The Defence of Constitutionalism: Or the Czech Question in Post-National Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788024634234)

More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomás Garrigue Masaryk's study The Czech Question, Czech politics--instead of the nation's historical struggle for survival and independence--has become a pragmatic question of democratic constitutionalism and civility. Originally published in major Czech newspapers, these essays on contemporary European politics demonstrate that this new understanding involves both technical questions of power making and critical questions of its meaning. Democracy, Přibáň shows, is the process of permanent self-correction. It possesses both the capacity to respond to unexpected problems and crises and intrinsic tensions between principled arguments and everyday administrative processes. Defending constitutionalism, therefore, draws on principles of civil rights and freedoms, limited government, and representative democracy, the validity and persuasive force of which are at stake not only in the Czech Republic, but also in the post-national European Union and our global society at large.

Author: Jirí Pribán
ISBN-10: 8024634236
ISBN-13: 9788024634234
Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2018
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2018