Rewolucja 1905. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej by Robert Blobaum

The aim of the present study is to trace the specific features of liberal ideology on the European periphery. Liberalism as the Ideology of the Intelligentsia. The Rise and Decline of Enlightened Liberality.

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Includes bibliographical references and index. Polish liberal thought before 1918 / by Maciej Janowski translated by Danuta Przekop. ISBN 963 9241 18 0 Cloth Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Janowski, Maciej. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ©2004 by Maciej Janowski English translation © by Danuta Przekop in 2004 First published in Polish as Polska myśl liberalna do 1918 roku by the Polish Batory Foundation, Warsaw and by the Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, Cracow in 1998 English edition published in 2004 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Share Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36- or 327-3000 Fax: +36- E-mail: Website: 400 West 59th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-21 Fax: +1-21 E-mail: Translated by Danuta Przekop All rights reserved. His innovative interpretation may be the starting point for new debates in the ongoing discussion on the different perceptions of liberalism.Ĭentral European University Press Budapest New York Janowski sees his subject in a broad comparative perspective, taking into account the historical experience of other nations of Central Europe. This explains why there was a marked etatist trend among liberal thinkers, who saw the creation of a strong state as a tool of modernization. The author maintains that the definition of liberalism in Central Europe should not be based on the Anglo-Saxon model, in view of the weakness of the middle classes and, in the case of partitioned Poland, the lack of independent statehood. 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. Polish liberal tradition has generally been considered weak or even nonexistent.

Based on solid research, this erudite study is a first attempt at presenting a comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century Polish liberalism.

Rewolucja 1905. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej by Robert Blobaum