Metaphysics of Cooperation

Edward Abramowski (1868-1918) was a Polish philosopher, pioneer of psychology and theorist of the socialist cooperative movement. Bartłomiej Błesznowski is Assistant Professor of Sociology and the author of several articles and books about the intellectual history of Polish cooperativism, including Cooperativism and Democracy. A Selected Works of Polish Thinkers. Cezary Rudnicki is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and the author of several articles on contemporary continental philosophy and a book Ethics Against Morality. Foucauldian Studies of Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

Acknowledgments


Notes on Contributors


A Notes from the Editors


Bibliographical Note


Introduction  

Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Cezary Rudnicki


Part i

Sociology

 Sociology of Associations Edward Abramowski between Socialism and Sociological Theory

  Bartłomiej Błesznowski


Edward Abramowski’s Writings


Issues of Socialism

I  The Principle of Social Phenomenon


ii  The Sociological Issues




Individual Elements in Sociology


Socialism and the State

ii  The Doctrine of the Revolution




Part ii

Ethics

 The Metamorphoses of Subjectivity, the Transitions of the Social The Ethics of Edward Abramowski

  Cezary Rudnicki


Edward Abramowski’s Writings


Ethics and Revolution


Friendship Unions i


Friendship Unions ii


Experimental Metaphysics

v  Human Identity. The Ideal of Fraternity


vi  The Question of Will


vii  The Life Ethics of Friendship




Part iii

Politics

 Revolution from Below Edward Abramowski’s Stateless Socialism and Possibility of Prefigurative Politics

  Kamil Piskała


Edward Abramowski’s Writings


Workers’ Revolution


Issues of Socialism

iv  Ethical Questions and the Politics of Revolution




Socialism and the State

v  The Politics of Stateless Socialism




A General Conspiracy Against the Government

1 We Declare That We Will Fight!


ii  What Is Freedom?


iii  How Should We Fight?


iv  How Should the Conspiracy Be Conducted


v  The Fight in gmnias


vi  This Let Us Remember!




Part iv

Cooperativism

 The Free Creators of Life The Cooperativism of Edward Abramowski

  Aleksandra Bilewicz


Edward Abramowski’s Writings


The Cooperative as a Matter of the Liberation of Working People

 Introduction


i  The Economic Principle of Consumer Cooperative


ii  The Benefits of a Consumer Cooperative


iii  Consumer Cooperative Federations and Institutions


iv  Consumer Cooperatives’ Production


v  People’s Associations in Cooperation with Consumer Cooperatives


vi  The Ideas of Cooperativism


 The Signifiance of Cooperativism for Democracy


The Consumer Cooperative Places National Trade in the Hands of the People


The Consumer Cooperative Places Production and National Resources in the Hands of the People


The Consumer Cooperative Places Education and Health in the Hands of the People

The Consumer Cooperative Teaches Self-government and Freedom




Associations and Their Role

i  On Associations in General (What Is an Association?)


ii  Forms of People’s Associations




The Principle of the Cooperative Commonwealth

1 The Principle of the Cooperative Commonwealth


2 The Nature (Form) of the Cooperative Commonwealth


3 Governance in a Cooperative Commonwealth


4 The Law of the Cooperative Commonwealth


5 The Concept of Human and Civil Rights in a Cooperative Commonwealth


6 The Notion of Life in a Cooperative Commonwealth


7 The Antagonism of the State and the Cooperative Commonwealth


8 Socialism and the Cooperative Commonwealth


9 The Cooperative Commonwealth and Politics




Part v

Psychology

 The Subconscious Origin of Ethics Edward Abramowski’s Psychological Theory

  Lena Magnone


Edward Abramowski’s Writings


The Sources of Subconsciousness and Its Manifestations

i  The Problem of Method


x  Aesthetic States


xi  Religious States


xii  Things Beyond Thought




Afterword: All the Best!

  Andrzej Mencwel


Bibliography


Index