Dariusz Komorowski

“The Denied Revolution”: Between Modernity and Tradition in Switzerland—On the Figure of the Peasant in the Swiss Identity Discourse

The text examines the formation and persistence of the Swiss national imaginary as a construct shaped by enduring symbols, narratives, and figurative images. Building on theories of collective identity and Charles Taylor’s concept of the social imaginary, it argues that Swiss national identity emerged through a long cu...