southern 74 | 7,074 19 Dec 2010 #1Poles usually claim that polish is a high culture.What do you think?
tygrys 3 | 290 19 Dec 2010 #2If Poles think so about their country, that's a good sign because they always complain about everything
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #3This topic has been covered elsewhere and will lead to the same results. What in God's name is 'high culture'?
noreenb 7 | 554 19 Dec 2010 #4I'll help. I think Southern wanted to ask about: art, architecture, literature, philosophy, old cities and its atmosphere, ballroom dancing, artist and their activities, museums, galerries, exibitions. Am I right, Southern? It may also mean the way how somebody behaves, I mean, when he/she doesn't says s**** all the time to express his'her enthusiasm. It's actually so general question that finding an answer on it is impossible. Try to specify, Southern, what did you want to know?In Polish your sentence is: "Polacy to wysoka kultura": it's not very understandable but interesting.
Wroclaw Boy 19 Dec 2010 #5Try to specify, Southern, what did you want to know?I think he was trying to ascertain the average size of polish womens breasts, in a round about fashion.
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #6I don't think he's too abreast of culture ;) Or he could have been talking about drugs.As for the arts, Poland produces a lot of snobs. Those that think they are sth when they are just a pile of dung.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #7Poles usually claim that polish is a high cultureI totally one hundred percent agree with that. All Poles appear to have that gentle bearing that suggests refinement and culture. You can't find so many elegant people in one place anywhere else in Europe.
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #8Gentle bearing?? Some are elegant and some aren't, PP. I think Italy for elegance.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #9Italians have more temper. Poles are calmer and quieter. Poles are also great at thinking about stuff and analysis.
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #10Ever been to a football match here? Calm is not a word I'd use. Nor would I say that high culture enters the equation at all.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #11Football isn't really that cultured in the first place, so what do you expect at the modern day Circus?
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #14Football is the most popular sport here and sport is a major part of culture. You can't tell me that Poland won't profit from hosting the forthcoming championships.Some parts have 'high' culture and some don't. You won't see much of it in the villages, that's for sure.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #15Is football a part of Polish culture or not? ;)Football, a cultured event? Would you say the games at Rome were cultured just because the Emperor and the Senators attended them?
ShawnH 8 | 1,491 19 Dec 2010 #17You can't tell me that Poland won't profit from hosting the forthcoming championships.And how many times do you hear about Olympic Games running in the red. Nothing is a sure bet.Besides, the games are about money, as well as sport. Can't say it is culture.Is there a ministry of sports/culture? or do they each have their own ministry?
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #18It's still a part of broader culture and that can't be deniedBut not highculture and the thread is about that.
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #19I'm showing elements of Poland not being a high culture but there are elements where it is. Just go to Kraków and see the architecture and fine arts there. Many Polish cities have strong elements of high culture. Torun springs to mind.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #20High Culture has more to do with the attitude of the people as well. All European countries have football teams, so everyone is even in that respect. But what about the minds of the people, and the temperment? Who is calm, balanced, analytical, appreciative, intelligent? Who values higher learning and appreciates life's subtle moments? These are part of the higher faculties and indicate a presence of higher culture if they are present in a population.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648 19 Dec 2010 #22Isn't it something to do with the disinterested endeavour after man's perfection?Or imperfection and how fascinating it is.
Sokrates 8 | 3,345 19 Dec 2010 #23Poles usually claim that polish is a high culture.What do you think?Its a culturally developed country on par with its western contemporaries and superior to its eastern neighbours.
Seanus 15 | 19,672 19 Dec 2010 #25What I like about Polish culture is that it is easier to define than Western countries which have been heavily shaped by too many influences. Polish culture is pretty impressive when you find some time away from the rat race.
OP southern 74 | 7,074 19 Dec 2010 #26I like polish culture.What I find most astonishing is that it is preserved.
Trevek 26 | 1,700 20 Dec 2010 #27and superior to its eastern neighbours.really? can you give examples. I'd say Russian literature, music, painting, theatre and film-making is at least as good as the Polish counterparts (and Poland certainly has high quality examples of literature, music, painting, theatre, film-making etc).
Ironside 53 | 12,422 20 Dec 2010 #28I'd say Russian literature, music, painting, theatre and film-making is at least as good as the Polish counterpartsReally ? Maybe for a layman !
Trevek 26 | 1,700 20 Dec 2010 #29and I'm a man who enjoys a good lay.Yeah, I suppose Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekov, Stanislavski, Meyerhold etc are just the Hannah Montanas of their day.
AdamKadmon 2 | 501 20 Dec 2010 #30Poland is superior to its eastern neighboursThe idea of a nation is at best a cartel of pelt merchants and profiteers in leather, at worst a cultural association of psychopaths who, like the Germans, marched off with a volume of Goethe in their knapsacks, to skewer Frenchmen and Russians on their bayonets.