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Tomek Grabowski Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in PolandCondition: NewISBN-10: 1648250599EAN: 9781648250590ISBN: 9781648250590Publisher: University of Rochester PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/14/2023Description: A fascinating story of the rise of individualism in the formerly German Western Territories of Poland after World War II and how this new culture powered Poland's democratic-capitalist development.What does it take for a traditional society based on the primacy of the group over the individual to change into one where the autonomous individual is the most valued actor? How does this individualism in turn shape the possibilities of democratic politics? In this provocative book, author Tomek Grabowski argues that for liberal democracy to be sustainable, a prior breakthrough to individualism is often necessary, but that individualist revolutions are among the rarest in history. They require an unlikely confluence of three distinct historical processes-a large-scale uprooting of society, a frontier experience, and a process of civic nation building-in order to succeed. Grabowski illustrates this logic of a cultural breakthrough by focusing on the fascinating case of Poland, a country that was transformed, in the span of seventy years, from an archaic and peripheral polity into a vital component of the liberal-democratic West. The little known but central building blocks of Poland's individualist revolution included the uprooting of populations induced by the World War II, the chaotic frontier conditions that accompanied mass resettlement of the formerly German Western Territories, and the subsequent civic-educational efforts by the Catholic Church among the Polish settlers in the region. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from settlers' memoirs to contemporary interviews, Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland breaks new ground with respect to both Poland's recent history and a larger cultural history of the West.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Tomek GrabowskiGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central EuropeItem Weight: 1gTopic: History, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland

Title: Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland

ISBN-10: 1648250599

EAN: 9781648250590

ISBN: 9781648250590

Release Date: 02/14/2023

Release Year: 2023

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Law & Politics

Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality

Number of Pages: 378 Pages

Publication Name: Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland

Language: English

Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press

Item Height: 0.9 in

Publication Year: 2023

Subject: World / European, Political, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Europe / Poland

Item Weight: 21.4 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Tomek Grabowski

Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, History

Item Length: 9 in

Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe Ser.

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover

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