This volume of essays by Slovak and Polish intellectuals grew out of a need to reduce a deficit of mutual understanding. It is a record of a debate that was held in autumn 2004 at the International Cultural Centre in Krakow, and an anthology of views of people of sciences,

This volume of essays by Slovak and Polish intellectuals grew out of a need to reduce a deficit of mutual understanding. It is a record of a debate that was held in autumn 2004 at the International Cultural Centre in Krakow, and an anthology of views of people of sciences, culture and politics on the past, present and future of one of Europe's youngest nations. The Slovaks have faced challenges that reflect, to some extent, former, current, and perhaps even future, European dilemmas. The lesson of that experience is, therefore, highly salutary.

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