The Vicious Circle 1832-1864

Geschichte - Erinnerung – Politik 8 8 Geschichte - Erinnerung – Politik 8 Jerzy Jedlicki Jerzy Jedlicki Jerzy Jedlicki Jedlicki Jerzy The Vicious Circle 1832-1864 The three-part work provides a first syn- and intellectual history, tracing both the The Vicious Circle thetic account of the history of the Polish formation of the intelligentsia as a social intelligentsia from the days of its forma- stratum and the forms of engagement of tion to World War I. Part two (1832-1864) the intelligentsia in the public discourse. 1832-1864 analyses the growing importance of the Thus, it offers a broad view of the group’s intelligentsia in the epoch marked by the transformations which immensely influ- triumph of the Polish romanticism. The enced the course of the Polish history. A History of the Polish Intelligentsia – Part 2 stress is put on the debates of the position of intelligentsia in the society, as well as on tensions between great romantic ideas and realities of everyday life. A substantial Jerzy Jedlicki is Professor emeritus at the part deals with the genesis, outbreak and Institute of History at the Polish Academy defeat as well as the consequences of the of Sciences where he was head of the national uprising in 1863, whose prepara- research group for the history of intelli- tion was to a high degree the work of the gentsia. He also was a fellow at the Wood- intelligentsia. The work combines social row Wilson Center in Washington D.C. 1832-1864 Vicious Circle The ISBN 978-3-631-62402-9 GEP 08_262402_Jedlicki_AM_A5HC PLE edition new.indd 1 15.10.14 14:41 Geschichte - Erinnerung – Politik 8 8 Geschichte - Erinnerung – Politik 8 Jerzy Jedlicki Jerzy Jedlicki Jerzy Jedlicki Jedlicki Jerzy The Vicious Circle 1832-1864 The three-part work provides a first syn- and intellectual history, tracing both the The Vicious Circle thetic account of the history of the Polish formation of the intelligentsia as a social intelligentsia from the days of its forma- stratum and the forms of engagement of tion to World War I. Part two (1832-1864) the intelligentsia in the public discourse. 1832-1864 analyses the growing importance of the Thus, it offers a broad view of the group’s intelligentsia in the epoch marked by the transformations which immensely influ- triumph of the Polish romanticism. The enced the course of the Polish history. A History of the Polish Intelligentsia – Part 2 stress is put on the debates of the position of intelligentsia in the society, as well as on tensions between great romantic ideas and realities of everyday life. A substantial Jerzy Jedlicki is Professor emeritus at the part deals with the genesis, outbreak and Institute of History at the Polish Academy defeat as well as the consequences of the of Sciences where he was head of the national uprising in 1863, whose prepara- research group for the history of intelli- tion was to a high degree the work of the gentsia. He also was a fellow at the Wood- intelligentsia. The work combines social row Wilson Center in Washington D.C. 1832-1864 Vicious Circle The GEP 08_262402_Jedlicki_AM_A5HC PLE edition new.indd 1 15.10.14 14:41 The Vicious Circle 1832-1864 GESCHICHTE - ERINNERUNG - POLITIK POSENER STUDIEN ZUR GESCHICHTS-, KULTUR- UND POLITIKWISSENSCHAFT Herausgegeben von Anna Wolff-Powęska und Piotr Forecki BAND 8 Jerzy Jedlicki The Vicious Circle 1832-1864 A History of the Polish Intelligentsia – Part 2 Edited by Jerzy Jedlicki Translated by Tristan Korecki Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dzieje inteligencji polskiej do roku 1918. English A history of the Polish intelligentsia / edited by Jerzy Jedlicki ; translated by Tristan Korecki. volumes cm. – (Geschichte, Erinnerung, Politik, ISSN 2191-3528 ; Band 7, 8, 9) Translation of: Dzieje inteligencji polskiej do roku 1918. Includes index. Contents: v. 1. Birth of the intelligentsia, 1750-1831 / Maciej Janowski – v. 2. The vicious circle, 1832-1864 / Jerzy Jedlicki – v. 3. At the crossroads, 1865-1918 / Magdalena Micińska. ISBN 978-3-631-62375-6 (v. 1) – ISBN 978-3-631-62402-9 (v. 2) – ISBN 978-3-631-62388-6 (v. 3) – ISBN 978-3-653-04952-7 (e-book: v. 1) – ISBN 978-3-653-04953-4 (e-book: v. 2) – ISBN 978-3-653-04954-1 (e-book: v. 3) 1. Poland–Intellectual life. 2. Poland–History. 3. Intellectuals–Poland–History. I. Jedlicki, Jerzy, editor, author. II. Janowski, Maciej, author. III. Micińska, Magdalena, author. IV. Korecki, Tristan, translator. V. Title. DK4115.D9513 2014 305.5'520943809034–dc23 2014040518 This is an academic study financed by the National Program for the Development of Humanities offered by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland in 2012-2013. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Ministry cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Cover illustration courtesy of the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences and Publishing House Neriton. The Copernicus Monument and the Staszic Palace in Warsaw, around 1832, by an unknown Polish painter (National Museum in Warsaw, Inventory Number MP 4893, photo: T. Żółtowska-Huszcza. ) ISSN 2191-3528 ISBN 978-3-631-62402-9 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-653-04953-4 (E-Book) DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-04953-4 Open Access: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 unported license. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © Jerzy Jedlicki, 2014 Peter Lang – Frankfurt am Main ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.com In memory of Ryszarda Czepulis-Rastenis Table of Contents Chapter 1: In lands foreign.................................................................................9 In exile, 1832-1845 1. The exodus ��9 2. Parties ��13 3. Poetry and politics ��25 4. Years have passed ��31 5. The Nation and Europe ��36 6. Messianism ��43 Chapter 2: Inheritors...........................................................................................53 At home, 1832-1845 1. The defeat’s aftermath: repressive measures ��53 2. The social situation of the intelligentsia ��59 3. The strategy to adapt ��72 4. Men-of-the-quill ��77 5. The Poznań revival ��90 6. Conspirators ��98 Chapter 3: Crisis................................................................................................. 109 The Poznań Province and Galicia, 1846-1857 1. A terrible year, or two �� 109 2. The intelligentsia’s revolution �� 116 3. Daily grind �� 131 4. Doing something of use �� 144 Chapter 4: The End of Tsar Nicholas’s epoch........................................ 153 The Kingdom and the Lithuanian-Ruthenian guberniyas, 1846-1856 1. Off to Siberia! �� 153 2. Professional environments �� 163 7 3. Life, private and social �� 190 4. The visible horizon �� 198 Chapter 5: The struggle for primacy......................................................... 211 At home and in exile, 1857-1862 1. Latency �� 211 2. In diaspora �� 237 3. The Poznań arrhythmia �� 251 4. The intelligentsia in the Polish sense �� 254 Chapter 6: Jump into an abyss.....................................................................

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