The exile's high-maintenance identity
Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and Historical Sociology
Published online on June 15, 2026
Abstract
Thesis Eleven, Ahead of Print.
This paper offers a highly personal narrative on national identity as a fragile, labor-intensive construct shaped by exile, coercion, and moral resistance. Drawing on the autobiographical writings of the author's father, Zygmunt Bauman, and her mother, ...
This paper offers a highly personal narrative on national identity as a fragile, labor-intensive construct shaped by exile, coercion, and moral resistance. Drawing on the autobiographical writings of the author's father, Zygmunt Bauman, and her mother, ...