Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland

A fascinating story of the rise of individualism in the formerly German Western Territories of Poland after World War II and how this new culture powered Poland's democratic-capitalist development.

List of contents

Introduction
Part One: Individualism and Social Theory
Chapter 1: Four Discourses of Individualism
Chapter 2: Individualism Reconsidered
Chapter 3: Theories of Social Individuation and A Way Forward
Part Two: Individualism and Democracy in Poland
Chapter 4: The Democratic Promise of Western Poland
Chapter 5: Individualism Disaggregated: The Wroc¿aw and ¿ód¿ Elites in A Cultural Perspective
Part Three: Rupture and Reintegration
Chapter 6: Rupture, 1945-1948
Chapter 7: The Communist Party and the Taming of the Frontier, 1949-1955
Chapter 8: A Quasi-Reformation: The Catholic Church in the Western Territories, 1945-1956
Chapter 9: The Socializers, 1965-1980
Conclusion: The Resilience of Individualism
Appendix 1: Selected Socioeconomic Development Indicators for Wroc¿aw and ¿ód¿ at the Beginning of the Democratic Era (1994)
Appendix 2: Interview Questionnaire for Sorting Out Individual and Corporate Identities
Appendix 3: List of Interviewees together with Their Classification into Two Main Identity Types
Index

About the author

TOMEK GRABOWSKI (PhD, Berkeley) is an independent scholar and a democratic activist in Poland.

Summary

A fascinating story of the rise of individualism in the formerly German Western Territories of Poland after World War II and how this new culture powered Poland's democratic-capitalist development.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Tomek Grabowski, Dr. Tomek Grabowski, Tomek Grabowski
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781648250590
• ISBN: 978-1-64825-059-0
• No. of pages: 378
• Weight: 607 g
• Illustrations: 5 colour and 2 b/w illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education