The article discusses the ideas of four Polish historians: Marian Malowist, Witold Kula, Jerzy Topolski, and Andrzej Wyczanski on the nature, causes and effects of the economic backwardness in early modem Poland. The main stress is laid on the debate on the so-called second serfdom. While Malowist and Kula were close to some sort of dependency theory, Topolski and Wyczanski presented the Polish economic development as belated but not necessarily dependent. The concepts developed by the above authors can still be useful as analytical tools for historians and social scientists.
The article discusses the ideas of four Polish historians: Marian Małowist, Witold Kula, Jerzy Topolski, and Andrzej Wyczański on the nature, causes and effects of the economic backwardness in early modern Poland. The main stress is laid on the debate on the so-called second serfdom. While Małowist and Kula were close to some sort of dependency theory, Topolski and Wyczański presented the Polish economic development as belated but not necessarily dependent. The concepts developed by the above authors can still be useful as analytical tools for historians and social scientists.
history, literature, religion, and sociology. Although this breadth occasionally leads to questionable turns of phrase like "biogerontological imaginaries" (144) and mistranslating "buria i natisk" as "storm and onslaught" rather than Sturm und Drang (83), overall Bernstein demonstrates an admirable ability to synthesize a range of complex topics into a compelling and enjoyable narrative. Her study emphasizes futurity, in part because humans are still quite far away from figuring out how to become immortal. Bernstein might have also considered the ways that immortalist projects, including Fedorov's, were aimed at overcoming time, thereby eradicating the very possibility of the future. Nonetheless, this book will delight specialists and amateurs alike: scholars will marvel at Bernstein's extensive research and footnotes, lay readers will revel in her storytelling, and both will be grateful to her for bringing to light the fascinating range of attitudes and practices comprising contemporary Russian immortalism. Nationalism and the Economy: Explorations into a Neglected Relationship. Ed.
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