The Frontier of Civilizations from the Colonial Perspective

Authors

  • Jan KIENIEWICZ Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia

Keywords:

frontier land, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Kresy, civilizational membership

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of civilizational belonging of the states created by people who cross the boundaries of civilization as well as the is-sue of the frontier land considered as a space created as a result of becoming aware of the strangeness of everything that remains outside our identity.

Published

2010-12-13