
Subjects
Language and Literature Studies
Holocaust
Stanisław Lem
Jewish identity
antiSemitism, ethics
Lem (Stanisław)
etyka
antysemityzm
tożsamość żydowska
ethics
anti-Semitism
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Summary:The article reflects on the possible reasons for the silence about Stanisław Lem’s Jewishbackground. This was not an isolated matter in Poland. Thus, the article treats Lem’sexample as a case study of the troubled identity of Polish Jews after the Second WorldWar in Poland. First, the article considers the situation of a Jewish writer in the face ofthe – predominantly Catholic – society’s anti-Semitism, then the article analyzes theconcept of allosemitism introduced by Artur Sandauer, and finally, the article considersStanisław Lem’s statements about himself. The author concludes with the question ofwhether Lem can be called a prophet of extra-religious sources of ethics and freedom.
ISSN:0867-0633
2545-2061