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

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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 Ukrainian. Grott has also written essays and articles published in Polish nationalist and radical Catholic press such as the '' Nasz Dziennik''. 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, 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 ideolog Narodowej Demokracji'' (Zygmunt Balicki ideologue of National Democracy) (1995) * ''

Adam Doboszyński Adam Doboszyński (11 January 1904 - 29 August 1949) was a soldier of the Polish Army, writer, engineer, and a social activist. Born in 1904 in Kraków, he was executed by the Communist secret services in 1949, in the notorious Mokotów Prison i ...

o ustroju Polski'' (1996) * ''Religia, cywilizacja, rozwój - wokół idei Jana Stachniuka'' (2003)

References

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