Wojciech Roszkowski
Wojciech Stefan Roszkowski OOB (born 20 June 1947 in Warsaw), sometimes known by the pseudonym Andrzej Albert, is an influential right-wing Polish historian and politician. From 1990 to 1993, he served as vice-rector of Warsaw School of Economics and from 1994 to 2000, he was the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies at the University of Virginia, USA. In 2004, Roszkowski won election to the European Parliament from the Law and Justice Party for a five year term.
Wojciech Roszkowski | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009 | |
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| Born | 20 June 1947 Warsaw, Poland |
| Spouse | Anna Dąbrowska |
| Children | Marcin Roszkowski |
Works and reception
Mariusz Turowski, a philosopher of historiography at University of Wrocław finds Roszkowski to be an influential exponent of the "patriotic school of Polish historiography" that gained status in post-Communist Poland; his works posited a "clash of civilization" between conservative Christian ethics and multicultural democracies.[1] For him, the downfall of Western Civilzation originated in the Age of Enlightenment, once it negated the existence of God.[2]
Daniel Blatman, writing in 1997, noted Roszkowski to be among a new generation of post-Communist historians who tried to portray Poles as the ideal victim of Nazism as well as communism, and exonerate them of all misdeeds — his monograph on post-War history of Poland portrayed the Kielce pogrom as a handiwork of Communist agents, rather than Poles, despite lack of supportive evidence.[3]
In 2022, the PiS government allowed Roszkowski's 1945–1979. Historia i teraźniejszość (1945–1979. History and Present Times) to be used in secondary schools; scholars noted the book to be a far-right tract that stigmatized IVF-conceived children and equated feminism with nazi ideology.[4][5]
Bibliography
- Najnowsza historia Polski 1914–2002 (Newest History of Poland 1914–2002), 2003, ISBN 83-7311-991-4.
- Historia Polski 1945–2005 (History of Poland 1945–2005), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2006, ISBN 978-83-01-14696-2.
- Droga przez mgłę (Walking through the fog), Instytut Jagielloński, 2006, ISBN 978-83-60559-00-0.
- Świat Chrystusa (The world of Christ), Wydawnictwo Biały Kruk, 2016, ISBN 978-83-7553-218-0.
- Mistrzowska gra Józefa Piłsudskiego (Józef Piłsudski's Mastergame), Wydawnictwo Biały Kruk, 2018, ISBN 978-83-7553-240-1.
- Roztrzaskane Lustro – Upadek cywilizacji zachodniej (The Shattered Mirror – The Downfall of the Western Civilization), Wydawnictwo Biały Kruk, 2019, ISBN 978-83-7553-260-9.
- Orlęta Lwowskie (Lwów Eaglets), Wydawnictwo Biały Kruk, 2019.
- Kierunek targowica – Polska 2005–2015 (Heading to targowica – Poland 2005–2015), Wydawnictwo Biały Kruk, 2019.
References
- Turowski, Mariusz (19 March 2022). "Islamization, modernization, and civilizational analysis: Non-essentialist comparative perspectives". Postcolonial Text. 17 (1).
- Adamczewski, Przemysław (2022). "Between a Sense of Inferiority and Cultural-Religious Imperialism: On the Seemingly Dichotomous Images of the Caucasus in Poland". Slavonic and East European Review. 100 (2): 323–354. doi:10.1353/see.2022.0017. ISSN 2222-4327.
- Blatman, Daniel (1 January 1997). "Polish antisemitism and 'Judeo‐communism': Historiography and memory". East European Jewish Affairs. 27 (1): 35–36. doi:10.1080/13501679708577839. ISSN 1350-1674.
- Karolina Słowik (12 August 2022). "Dzieci z in vitro są "hodowane", a papież Jan Paweł II to "następca Jezusa na Ziemi". Czy jest alternatywa dla podręcznika do HiT-u?". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- "W podręczniku do HiT o "hodowli" ludzi. "To konkretny atak. Atak, który jest kierowany w dzieci, w rodziców"" (in Polish). TVN24. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
External links
- Personal profile of Wojciech Roszkowski in the European Parliament's database of members.