Description: Recovering Solidarity : Lessons from Poland's Unfinished Revolution, Paperback by Beyer, Gerald J., ISBN 026802216X, ISBN-13 9780268022167, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In Recovering Solidarity, Gerald J. Beyer provides a contextualized theological and ethical treatment of the idea of solidarity. He focuses particularly on the Polish Solidarity movement of the 1980s and the ways in which that movement originally embodied but, during the country's transformation to a capitalist democratic society, soon abandoned this important aspect of the Catholic social tradition. Using Poland as a case study, Beyer explores the obstacles to promoting an ethic of solidarity in contemporary capitalist societies and attempts to demonstrate how the moral revolution of the early Solidarity movement can be revived, both in its country of origin and around the world. Recovering Solidarity is widely interdisciplinary, utilizing Catholic social tradition, philosophical ethics, developmental economics, poverty research, gender studies, and sociology. It will appeal to those interested in the problems of poverty and justice. "Recovering Solidarity raises an eloquent, much needed challenge for all nations today, both developed and developing. Beyer paints a poignant picture of how the inspiring movement that brought freedom to Poland died at the hands of supporters of unlimited market freedom. Solidarity and participation remain essential ethical supports for true freedom, and will be indispensable to addressing the new poverty in Poland today. Required reading for all concerned with the role of the market throughout the post-1989 world." --David Hollenbach, ., Boston College "Recovering Solidarity uses a multidisciplinary approach to probe Poland's resistance movement for a deeper understanding of the potential of solidarity in modern society. This book shines a light on the contradictions of the phenomenon--both in our understanding of what it means to act 'in solidarity' and in the development of Poland's social movement. Beyer's sophisticated and subtle treatment of the dimensions of poverty in contemporary Poland helps the reader understand its broader implications." -- Maryjane Osa, Northwestern University "This volume is enormously valuable in the classroom. No other book grounds a theological and ethical discussion of solidarity in the lived history of the Polish Solidarity movement, a history that includes the collision of the ideals of solidarity with the neoliberal economic programs enacted by the Solidarnosc government when it came to power. Th leaves students facing Poland's stark problem, and our own: how to act upon solidarity in an economy that systematically obscures our mutual interdependence and the common good." --Vincent J. Miller, University of Dayton
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Book Title: Recovering Solidarity : Lessons from Poland's Unfinished Revoluti
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Recovering Solidarity : Lessons from Poland's Unfinished Revolution
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Europe / Eastern, Christianity / Catholic, Modern / 20th Century, Christian Theology / Liberation
Publication Year: 2010
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Gerald Beyer
Subject Area: Religion, History
Item Length: 8.9 in
Series: Catholic Social Tradition Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
