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Book SynopsisThe first part of this book contains a selection of Leszek Nowak’s (1943-2009) works on non-Marxian historical materialism, which are published here in English for the first time. In these papers, Nowak constructs a dynamic model of religious community, reconstructs historiosophical assumptions of liberalism and considers the methodological status of prognosis of totalitarization of capitalist society. In the second part of the book, new contributions to non-Marxian historical materialism are presented. Their authors analyze mechanisms of the oligarchization of liberal democracy, the democratization of real socialism, and the development of early modern Ottoman and post-war Chinese societies.
Table of ContentsOn Leszek Nowak’s Theory of the Historical Process: Preface Krzysztof Brzechczyn List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors part 1 Leszek Nowak on Non-Marxian Historical Materialism 1 Religion as a Class Structure: A Contribution to Non-Marxian Historical Materialism Leszek Nowak 2 The Truth Unbearable for All Leszek Nowak 3 Hegel and Liberalism: On the Issue of the Nature of Historiosophy Leszek Nowak 4 The Problem of the So-called Social Transformation Leszek Nowak 5 The End of History or Its Repetition? Leszek Nowak 6 Marxism versus Liberalism: A Certain Paradox Leszek Nowak 7 The On-the-verge Effect in a Historical Process: An Attempt at an Interpretation in the Light of Non-Marxian Historical Materialism Leszek Nowak 8 Hegel’s Chuckle, That is, Marxism and Liberalism in Polish Politics Leszek Nowak 9 On the Prediction of the Totalitarization of Capitalism: An Attempt at an Evaluation after Twenty Years Later Leszek Nowak part 2 On Totalitarization of Capitalism, Democratization of Real Socialism and Development of Non-European Societies 10 The Problem of Totalitarization of the Capitalist Society Tomasz Zarębski 11 The Problem of the Accumulation of Class Divisions in Contemporary Capitalism: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis Mieszko Ciesielski 12 How Does Democracy Evolve in Autocracy? Tomasz Banaszak 13 On Coalitions and Party Splintering: A Contribution to the Theory of Power in Non-Marxian Historical Materialism Marcin Połatyński 14 On Two Types of Democratization: Poland and Czechoslovakia: An Attempt at Theoretical Analysis Lidia Godek 15 The Social Structure of the Ottoman Society: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis Eliza Karczyńska 16 The Dynamics of Power in Postwar China: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis Dawid Rogacz Name Index Subject Index
