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- catalog abstract "The Ontology of Socialism represents a highly original attempt to examine and define the essential nature of socialism as it existed in Eastern Europe prior to the events of 1989. The empirical material on which the book is based is drawn from a very wide range of sources, but primarily from the Polish experience. Jadwiga Staniszkis' analysis not only significantly advances our understanding of socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also provides an invaluable content within which to view current changes in the region. Dr Staniszkis deals with three pivotal paradoxes of the socialist system: the fact that it is a mode of production devoid of genuine economic interests; that it is a political structure where power is devoid of political content; and that it is a social structure devoid of civil society. She also analyses the contradictions of the colonial situation in Eastern Europe, with its two levels of dependency. This book's originality lies in its attempt to generate and use conceptual categories for the analysis of socialism which are not just adaptations of concepts which have been developed to analyse the capitalist system, since often these simply do not apply.".
- catalog alternative "Ontologia socjalizmu. English".
- catalog contributor b3613748.
- catalog coverage "Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Ontology of Socialism represents a highly original attempt to examine and define the essential nature of socialism as it existed in Eastern Europe prior to the events of 1989. The empirical material on which the book is based is drawn from a very wide range of sources, but primarily from the Polish experience. Jadwiga Staniszkis' analysis not only significantly advances our understanding of socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also provides an invaluable content within which to view current changes in the region. Dr Staniszkis deals with three pivotal paradoxes of the socialist system: the fact that it is a mode of production devoid of genuine economic interests; that it is a political structure where power is devoid of political content; and that it is a social structure devoid of civil society. She also analyses the contradictions of the colonial situation in Eastern Europe, with its two levels of dependency. This book's originality lies in its attempt to generate and use conceptual categories for the analysis of socialism which are not just adaptations of concepts which have been developed to analyse the capitalist system, since often these simply do not apply.".
- catalog extent "viii, 191 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ontology of socialism.".
- catalog identifier "0198275986 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ontology of socialism.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng pol".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Ontology of socialism.".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern.".
- catalog subject "335/.00947 20".
- catalog subject "HX238.5 .S7413 1992".
- catalog subject "Socialism Europe, Eastern History.".
- catalog subject "Socialism Europe, Eastern.".
- catalog title "Ontologia socjalizmu. English".
- catalog title "The ontology of socialism / Jadwiga Staniszkis ; edited and translated by Peggy Watson.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".