New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

307 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-301) and index.

1. The nation as action. The Christ of nations. The revolutionary nation. Jewish Poles -- 2. The social nation. Positivism. Work, work, and work. Authority and the social organism -- 3. The struggle for survival. Working for independence. The survival of the fittest -- 4. The return to action. The intelligentsia's world. Russian examples. The spirit of protest against everything vile. The politics of Mickiewicz -- 5. The Lud, the Narod, and historical time. The reactionary nation? Two civilizations. The common front. The abandonment of historical time -- 6. Organization. Agitation and organization. From democracy to discipline -- 7. The national struggle. Unleashing the struggle for survival. Resisting the struggle for survival. Nationalism begins to hate. Polish imperialism -- 8. National egoism. Grounding the modern self. Beyond ethnicity: defining the modern nation. The ethics of the struggle for survival. National expansion. National democracy and the Jews.

Nationalism -- Poland -- History -- 19th century.

Poland -- Politics and government -- 1796-1918.

Antisemitism -- Poland -- History -- 19th century.

Imagining modern politics in nineteenth century Poland

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