Polish Revolutionary Populism: A Study in Agrarian Socialist Thought from the 1830s to the 1850s Contributor(s): Brock, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442652306 ISBN-13: 9781442652309 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1977 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
Dewey: 335.009 |
Series: Heritage |
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.50 lbs) 134 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Polish populism, which advocated agrarian socialism by either revolutionary or reformist means, emerged first among the migr s who had left Poland after the Russians defeated the nationalist uprising of 1830. In exile they came into contact with the ideas of French 'Utopian' socialists such as Babeuf, Saint-Simon, Fourier, and Cabet, and they attempted to adapt these ideas to the very different conditions prevailing in their east European homeland. Thus this version of populism preceded in time, and probably influenced, the emergence of the ideas of the better-known Russian narodniks. Polish Revolutionary Populism describes the activities and conflicting ideologies of the various organizations, abroad and in partitioned Poland, which were struggling for national independence and for agrarian and social reform. Like the author's recent work, The Slovak National Awakening, this book deals with the emerging national aspirations characteristic of central and eastern Europe at the time and with the variety of political and social theories that made debate so acrimonious. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brock, Peter: - Peter Brock (1920-2006) was a member of the Department of History at the University of Toronto. He is author of The Slovak National Awakening, and co-editor, with H. Gordon Skilling, of The Czech Renascence of the Nineteenth Century. |