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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824726203321

Autore

Janowski Maciej

Titolo

Polish liberal thought up to 1918 [[electronic resource] /] / by Maciej Janowski ; [translated by Danuta Przekop]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest, Hungary, : Central European University Press, c2004

ISBN

9786155053979

978-6-15505-397-9

615-5053-97-9

1-281-37689-2

9786611376895

1-4175-0056-5

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 282 p

Disciplina

320.51/09438/09034

Soggetti

Liberalism - Poland - History

Positivism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.