This book presents the work of Polish and American philosophers about Poland's transition from Communist domination to democracy. Among their topics are nationalism, liberalism, law and justice, academic freedom, religion, fascism, and anti-Semitism. Beyond their insights into the ongoing situation in Poland, these essays have broader implications, inspiring reflection on dealing with needed social changes.
Table of contents:
Foreword
Leszek KOCZANOWICZ and Beth J. SINGER: Preface
PART 1 Democracy and National Identity
ONE Leszek KOCZANOWICZ: In the Name of the Nation ... In the Name of the Market. What Was Our Revolution For?
TWO Shannon KINCAID: Democracy, Ideology, and Nationalism: Democratic Reconstruction and Post-Totalitarian Eastern Europe
PART 2 Religion, Moral Values, and the Overthrow of Totalitarianism
THREE Dariusz ALEKSANDROWICZ: Post-Communist Transition and Catholicism in Poland
FOUR Mariusz TUROWSKI: Religion and Politics in Poland: Political Discourse, Toleration, and Neutrality
PART 3 Liberalism and Democracy
FIVE Tom ROCKMORE: After Marxism: Democratic Liberalism and Hegelian Recognition
SIX Andrzej SZAHAJ: Communitarian Critique of Liberalism and the Problem of Democracy and Pluralism in Poland
PART 4 Democracy and Public Reason
SEVEN David M. RASMUSSEN: Public Reason and Higher Law: Reflections on John Rawls and the Idea of Public Reason
EIGHT Frederic R. KELLOGG: Justification and Public Reason in a Democracy
PART 5 Participatory Democracy and Social Justice
NINE Justyna MIKLASZEWSKA: Public Choice Theory and the Post-Totalitarian State
TEN John RYDER: Academic Freedom and a Democratic Society
PART 6 The Electronic Media and Democracy
ELEVEN Anthony J. GRAYBOSCH: Democracy, the Media, and the Post-Totalitarian Experience
TWELVE Marek HETMANSKI: Internet and Electronic Democracy
PART 7 Procedural Transformation
THIRTEEN Andrzej Maciej KANIOWSKI: Detotalitarization and the Ambiguity of Moral Codes
FOURTEEN Radoslaw SOJAK: Politics of Exclusion and the Lustration Debate
PART 8 American Philosophical Conceptions: Implications for Democratization
FIFTEEN Richard P. MULLIN: Josiah Royce's Philosophy of Loyalty as a Basis for Democratic Ethics
SIXTEEN Sandra B. ROSENTHAL and Rogene A. BUCHHOLZ: Pragmatism as a Political Philosophy for Emerging Democracies
SEVENTEEN Judith M. GREEN: Guiding Post-Totalitarian Economic Democratization through Deweyan Radical Pragmatism
About the Contributors
Index
Table of contents:
Foreword
Leszek KOCZANOWICZ and Beth J. SINGER: Preface
PART 1 Democracy and National Identity
ONE Leszek KOCZANOWICZ: In the Name of the Nation ... In the Name of the Market. What Was Our Revolution For?
TWO Shannon KINCAID: Democracy, Ideology, and Nationalism: Democratic Reconstruction and Post-Totalitarian Eastern Europe
PART 2 Religion, Moral Values, and the Overthrow of Totalitarianism
THREE Dariusz ALEKSANDROWICZ: Post-Communist Transition and Catholicism in Poland
FOUR Mariusz TUROWSKI: Religion and Politics in Poland: Political Discourse, Toleration, and Neutrality
PART 3 Liberalism and Democracy
FIVE Tom ROCKMORE: After Marxism: Democratic Liberalism and Hegelian Recognition
SIX Andrzej SZAHAJ: Communitarian Critique of Liberalism and the Problem of Democracy and Pluralism in Poland
PART 4 Democracy and Public Reason
SEVEN David M. RASMUSSEN: Public Reason and Higher Law: Reflections on John Rawls and the Idea of Public Reason
EIGHT Frederic R. KELLOGG: Justification and Public Reason in a Democracy
PART 5 Participatory Democracy and Social Justice
NINE Justyna MIKLASZEWSKA: Public Choice Theory and the Post-Totalitarian State
TEN John RYDER: Academic Freedom and a Democratic Society
PART 6 The Electronic Media and Democracy
ELEVEN Anthony J. GRAYBOSCH: Democracy, the Media, and the Post-Totalitarian Experience
TWELVE Marek HETMANSKI: Internet and Electronic Democracy
PART 7 Procedural Transformation
THIRTEEN Andrzej Maciej KANIOWSKI: Detotalitarization and the Ambiguity of Moral Codes
FOURTEEN Radoslaw SOJAK: Politics of Exclusion and the Lustration Debate
PART 8 American Philosophical Conceptions: Implications for Democratization
FIFTEEN Richard P. MULLIN: Josiah Royce's Philosophy of Loyalty as a Basis for Democratic Ethics
SIXTEEN Sandra B. ROSENTHAL and Rogene A. BUCHHOLZ: Pragmatism as a Political Philosophy for Emerging Democracies
SEVENTEEN Judith M. GREEN: Guiding Post-Totalitarian Economic Democratization through Deweyan Radical Pragmatism
About the Contributors
Index