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Foreword
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raisedbycommunitarians.Neitherisitgoingtobeanin-depthanalysis
ofbroadlyunderstoodphenomenonofcommunitarianisminitstotality.
Idonotaspiretoofferananalysisoffullyembracedtheoriesofchosen
communitarians.Myconcernistodirecttheattentionofthosewhoare
presentlyinvolvedinanalysingthecommunityissuestothewritings
ofthosepeoplewhoweredealingwiththesameproblemssometime
ago.ThatiswhyIpurposefullydidnotbroadenmyformeranalysiswith
newerpublications(thoughIdidenrichthebibliographyattheendofthe
book):althoughIhavebeenfollowingalotofwhattheanalyzedauthors
havepublishedsincemydissertationwascompleted,Istillclaimthatthe
cruxoftheirideasconcerningthepointsIchoseforanalysiswaswell
expressedbythemduringthetimeofthehottestdebateswithavariety
ofliberalarguments.Myintentionisnowtomakemyanalysisavailable
tothosereadersinPolandandabroadwhoreadEnglishandwhodonot
understandPolish,whoareinterestedindiscussingthesourcesofcrises
ofcommunitiesvisibleinmanyareasoftheworld,andwhoareinterested
inrecurrentdiscoveryofthedebatefromthetimewhenitreachedits
peak,whenitwasthemostsharp.Itseemstomethatthetimeofthe
mostvividdebateintheWestinthe1980’sand1990’smanagedtocreate
stillinterestingconceptsandargumentspertainingtocommunity,its
problems,andthesocalledsocialnatureofindividuals.Havinginmind
thefactofgrowinginternationalcooperationandmobilityofscientists
andstudents,IherebypresentmyworktotheEnglish-speakingreaders,
hopingthatafterreadingthisolderanalysisofthepermanentsocial
problem,theywillbeinspiredtolookintootherbookswrittenbyPolish
authors,includingthosewhooffercontrarypointsofvieworthosewho
offervariouswaysofsolvingthedescribedproblems,presentingespecially
thePolishrepublicanandsolidarity-orientedtraditionsasalternativesto
theviewsdominantintheWesternsocieties.