Polish liberal thought before 1918 / by Maciej Janowski ; [translated by Danuta Przekop].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janowski, Maciej.

Standardized Title:

Polska myśl liberalna do 1918 roku. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--Poland--History.

Liberalism.

Positivism.

History.

Poland.

Physical Description:

xii, 282 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2004]

Summary:

As Janowski, an expert in the intellectual and political history of Poland, explains in the introduction, Poland did not have the social elements (capitalist development, a strong third estate, and so on) usually associated with the rise of liberalism, but there was an imported strain of liberal thought adapted to Polish circumstances. Accordingly, he does not simply list and biographize liberal Polish thinkers, but instead traces the development of liberal philosophy in Poland, including even the contributions from groups that were hostile overall to liberalism. The target audience is generally fellow academicians and students specializing in East European intellectual history, and especially those with a familiarity with Polish nineteenth 19th-century history, since some acquaintance with this subject makes the discussion easier to follow. The book was originally published in Polish in 1998 (Polish Batory Foundation, Warsaw, and the Spoleczny Instytut Wydawniczy Snak, Cracow). Distributed by Books International. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Two sources of liberal thought

The golden age and twilight of enlightened liberalism

Romantic liberalism

Liberalism as the ideology of the intelligentsia

The rise of positivism

Positivism under attack

In a world of alien ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9639241180

OCLC:

49283576