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As narrow, nationalist views of patriotic allegiance have become widespread and are routinely invoked to justify everything from flag-waving triumphalism to xenophobic bigotry, the concept of a nonnationalist patriotism has vanished from public conversation. Taking Liberties is a study of what may be called patriotism without borders: a nonnational form of loyalty compatible with the universal principles and practices of democracy and human rights, respectful of ethnic and cultural diversity, and, overall, open-minded and inclusive. Moving beyond a traditional study of Polish dramatic literature, Halina Filipowicz turns to the plays themselves and to archival materials, ranging from parliamentary speeches to polemical pamphlets and verse broadsides, to explore the cultural phenomenon of transgressive patriotism and its implications for society in the twenty-first century. In addition to recovering lost or forgotten materials, the author builds an innovative conceptual and methodological framework to make sense of those materials. The result is not only a significant contribution to the debate over the meaning and practice of patriotism, but a masterful intellectual history.

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Dr. Filipowicz has turned her attention to gender dynamics in Polish theatre, literature, and culture, skillfully weaving themes of transgression (variously conceived) and patriotism throughout the narrative.

"""Dr. Filipowicz has turned her attention to gender dynamics in Polish theatre, literature, and culture, skillfully weaving themes of transgression (variously conceived) and patriotism throughout the narrative."""

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Halina Filipowicz is a professor emerita in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her main areas of research are Polish and Polish-Jewish literature, modern intellectual history, and gender studies. In 2020, she became the first woman to serve as editor in chief of The Polish Review.

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