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Slavic Thinkers or the Creation of Politics - Intellectual History and Political Thought in Central Europe and the Balkans in the 19th Century (Paperback)
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Slavic Thinkers or the Creation of Politics - Intellectual History and Political Thought in Central Europe and the Balkans in the 19th Century (Paperback)
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The volume addresses the principal question why, given their common
past under communist Soviet-type rule, the Czech Republic, Slovakia
and Bulgaria accomplished EU membership, while Croatia, Macedonia
and Serbia have not. What is political culture? Does political
culture affect democratization, and if so, what method could make
such analysis feasible? Research on cultural aspects of the various
exit strategies of recent and prospective EU members has focused on
the cultural thesis that views religion as principal factor for a
successful democratization. Baer's comparative and
interdisciplinary study addresses the hitherto sparsely researched
aspect of political culture with a detailed analysis of the
political thought of six Slavic intellectuals, who were crucially
involved in nation- and state-building. The analytical portrait of
the region's intellectual history, as a subfield of Eastern
European history, allows drawing new conclusions about
democratization that can help to explain the different paths the
states chose after 1989. Baer's study provides a political culture
hypothesis and a method tailored to post-communist transition and
offers a new theoretical contribution to democratization studies.
"The theme and especially the comparative approach are gripping." -
Ivanka N. Atanasova, George Mason University. "This work is solid
intellectual history and has the merit of taking on Samuel
Huntington's contention that religion is the key determinant in the
development (or lack thereof) of democratic political cultures in
East Central Europe." -T. Mills Kelly, George Mason University.
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