Genealogy of Contemporaneity. A History of Ideas in Poland, 1815–1939

Publikacja jest anglojęzycznym zwieńczeniem serii Genealogia współczesności. Historia idei w Polsce 1815–1939. Książka ma charakter przeglądowy, zawarte w niej są, przygotowane przez członków zespołu badawczego, analizy i podsumowania wszystkich istotnych czołowych polskich myślicieli i przedstawicieli prądów, nie tylko tych, których prace wydane zostały w ramach serii. O randze projektu świadczy również wstęp autorstwa Timothy’ego Snydera.

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The book concerns history of political ideas which formed the landscape of Poland under occupation and then, its struggles with the difficulties of building its own statehood. Textbook is addressed to the academic reader with an interest in transitions of political ideas in Poland and a Central Europe in general. The intention of the editors of the book is to provide a clear guide to the complexities of the multiplicity of ideological positions and proposals arising from the Polish lands in the years 1815–1939.

Keywords: history of ideas, anarchy, nation, left wing, right wing.

prof. Maciej Janowski,
A Problem of Peripheral Liberalism
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.69-82

Elżbieta Ciżewska-Martyńska, https://orcid.org/
Catholicism Inside and Out: An Outline of the Resurrectionists and Intelligentsia in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.156-184

Timothy Snyder, https://orcid.org/
Introduction: In Poland Ideas Always Counted Most
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.11-17

Jan Skoczyński, https://orcid.org/
Pessimism and Catastrophism: From Krasiński to Zdziechowski
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.99-120

Marek Aleksander Cichocki,
Poland – Between Germany and Russia
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.18-31

Marcin Król,
Political Romanticism from Mochnacki to Piłsudski
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.83-98

Grzegorz Krzywiec, https://orcid.org/
Roman Dmowski and Polish Nationalism until 1939
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.185-205

Andrzej Mencwel,
Stanisław Brzozowski: The Philosophy of Historical Maturity
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.206-216

Piotr Laskowski,
The Autonomous Commune, the Independent Country and World Revolution: The Left in Polish Lands, 1830–1939
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.121-155

Łukasz Mikołajewski, https://orcid.org/
The Pitfalls of Loyalism: Aleksander Wielopolski in Polish Political Thought
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.32-46

Marcin Król,
The Stańczyks and Conservatism in Poland
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323522577.pp.47-68