Critical Thinking in Slovakia After Socialism

by Jonathan L. Larson

Critical Thinking in Slovakia after Socialism interrogates the putative relationship between critical thought and society through an ethnographic study of civic discourse in post-1989 Slovakia.

Critical thinking is the civic virtue of a liberal democracy. Citizens who think for themselves, cooperate, and can agree to disagree are the hallmark of a self-governing society. People from undemocratic societies, however, are often believed to lack...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580464378
• ISBN13: 9781580464376
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.5"