Weaponizing the Past

Kate Korycki is Assistant Professor at the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Western University in Canada. She has published on Polish memory of communism and the Holocaust, on Indigeneity in Canada, sexual identity in Iran, and class and sexuality politics in France.

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Introduction



PART I: THEORY



Chapter 1. Weaponizing the Past, or Memory as Politics

Chapter 2. Theory Localized or Dramatis Personae of Polish Politics



PART II: WEAPONIZING THE PAST: THE CASE OF POLAND



Chapter 3. The Patriots—Using Memory Openly and Belligerently

Chapter 4. The Managers—Using Memory Covertly

Chapter 5. The Liberals—Using Memory Defensively

Chapter 6. The Objectors—Refusing Memory as Political Weapon



Conclusion: Looking Beyond: Weaponizing the Past and a Populist Moment