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Cooperativism and Democracy
Selected Works of Polish Thinkers
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 111
Editor:
The Cooperativism and Democracy, edited by Bartłomiej Błesznowski is not purely a scientific book, but rather a guide which shows how scholars and activists wrote about the community, social participation and the politics in Poland in the early 20th century. The book contains a selection of texts in socio-political thought, led by the work of one of most important Polish thinkers – Edward Abramowski, socialist, philosopher and psychologist. Polish cooperativism can be inspiring to both contemporary researchers and political activists in Europe post the economic crisis, which brought about a crisis of faith in political and economic institutions. These works have a chance to become a significant voice in the debate over the relationship of contemporary economics and politics.
Contributors are: Edward Abramowski, Fr. Stanisław Adamski, Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Zygmunt Chmielewski, Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska, Maria Dąbrowska, Jan Hempel, Jerzy Kurnatowski, Romuald Mielzarski, Remigiusz Okraska, Maria Orsetti, Adam Próchnik, Marian Rapacki, Franciszek Stefczyk, Edward Taylor, Stanisław Thugutt, Stanisław Wojciechowski, and Jan Wolski.
First published in Polish as Kooperatyzm, spółdzielczość, demokracja. Wybór pism by Wydawnictwo Uniwerstytetu Warszawskiego in 2014. The current work includes an additional chapter ‘Through Cooperatives to the Future Order’ by Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska.
Contributors are: Edward Abramowski, Fr. Stanisław Adamski, Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Zygmunt Chmielewski, Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska, Maria Dąbrowska, Jan Hempel, Jerzy Kurnatowski, Romuald Mielzarski, Remigiusz Okraska, Maria Orsetti, Adam Próchnik, Marian Rapacki, Franciszek Stefczyk, Edward Taylor, Stanisław Thugutt, Stanisław Wojciechowski, and Jan Wolski.
First published in Polish as Kooperatyzm, spółdzielczość, demokracja. Wybór pism by Wydawnictwo Uniwerstytetu Warszawskiego in 2014. The current work includes an additional chapter ‘Through Cooperatives to the Future Order’ by Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska.
Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Ph. D. (1983), University of Warsaw, Assistant Professor of Sociology, is one of the creators of the research project 'Traditions of Polish Cooperativism' and co-editor of
Genealogy of Contemporaneity. A History of Ideas in Poland 1815–1939 (WUW, 2015).
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
About the Contributors 1
Utopia in the Service of Modernity: On the Sources of Cooperativism
Bartłomiej Błesznowski 2
From Self-Help to the Vision of New System: An Outline of the Material and Ideological Development of the Cooperative Movement in Poland to the Year 1939
Remigiusz Okraska
Part 1: Cooperativism and Democracy
3 The Social Ideas of Cooperativism Edward Abramowski 4 Clasped Hands With of without the Idea Maria Dąbrowska 5 Solidarism as a Doctrine of Democracy Jerzy Kurnatowski 6 On Uniting the Movement Romuald Mielczarski 7 Through Cooperatives to the Future Order Zofia Daszyńska-GolińskaPart 2: The Aims and Functions of Cooperativism
8 Woman, Whose Name is Millions (On the Responsibilities of Women in the Cooperative Movement) Maria Orsetti 9 The Social Aims of Cooperatives Stanisław Thugutt 10 A National Ideology of Cooperativism Stanisław Wojciechowski 11 An Economic Program for Consumer Cooperativism Marian Rapacki 12 The Concept of Cooperativism Cooperativism as the Organization of Relatively Weak Economic Elements Edward TaylorPart 3: The Social Bases of Labor Cooperativism
13 Consumer Cooperatives and Trade Unions Jan Hempel 14 Work Cooperatives Jan WolskiPart 4: Universal Cooperativism or Labor Cooperativism
15 The Universal or Class Nature of Cooperativism Marian Rapacki 16 The Ideology of Labor Cooperativism Adam PróchnikPart 5: The Agricultural Cooperative Movement and the Stefczyk Savings and Loan Fund
17 The Past and Future of the Farmers’ Agricultural and Trade Cooperatives Fr. Stanisław Adamski 18 The Position of Cooperativism in Agriculture Franciszek Stefczyk 19 The Farming Cooperative and Its Development Zygmunt ChmielewskiPart 6: Housing Cooperativism 20 The Importance of Cooperative Housing Teodor Toeplitz 21 “Glass Houses”: An Experiment in Cooperative Life Adam Próchnik Bibliography Personal Index
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