The Polish Transformation: Tadeusz Kowalik on the Epigonic Bourgeois Revolution of 1989

The Polish Transformation takes an in-depth look at a hitherto unexplored part of the oeuvre of prominent Polish economist and historian of economic thought Tadeusz Kowalik: his thesis that the systemic transformation that took place in Poland in the late 1980s was a de facto "epigonic bourgeois revolution". Since Kowalik actually never extended his argument to support this thesis, the aim of this study is to answer the following question: If some important reflections on the revolutionary character of the Polish transformation scattered throughout Kowalik's works were to be found, would they together constitute a convincing justification for the thesis of the "epigonic bourgeois revolution"?

The Polish Transformation takes an in-depth look at a hitherto unexplored part of the oeuvre of prominent Polish economist and historian of economic thought Tadeusz Kowalik: his thesis that the systemic transformation that took place in Poland in the late 1980s was a de facto "epigonic bourgeois revolution".

Since Kowalik actually never extended his argument to support this thesis, the aim of this study is to answer the following question: If some important reflections on the revolutionary character of the Polish transformation scattered throughout Kowalik''s works were to be found, would they together constitute a convincing justification for the thesis of the "epigonic bourgeois revolution"?

• | Author: Grzegorz Konat, Gavin Rae, Emil Tchorek
• | Publisher: Haymarket Books
• | Publication Date: May 13, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9798888903537
• | ISBN-10: 888890353Y