Państwo w pismach wybranych przedstawicieli polskiej myśli konserwatywnej
State in Selected Works of Polish Conservative Thinkers

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the state issues presented in the works of contemporary Polish conservative thinkers who publish their works through the Centre for Political Thought (Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej). In such, the selected authors attach great importance to state categories and put forward various demands pertaining to the functioning of state. Some of these emphasise the need to revamp state institutions in order to best serve the public interest. Herein, the held opinion is that a strong state is a state whose institutions are capable of implementing established policies throughout the state territory, hence, above all, the state leadership (in the Polish reality, the office of Prime Minister) needs to be strengthened. In contrast, other authors indicate the necessity of building a political community based on commonly held values, symbols and historical memory – and the promotion of active historical polices by the state could aid doing so.

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