Polish Liberal Thought Before 1918 / / Maciej Janowski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Janowski, Maciej,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1. Two Sources of Liberal Thought --; Chapter 2. The Rise and Decline of Enlightened Liberality --; Chapter 3. Romantic Liberalism --; Chapter 4. Liberalism as the Ideology of the Intelligentsia --; Chapter 5. The Rise of Positivism --; Chapter 6. Positivism under Attack --; Chapter 7. In a World of Alien Ideals --; Conclusion. Terms and Currents --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9786155053979; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9786155053979
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Maciej Janowski.

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.