Cooperativism and democracy : : selected works of Polish thinkers / / edited by Bartłomiej Błesznowski ; translated by Michelle Granas.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 111
• TeilnehmendeR: Błesznowski, Bartłomiej, 1983-; Granas, Michelle,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; Polish
• Series: Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 111.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 pages) :; illustrations, tables.

The Cooperativism and Democracy , edited by Bartłomiej Błesznowski is not purely a scientific book, but rather a guide which shows how scholars and activists wrote about the community, social participation and the politics in Poland in the early 20th century. The book contains a selection of texts in socio-political thought, led by the work of one of most important Polish thinkers – Edward Abramowski, socialist, philosopher and psychologist. Polish cooperativism can be inspiring to both contemporary researchers and political activists in Europe post the economic crisis, which brought about a crisis of faith in political and economic institutions. These works have a chance to become a significant voice in the debate over the relationship of contemporary economics and politics. Contributors are: Edward Abramowski, Fr. Stanisław Adamski, Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Zygmunt Chmielewski, Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska, Maria Dąbrowska, Jan Hempel, Jerzy Kurnatowski, Romuald Mielzarski, Remigiusz Okraska, Maria Orsetti, Adam Próchnik, Marian Rapacki, Franciszek Stefczyk, Edward Taylor, Stanisław Thugutt, Stanisław Wojciechowski, and Jan Wolski. First published in Polish as Kooperatyzm, spółdzielczość, demokracja. Wybór pism by Wydawnictwo Uniwerstytetu Warszawskiego in 2014. The current work includes an additional chapter ‘Through Cooperatives to the Future Order’ by Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska.

Table of Contents

Utopia in the Service of Modernity: On the Sources of Cooperativism / Bartłomiej Błesznowski -- From Self-Help to the Vision of New System: An Outline of the Material and Ideological Development of the Cooperative Movement in Poland to the Year 1939 / Remigiusz Okraska -- Cooperativism and Democracy -- The Social Ideas of Cooperativism1 / Edward Abramowski -- Clasped Hands / Maria Dąbrowska -- Solidarism as a Doctrine of Democracy1 / Jerzy Kurnatowski -- On Uniting the Movement1 / Romuald Mielczarski -- Through Cooperatives to the Future Order1 / Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska -- The Aims and Functions of Cooperativism -- Woman, Whose Name is Millions (On the Responsibilities of Women in the Cooperative Movement)1 / Maria Orsetti -- The Social Aims of Cooperatives1 / Stanisław Thugutt -- A National Ideology of Cooperativism1 / Stanisław Wojciechowski -- An Economic Program for Consumer Cooperativism1 / Marian Rapacki -- The Concept of Cooperativism1Cooperativism as the Organization of Relatively Weak Economic Elements / Edward Taylor -- The Social Bases of Labor Cooperativism -- Consumer Cooperatives and Trade Unions1 / Jan Hempel -- Work Cooperatives1 / Jan Wolski -- Universal Cooperativism or Labor Cooperativism -- The Universal or Class Nature of Cooperativism1 / Marian Rapacki -- The Ideology of Labor Cooperativism1 / Adam Próchnik -- The Agricultural Cooperative Movement and the Stefczyk Savings and Loan Fund -- The Past and Future of the Farmers’ Agricultural and Trade Cooperatives1 / Stanisław Adamski -- The Position of Cooperativism in Agriculture1 / Franciszek Stefczyk -- The Farming Cooperative and Its Development1 / Zygmunt Chmielewski -- Housing Cooperativism -- The Importance of Cooperative Housing1 / Teodor Toeplitz -- “Glass Houses”: An Experiment in Cooperative Life1 / Adam Próchnik.