Patriotyzm według Pawła Hulki-Laskowskiego

A descendant of the Czech Brethren, Pawel Hulka-Laskowski belonged to a group of thousands of Polish Evangelists with foreign roots who consciously chose Poland as their homeland during the period of partitions. Many became Polish patriots. For this reason, Poland’s welfare was one of the main themes in Hulka-Laskowski’s scientific and literary output. He propagated the concept of open patriotism. In his opinion, an affiliation to the Polish nation was primarily of a cultural, not ethnic nature. The stereotype of a Pole-Catholic was dangerous to the Polish nation, because it repelled people of foreign origin who were not Roman Catholics. In his educational activity among workers, Hulka-Laskowski emphasised the importance of civic education, stressing the significance of education for love as a way of making the Polish nation more attractive to foreigners.