New developments in the theory of the historical process : : Polish contributions to non-Marxian historical materialism / / edited by Krzysztof Brzechczyn.

• Superior document: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 119
• TeilnehmendeR: Brzechczyn, Krzysztof, 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 119.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (373 pages)
• Other title: On Leszek Nowak's Theory of the Historical Process: Preface --; Krzysztof Brzechczyn --; List of Tables and Figures --; Notes on Contributors --; part 1 --; Leszek Nowak on Non-Marxian Historical Materialism --; 1 Religion as a Class Structure: A Contribution to Non-Marxian Historical Materialism /; 2 The Truth Unbearable for All /; 3 Hegel and Liberalism: On the Issue of the Nature of Historiosophy /; 4 The Problem of the So-called Social Transformation /; 5 The End of History or Its Repetition? /; 6 Marxism versus Liberalism: A Certain Paradox /; 7 The On-the-verge Effect in a Historical Process: An Attempt at an Interpretation in the Light of Non-Marxian Historical Materialism /; 8 Hegel's Chuckle, That is, Marxism and Liberalism in Polish Politics /; 9 On the Prediction of the Totalitarization of Capitalism: An Attempt at an Evaluation after Twenty Years Later /; part 2 --; On Totalitarization of Capitalism, Democratization of Real Socialism and Development of Non-European Societies --; 10 The Problem of Totalitarization of the Capitalist Society /; 11 The Problem of the Accumulation of Class Divisions in Contemporary Capitalism: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis /; 12 How Does Democracy Evolve in Autocracy? /; 13 On Coalitions and Party Splintering: A Contribution to the Theory of Power in Non-Marxian Historical Materialism /; 14 On Two Types of Democratization: Poland and Czechoslovakia: An Attempt at Theoretical Analysis /; 15 The Social Structure of the Ottoman Society: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis /; 16 The Dynamics of Power in Postwar China: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis /; Name Index --; Subject Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004507289; 9789004507272
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Krzysztof Brzechczyn.

The first part of this book contains a selection of Leszek Nowak's (1943-2009) works on non-Marxian historical materialism, which are published here in English for the first time. In these papers, Nowak constructs a dynamic model of religious community, reconstructs historiosophical assumptions of liberalism and considers the methodological status of prognosis of totalitarization of capitalist society. In the second part of the book, new contributions to non-Marxian historical materialism are presented. Their authors analyze mechanisms of the oligarchization of liberal democracy, the democratization of real socialism, and the development of early modern Ottoman and post-war Chinese societies.