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Disorderly Liberty
The Political Culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eighteenth Century
Disorderly Liberty
The Political Culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eighteenth Century
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Description
The first detailed study of the history of Poland and its political development during the 18th century.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania: an introductory survey
Chapter 2. Ancestral legacies
Chapter 3. Keeping the Faith
Chapter 4. The search for harmony
Chapter 5. Towards successful counsels
Chapter 6. Confrontations with the Enlightenment.
Chapter 7. Reality shock
Chapter 8. Foreign aid: Montesquieu, Rousseau and others Chapter 9. Ferment
Chapter 10. Judaica
Chapter 11. New Utopias
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Product details
Published | Jun 03 2010 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 368 |
ISBN | 9781441145802 |
Imprint | Continuum |
Series | Bloomsbury Studies in Central and East European History |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Disorderly Liberty is a major, original and lucidly written work of scholarship and it deserves the widest possible readership.
Slavonic and East European Review (vol. 89, no. 3)
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Disorderly Liberty, seeks to acquaint English speakers with the enormous breadth of Polish political literature in the eighteenth century... Anyone interested in Poland, the age of Enlightenment, or European political philosophy should read this book... English speakers will find in Lukowski's book a long-needed, erudite introduction to the commanding heights of Poland–Lithuania's political culture.
Curtis Murphy, Georgetown University, Slavonica