„Zaczęłam filozofować, rozmyślać, szukać odpowiedzi na dręczące mnie kwestie”. Wspomnienia Edwardy (Etli) Bomsztyk: biografia, emancypacja, polityka

Laskowski, Piotr

doi:10.14746/prt.2017.1.4

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The Birth of the Militant Self

Marzec

2019

East Cent. Eur.

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The 1905 Revolution was often considered by workers writing memoirs as the most important event in their lives. This paper examines biographical reminiscences of the political participation of working-class militants in the 1905 Revolution. I scrutinize four tropes used by working-class writers to describe their life stories narrated around their political identity. These are: (1) overcoming misery and destitution, (2) autodidacticism, (3) political initiation, and (4) feeling of belonging to the community of equals. All four demonstrate that the militant self cannot be understood in separation from the life context of the mobilized workers. Participation in party politics was an important factor modifying the life course of workers in the direction resonating with their aspirations and longings. The argument is informed by analysis of over a hundred of biographical testimonies written by militants from various political parties in different political circumstances.

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