| Title |
Tradicijos ir reformos: Apšvietos įtaka politiniam mąstymui Lietuvoje / |
| Translation of Title |
Traditions and Reforms: Enlightenment Influences on Lithuanian Political thought. |
| Authors |
Mačkinis, Vilius |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
209 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Enlightenment ; political thought ; history of ideas |
| Abstract [eng] |
Educational programme of Lithuanian enlighteners can be identified as a local programme for citizen upbringing emphasising goals of state prosperity. Their emphasis on citizenship was directed towards foundation of the will of the nation, understood as a common and public matter. The upbringing of citizens was understood as an inseparable part of the teaching on how to be a proper nation. It was a goal to change individuals that think only about their own wellbeing into citizens that care about the common good. Such thinking by Lithuanian enlighteners is also proof of a conceptual change showing that enlightened rational mind is able to understand the benefits of civic condition and civic duties, while at the same time allowing assurance of natural rights. Political thought in the GDL during the Enlightenment was a state-centric thinking about conversion of people into citizens, using Western debates and adapting them for the specific case of Lithuania. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Vilniaus universitetas. |
| Type |
Doctoral thesis |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2019 |
