Classical Political Philosophy in Popular Discourse: The Case of Poland

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Classical Political Philosophy in Popular Discourse was written by an interdisciplinary team composed of academic experts in the fields of political philosophy and jurisprudence, as well as in sociology. It combines two scientific paradigms classical political philosophy and contemporary, empirical sociology. The chief aim of this unique scientific project is to explore, operationalize, and reconstruct the political doctrine that is present in contemporary Polish societys popular discourse. The project is unique due to the unusual cooperation between political philosophers, philosophers of law, and empirical sociologists, because their normal research concerns radically different subjects, objects, and forms, using different methods and terminology. However, this project produced a synthesis of their respective approaches through a particular kind of synergy and compromise. The result is a pioneering, original reconstruction of the political doctrine of a contemporary European national community.

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Classical Political Philosophy in Popular Discourse: The Case of Poland is a crucial primer on Poland for scholars and students. Enjoyable and compelling, it invokes the categories of classical political philosophy in quantitatively describing virtually all layers of Polish society.

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Zbigniew Rau isMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.

Katarzyna M. Staszyska is associate professor in the department of social sciences at Kozminski University.

Krzysztof Zagorski is retired professor of sociology at Kozminski University.

Maciej Chmieliski is professor of law and director of Alexis de Tocqueville Center for Political and Legal Thought at the University of d.