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Solidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics: Opposition and Reform in Poland since 1968 Reprint Edition
Author(s): David Ost (Author)
- Publisher: Temple University Press
- Publication Date: 7 Aug. 1991
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 277 pages
- ISBN-10: 0877229007
- ISBN-13: 9780877229001
Book Description
An analysis of Solidarity from it origins in the Polish “new left” to the union’s resurgence in 1988-89
Editorial Reviews
Review
“For both academic analysts and political activists, this book offers useful lessons from the Polish experience with anti-politics and neocorporatism.”
—Political Science Quarterly
—Political Science Quarterly
“In his superb book, …political scientist David Ost chronicles the trajectory of the Polish post-war opposition from its roots in the fascist resistance up to the actions of Solidarity in 19…. [He] astutely bridges academic disciplines, interweaving social theory with intellectual and political history to explain Solidarity’s raison d’etre…. In an age when definitions of left and right have become obscured, Solidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics stands out at a creative example of left thought.”
—In These Times
“Ost contributes not only an explication of Polish political life, but he also presents a vision of democracy applicable to the Western world as a whole.”
—Jewish Currents
About the Author
David Ost is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the translator of The Church and the Left: A Dialog by Adam Michnik.
