Liberalism After Communism (Hardcover)

This study is devoted to recent developments in Central European (especially Polish) political thought, and concentrates on the emergence of liberal ideas, a subject largely neglected by Western observers. It provides a clear account of protoliberal and liberal thinking in Central Europe both before and after 1989, a critical appraisal of the democratic opposition to communism, and an analysis of economic liberalism as its rival orientation. The author examines the changes which occur in classical liberal ideas when they are implemented in a region with practically no liberal tradition and no socioeconomic infrastructure, and shows how liberal ideas in Central Europe are becoming constructivist, functioning as the ideological justification for a new kind of Utopian social engineering that aims at constructing capitalism.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	June 1995
First published:	February 1996
Authors:	Jerzy Szacki
Translators:	Chester Adam Kisiel
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-85866-015-8
Subtitles:	Polish
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
LSN:	1-85866-015-7
Barcode:	9781858660158

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