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CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART I. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN THE SLOVAK NATION
BEFORE 1918
1. The Ethnic and Cultural Dimension of National Emancipation -The Evocation of the Slovak Nation
by Marianna Oravcová
2. Philosophy and National Identity in Slovakia
by Ján Bodnár
3. The Idea of Slovak Language-based Nationalism
by Tibor Pichler
4. Ján Lajiak and the Criticism of Cultural Conservatism
by Elena Várossová
PART II. NATION AND STATE: THE CZCHOSLOVAK REPULIC AND THE SLOVAK NATION
5. The Idea of Nation in the Work of Milan Hoda
by Karol Kollár
6. Two Concepts of Nation and Two Forms of Nationalism
by Vladimír Bako
7. Catholic Theologians and the National Question (1939-1945)
by Teodor Münz
8. The Slovak Nation and Communist Totalitarianism (1945-1949)
by Andrej Kopok
9. Slovaks on the Road to National Self-determination
by Jana Baláová
PART III. THE PERSISTENCE AND VARIABILITY OF VALUES
IN THE SLOVAK CULTURE
10. Democracy in Relations Among Nations: Emancipation and Integration
by Ján Uher
11. The Spiritual Function of Intellectuals, Culture, Values and Power
by Tatiana Sedová
12. The Function and Value "Strategy" of Culture in the Constitution of Slovak Society
by Marta Zágoreková
13. Toleration as a Value of Society and Personal Development
by Vladimír Seiler
PART IV. CONTEMPORARY VALUE CHANGES IN SLOVAKIA
14. The Democratization of Slovak Society and the Value Orientations of Its Citizens
by Jií Suchý
15. Human Potential and Social Equilibrium
by Jana Gaparíková
16. Present Value Changes in Slovak Society
by Edita Bauerová
17. The Humanization of Work and the Problem of Values
by Erika Kvapilova
Acknowledgements
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