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)

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.

Table of Contents

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 / Leszek Nowak -- 2 The Truth Unbearable for All / Leszek Nowak -- 3 Hegel and Liberalism: On the Issue of the Nature of Historiosophy / Leszek Nowak -- 4 The Problem of the So-called Social Transformation / Leszek Nowak -- 5 The End of History or Its Repetition? / Leszek Nowak -- 6 Marxism versus Liberalism: A Certain Paradox / Leszek Nowak -- 7 The On-the-verge Effect in a Historical Process: An Attempt at an Interpretation in the Light of Non-Marxian Historical Materialism / Leszek Nowak -- 8 Hegel's Chuckle, That is, Marxism and Liberalism in Polish Politics / Leszek Nowak -- 9 On the Prediction of the Totalitarization of Capitalism: An Attempt at an Evaluation after Twenty Years Later / Leszek Nowak -- 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 / Tomasz Zar ę bski -- 11 The Problem of the Accumulation of Class Divisions in Contemporary Capitalism: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis / Mieszko Ciesielski -- 12 How Does Democracy Evolve in Autocracy? / Tomasz Banaszak -- 13 On Coalitions and Party Splintering: A Contribution to the Theory of Power in Non-Marxian Historical Materialism / Marcin Po ł aty ń ski -- 14 On Two Types of Democratization: Poland and Czechoslovakia: An Attempt at Theoretical Analysis / Lidia Godek -- 15 The Social Structure of the Ottoman Society: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis / Eliza Karczy ń ska -- 16 The Dynamics of Power in Postwar China: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis / Dawid Rogacz -- Name Index -- Subject Index.