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| Emigration: Emigration is the act of leaving one's native country or region to permanently settle in another. It involves the voluntary departure of individuals or groups from their homeland. See also Refugees._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Adam Michnik on Emigration - Dictionary of Arguments
Krastev I 26 Emigration/Michnik/Krastev: On 13 December 1981, General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared a state of emergency in Poland and tens of thousands of participants in the anti-communist Solidarity movement were arrested and interned. A year later the Polish government proposed releasing those willing to sign a loyalty oath as well as those prepared to emigrate. In response to these alluring offers, Adam Michnik penned two open letters from his prison cell. One was titled ‘Why You Are Not Signing’ and the other ‘Why You Are Not Emigrating’.(1) His arguments for not signing were quite straightforward. Solidarity activists should not swear loyalty to the government because the government had broken its faith with Poland. Krastev I 27 (...) while admitting that emigration remained a legitimate expression of personal freedom, he strongly urged Solidarity activists not to go into exile, because ‘each decision to emigrate is a gift to Jaruzelski’. >Emigration/Hirschman. 1. A. Michnik ‘Why You Are Not Emigrating … A Letter from Białołęka 1982’ in Adam Michnik, Letters from Prison and Other Essays (University of California Press, 1987)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Michnik, Adam Krastev I Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019 |
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