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The turmoil that shook Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and
challenged traditional centers of power in the Soviet Union has
touched off an intense debate about the forces behind the recent
collapse of Soviet-type systems. Civil society, a key concept in
the debate, is the focus of this thought-provoking volume, which
contrasts the views of Eastern scholars and activists in
independent movements against those of Western academics. The
authors' various perspectives on the struggle between the people
and their governments highlight different facets of civil society,
providing new insights into its definition, origin, and function
within a nation's public life.
This book offers a new, European-centered approach to Tocqueville's
thought. Although Tocqueville is often revered as a classic writer
on the subject of American democracy, this book focuses on the
multifaceted importance of his ideas within a European context.
This collection of essays presents Tocqueville's vision of a
diverse and united Old Continent, exploring his ideas of liberty,
virtue, religion, patriotism, greatness, civic participation and
democracy. These thoughts are analyzed not only in the context of
Tocqueville's output, but also in the light of their potential to
describe the dilemmas of contemporary Europe and to offer remedies
for its problems.
Classical Political Philosophy in Popular Discourse was written by
an interdisciplinary team composed of academic experts in the
fields of political philosophy and jurisprudence, as well as in
sociology. It combines two scientific paradigms -classical
political philosophy and contemporary, empirical sociology. The
chief aim of this unique scientific project is to explore,
operationalize, and reconstruct the political doctrine that is
present in contemporary Polish society's popular discourse. The
project is unique due to the unusual cooperation between political
philosophers, philosophers of law, and empirical sociologists,
because their normal research concerns radically different
subjects, objects, and forms, using different methods and
terminology. However, this project produced a synthesis of their
respective approaches through a particular kind of synergy and
compromise. The result is a pioneering, original reconstruction of
the political doctrine of a contemporary European national
community.
The turmoil that shook Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and
challenged traditional centers of power in the Soviet Union has
touched off an intense debate about the forces behind the recent
collapse of Soviet-type systems. Civil society, a key concept in
the debate, is the focus of this thought-provoking volume, which
contrasts the views of Eastern scholars and activists in
independent movements against those of Western academics. The
authors' various perspectives on the struggle between the people
and their governments highlight different facets of civil society,
providing new insights into its definition, origin, and function
within a nation's public life.
To mark the 800th anniversary of the ratification of the Magna
Carta by King John at Runnymede, Magna Carta provides the central
European perspectives on this monumental document and its impact on
the political and legal experiences of freedom, from the medieval
period to the present day. The volume gives rise to a discussion
about the legacy of the Magna Carta as one of the fundamental
elements of European identity. Supported by previously untranslated
sources at the end of each chapter, the team of contributors
consider the lasting legacy of Magna Carta in Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Poland and Lithuania. The authors present the successful
attempts to limit royal power by law while protecting the
priveleges of the nobility carried out throughout the region from
the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries. Each chapter considers the
historical and political contexts behind these efforts, the
processes by which political and legal institutions were
subsequently formed and finally examines the legacy of those
institutions which are today found in constitutional identities,
constitutional arrangements and political projects across Central
Europe. A preface by Robert Blackburn draws the collection
together, highlighting the continued universal significance of the
Magna Carta. This original title will enable students and academics
alike to see for themselves the reverberations the Magna Carta
caused in medieval Europe and beyond from a fresh and unusual
perspective.
To mark the 800th anniversary of the ratification of the Magna
Carta by King John at Runnymede, Magna Carta provides the central
European perspectives on this monumental document and its impact on
the political and legal experiences of freedom, from the medieval
period to the present day. The volume gives rise to a discussion
about the legacy of the Magna Carta as one of the fundamental
elements of European identity. Supported by previously untranslated
sources at the end of each chapter, the team of contributors
consider the lasting legacy of Magna Carta in Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Poland and Lithuania. The authors present the successful
attempts to limit royal power by law while protecting the
priveleges of the nobility carried out throughout the region from
the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries. Each chapter considers the
historical and political contexts behind these efforts, the
processes by which political and legal institutions were
subsequently formed and finally examines the legacy of those
institutions which are today found in constitutional identities,
constitutional arrangements and political projects across Central
Europe. A preface by Robert Blackburn draws the collection
together, highlighting the continued universal significance of the
Magna Carta. This original title will enable students and academics
alike to see for themselves the reverberations the Magna Carta
caused in medieval Europe and beyond from a fresh and unusual
perspective.
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