[...] Baer makes a unique contribution by opening up, especially to the anglophone audience, the social and political philosophy of a significant part of Europe, based on meticulous analyses of original Slovak texts.
Slavonic and East European Review [...] Baer's Revolution, Modus Vivendi or Sovereignty? is essential to an understanding of the Slovak nation's long and difficult struggle, especially ... Read morein the twentieth century, for national identity, sovereignty, democracy, and orientation toward the west rather than toward Russia. Based primarily on the extensive writings of Slovak theorists themselves as well as on what others had to say about them, her work provides the truest possible picture of what influential nineteenth-century Slovak nationalist thinkers had to say about, and what they did for, the making of the modern Slovak nation.
Slavic Review Josette Baer has done pioneer work in investigating the life stories of six masterminds of Slovak nationalism in the 19th and the beginnings of the 20th century for her book. She is the first foreign researcher to meticulously sift through the Slovak archives for documents regarding this field. 'Revolution, Modus Vivendi or Sovereignty' is of benefit for those seeking a complete history of the era depicted by Baer as well as for those looking up a single biography.
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