The Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Nationhood: Polish Political Thought from Noble Republicanism to Tadeusz Kosciuszko

by Andrzej Walicki

Renowned historian Andrzej Walicki here challenges the conventional understanding of the rise of nationalism and the nation-building process in East-Central Europe.

Arguing that the views advanced by Hans Kohn and others are marred by an inadequate knowledge of Polish history and thought, Walicki examines the emerging nationalism of the eighteenth century in a comparative perspective. He shows how Poland, the largest state in East-Central...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268006180
• ISBN13: 9780268006181
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"