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The Origins of Polish Socialism - The History and Ideas of the First Polish Socialist Party 1878-1886 (Paperback)
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The Origins of Polish Socialism - The History and Ideas of the First Polish Socialist Party 1878-1886 (Paperback)
Series: LSE Monographs in International Studies
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This is a study of the men and women who pioneered socialist and
Marxist ideas among the Poles in the seventies and eighties of the
nineteenth century, and the dramatic history of the underground
party, 'Proletariat', which they formed. It opens with an outline
of the state of Polish society after the final defeat of the 1863
uprising against Tsar, which caused the eclipse of the gentry as
the leading elite of the nation. There follows an account of the
assimilation by the new urban intelligentsia of ideas coming from
the west, which turned some of them into pioneers of the capitalist
and liberal movements, others into pure nationalists and yet others
on the left into followers of Marx and Proudhon. On this latter
part of Polish society the influence of Russian revolutionary
populist thought was greater and more lasting than most historians
of Poland are ready to admit. The author underlines the importance
of the appearance for the first time in Polish history of a mass
movement which sought common cause with the neighbours of Poland -
mostly with Russians (Narodnaya Volya), but also with Germans
(Social Democrats). Mr Blit's study is an important contribution
both to the history of Marxism and social democracy in Russia and
to the history of European social democracy.
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