Polish liberal thought up to 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

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--Poland--History.

Liberalism.

Positivism.

Physical Description:

xii, 282 p.

Edition:

English ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on solid research, this erudite study is a first attempt at presenting a comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century Polish liberalism. Polish liberal tradition has generally been considered weak or even nonexistent. Janowski, on the other hand, argues that nineteenth-century Poland inherited a strong protoliberal tradition from the nobility-based democracy, and that in the mid-nineteenth century, liberalism was a dominant trend in Polish intellectual life, even if it rarely appeared in its pure form and did not create political movements separating liberal aims from patriotic ones.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72135-4

9786155053979

978-6-15505-397-9

615-5053-97-9

1-281-37689-2

9786611376895

1-4175-0056-5

9781003721352

OCLC:

191933965