Bogumił Andrzej Grott (IPA: ɔˈɡumiw ˈand.ʐɛj ˈɡɾɔt̪ (born 3 January 1940 in

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) is a Polish historian, lecturer and professor at the Institute of Religious Studies of

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. He specializes in the history of Polish political thought, especially nationalism and its connection with

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, right-wing

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political camp, and Polish-Ukrainian relations. He received his

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in 1975,

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in 1985 and a professor degree in 1997. Grott published about 135 publications, with 80 scientific articles in

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and

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. Grott has also written essays and articles published in Polish nationalist and radical Catholic press such as the ''

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''. In 2008 he also signed a letter accusing the

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of practicing "Stalinism" when the university, and more liberal media such as ''

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'', criticized some figures, such as

Jerzy Robert Nowak Jerzy Robert Nowak (born 8 September 1940 in Terespol) is a Polish historian, and former columnist in right-wing Catholic media outlets including Nasz Dziennik, Telewizja Trwam, Radio Maryja.Törnquist-Plewa, Barbara. "The Jedwabne Killings–A C ...

, at an academic conference concerning Polish-German and Polish-Russian relations. Grott and other academic figures accused the university of censorship.W obronie wolności nauki
December 15, 2008. Published in Nasz Dziennik 20–21 December 2008, Nr 297

Works

* ''Nacjonalizm i religia'' (Nationalism and Religion) (1984) * ''Katolicyzm w doktrynach ugrupowań narodowo-radykalnych do roku 1939'' (Catholicism in Doctrines of National-Radical Groups until 1939) (1987) * ''Nacjonalizm chrześcijański'' (Christian Nationalism) (1991, 1996, 1999) * ''Religia, Kościół, etyka w ideach i koncepcjach prawicy polskiej'' (Religion, Church, Ethics in the Ideas and Conceptions of the Polish Right) (1993) * ''

Zygmunt Balicki Zygmunt Balicki (30 December 1858 in Lublin – 12 September 1916 in Saint Petersburg) was a Polish sociologist, publicist and one of the first leading thinkers of the modern Polish nationalism in the late 19th century under the foreign Partitio ...

ideolog Narodowej Demokracji'' (Zygmunt Balicki ideologue of National Democracy) (1995) * '' Adam Doboszyński o ustroju Polski'' (1996) * ''Religia, cywilizacja, rozwój - wokół idei Jana Stachniuka'' (2003)

References

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