Polish Liberal Thought Before 1918

Maciej Janowski

• Editore: Central European University Press
• Anno: 2004
• ISBN:
  9786155053979
• Argomento: Politica e relazioni internazionali
• Categoria: Nazionalismo e patriottismo

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.