This article uses a critical discourse analysis approach to observe themes and patterns in eight non-fiction books about Polish patriotism for children. The books are commercially available in mainstream bookshops, and may be used in a range of home or educational settings. In a social and political context where the concept of patriotism has a long history of use by various powerful elites to legitimize their positions and political actions, and where approaches to teaching patriotism in schools have been widely discussed, the article compares themes emerging from the books with patterns in wider social and political discourse, as well as considering what messages and assumptions are revealed in the texts themselves. The analysis finds that, while most of the authors try to associate themselves with a modern and inclusive type of patriotism, they also tend to reproduce certain assumptions that favour exclusionary or hierarchical understandings as to who has the right to be recognized as a member of the national community.

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波兰的非正式爱国教育：儿童爱国书籍中的祖国、历史和公民身份

本文使用批判性话语分析方法来观察八本关于波兰儿童爱国主义的非小说类书籍中的主题和模式。这些书在主流书店有售，可用于各种家庭或教育环境。在爱国主义概念长期以来被各种有权势的精英用来使他们的立场和政治行动合法化，以及在学校教授爱国主义的方法被广泛讨论的社会和政治背景下，本文比较了书中出现的主题更广泛的社会和政治话语中的模式，以及考虑文本本身揭示了哪些信息和假设。分析发现，虽然大多数作者试图将自己与现代和包容的爱国主义联系起来，