The Polish solidarity movement : revolution, democracy and natural rights / / Arista Maria Cirtautas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963299103321
• Autore: Cirtautas Arista Maria
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997
• ISBN: 1-134-74042-5; 1-134-74043-3; 1-280-31869-4; 0-203-44820-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies of societies in transition ; ; 3
• Disciplina: 340/.112
• Soggetti: Civil rights - Poland; Natural law; Democracy - Poland; Poland Politics and government 1980-1989
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-312) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Polish Solidarity Movement: Revolution, democracy and natural rights; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Revolution, democracy and Solidarity; A WEBERIAN ALTERNATIVE; 1 The charismatic presentation of natural rights: A Weberian theory of democracy; THE SPIRIT OF MODERN DEMOCRACY; THE WILL TO FREEDOM: THE LEGITIMATING POWER OF NATURAL LAW; DEMOCRACY AND CHARISMA: THE CHARISMATIC PRESENTATION OF NATURAL LAW; REASON AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RIGHTS; 2 Formal natural rights and the American Revolution; NATURAL RIGHTS AND THE CHARISMATIC CREATION OF CITIZENS; ANTECEDENTS; THE NATURAL RIGHTS DOCTRINECHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES; INSTITUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES; 3 Substantive natural rights and the French Revolution; ANTECEDENTS; THE NATURAL RIGHTS DOCTRINE; CHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES; INSTITUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES; 4 Natural rights and liberal capitalist development: An overview; REVOLUTIONARY CONDITIONS; ORIGINS OF THE FREE MARKET; 5 The Marxist-Leninist response to natural rights and liberal capitalism; ; MARX'S CRITIQUE OF NATURAL RIGHTS; LENIN'S CREATION OF A CHARISMATIC PARTY; THE INSTITUTIONAL DOMAINS OF LENINISM; POLAND: ANTECEDENTS; 6 Solidarity's articulation of natural rightsTHE NATURAL RIGHTS DOCTRINE; CHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES; 7 Solidarity and liberal capitalism; SOLIDARITY'S WEAKNESSES: THE FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT INSTITUTIONAL DOMAINS; SOLIDARITY'S STRENGTHS: THE IMPACT ON THE DOMAINS OF LIBERAL CAPITALISM; Epilogue: The Polish Revolution in comparative context; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by placing Solidarity in the context of the major democratic upheavals of modernity; the French and American Revolutions.