Polish Liberal Thought Before 1918

<p>Based on solid research this erudite study is a first attempt at presenting a comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century Polish liberalism. Polish liberal tradition has generally been considered weak or even nonexistent. Janowski on the other hand argues that nineteenth-century Poland inherited a strong protoliberal tradition from the nobility-based democracy and that in the mid-nineteenth century liberalism was a dominant trend in Polish intellectual life even if it rarely appeared in its pure form and did not create political movements separating liberal aims from patriotic ones.</p>