Lodzermensch
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, residents of the factory town of Łódź were referred to as Lodz people . Diligence, perseverance and entrepreneurship were ascribed to the Lodz people. He is seen in research as a type of city dweller who is gradually becoming more and more denationalized.
The term originated when the city was in the prime of its industrial development . During this phase, the city was a place where several religions and nationalities lived and worked together, especially Poles of the Catholic faith, Protestants of German origin and Jews from Eastern Europe. The authorities of the Russian occupation forces rarely supported the development of the city, so the culturally diverse groups had to work together to provide for the development of education , medicine and infrastructure . The Lodz people included representatives of various social classes such as manufacturers , merchants , workers and intellectuals . However, the term was not used to refer to all residents of the city. He only referred to those who were distinguished in capitalist Lodz by entrepreneurship and efficiency (climbers).
In literature, the term first appeared in the novel " Bawełna " (z. Ger. "Cotton", 1895) by Wincenty Kosiakiewicz . But it was only through Władysław Reymont's novel " Ziemia Obiecana " ("The Promised Land", published 1896-98) in the linguistic circulation. The negative portrayal of the industrial bourgeoisie in his novel is due to Reymont's attachment to the values of the Polish nobility.
During a discussion that went through the editorial team of the newspaper " Tygiel Kultury " in 1998 , the historian Krzysztof Woźniak pointed out the difference between the Łódź man in oral tradition and the person as a literary figure:
“In the working-class novels, the Lodz man is always someone who is, above all, hardworking and capable, but who is also interested in the interests of ordinary people; he tries to extend his paternalism to working-class districts, schools, crèches, pharmacies, etc. The literary myth, however, presents the Lodz people as a figure degraded in a moral sense. It should be added that in all literary traditions the heroes become Lodz people at the moment when they turn their backs on their previous value system and leave their family roots behind. In Lodz they get to know Mammon, the deity of money and success, and they are ready to serve her as they can. "
Personalities
- Maksymilian gold pen
- Fryderyk Sellin
- Oskar Kon
- Louis Geyer
- Juliusz Heinzel
- Izrael Poznański
- Edward Fall
See also
bibliography
- Andrzej Gałecki: Lodzermensch (pol.). Accessed July 22, 2014.
- Maria Łukowska: With lodzermenscha a rzeczywistość dawnej i współczesnej Łodzi (pol.). Accessed July 22, 2014.
- http://baedekerlodz.blogspot.com/2014/02/lodzermensch-opisany-czyli-spis-lektur.html ( Memento from July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://lit.genius.com/Julian-tuwim-wiersz-w-ktorym-autor-grzecznie-ale-stanowczo-uprasza-liczne-zastepy-bliznich-aby-go-w-dupe-pocaowali-annotated#note -3327157
- ^ Joerg Riecke : German language and German-language newspapers in Lodz. Aspects of a history of New High German in East Central Europe. In: Angelika Braun (Ed.): Contributions to linguistics and phonetics. Festschrift for Joachim Göschel on his 70th birthday. Stuttgart 2001, p. 97.
- ↑ Joanna Jablkowska: A grave for the poor. In: Wiebke Amthor; Hans Richard Brittnacher (Ed.): Joseph Roth. On the modernity of the melancholy gaze. Investigations on German literary history, Vol. 142. Berlin Boston 2012, p. 111.
- ↑ http://www.academia.edu/2066419/Pamiec_fabrykanckiej_Atlantydy_Remembering_an_industrialists_Atlantis ( Memento from July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Skawińska Luiza: Skibiński Ziemowit. Rozmowy w "Tyglu": Lodzermensch - historia i mit. "Tygiel Kultury". 3-4, p. 33, 1998.
- ↑ http://historicus.pl/info.php ( Memento from July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )