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Product Description Scholarly and educational journal dealing with Poland and Eastern Europe. Interviews and articles on Polish political, literary, and economic figures. Deals with Polish and East European affairs and their implications for the United States.
Customer Reviews: Brief Critique of The Sarmatian ReviewMarch 21, 2010 Tom(Rochester, NY United States) The Sarmatian Review is an academic journal published three times per year by the Polish Institute of Houston at Rice University. The dearth of information on Poland in the U.S. makes The Sarmatian Review a must for all serious students of Poland. However, the publication does have its faults. Many of the articles are devoted to topics drier than the Bledow Desert. Also, as one might expect, many of the articles are written in flagrant academese and are barely discernable.
Perhaps most disturbing is the journal's decidedly chauvinist, right-wing editorial bent. I've noticed many, many pro-Kaczynski, anti-liberal quips in the Sarmation Review since subscribing in 2006. Of course, this is not surprising to anyone familiar with the Endekian leanings of American Polonia. However, my jaw dropped while reading ""People's Poland" in the Third Polish Republic" by Barbara Fedyszak-Radziejowska (April, 2010) in which the author, an obvious Kaczynskiite, compares the centrist Civic Platform Party to the PRL! I have never read such reactionist nonsense in my entire life.
While Fedyszak-Radziejowska fumbles for an explanation for PO's popularity among Poland's "elites" by making slanderous comparisons to the PZPR, it's extremely easy to understand why the hyper-nationalistic, ultra-catholic, xenophobic, Germanophobic, anti-European, Radio Maryja-endorsed, conspiracy-driven rhetoric of the Kaczynskis and PiS wouldn't appeal to Poland's educated, urban voters.
In its defense, the review does run some very interesting articles at times, the data sheet is often entertaining despite a regular right-wing slant on the numbers, and the book reviews are often informative. But as I wrote before, the review is strictly for the serious Polish enthusiast. All others will find it insufferably chauvinistic and boring.
A unique little magMarch 14, 2003 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a unique magazine that combines scholarly accuracy with entertaining details. SARMATIAN REVIEW highlights non-Germanic Central Europe, and it provides quite a bit of significant information about the world in its INDEX.
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