@article{ref1,
title="The politics of catastrophe: Poland's presidential crash and the ideology of post-postcommunism",
journal="Eastern European politics and societies: EEPS",
year="2012",
author="Koczanowicz, Leszek",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="811-828",
abstract="The catastrophe of the presidential plane crash in April 2010 was of course a far-reaching event in Polish politics, with consequences still very present. The article describes and interprets various ways of speaking about the catastrophe. I consider this rhetoric in the context of a clash of ideologies: that of modernization and of national-religious values. The conservative camp insists on inscribing the crash into Polish history and claims that it reveals a division into two Polands: one of true patriots and another of collaborators. I analyze this narrative through post-Marxist political theory, particularly Laclau and Mouffe and the concept of ideology developed by Bakhtin/Voloshinov. Ideology is understood as a complicated language phenomenon that permeates all spheres of everyday life as well as generates political programs. I then analyze the political consequences of the catastrophe through the concept of &quot;post-postcommunism&quot; and show how the catastrophe's complicated symbolic representation has shaped Polish political discourse.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0888-3254",
doi="10.1177/0888325412447643",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325412447643"
}