Parliamentary Studies
https://journals.lnb.lt/parliamentary-studies
<p>The Diamond Open Access peer-reviewed scholarly journal <em>Parliamentary Studies</em> was established in 2004 and is published by <a href="https://www.lnb.lt/en/">the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania</a>. Its purpose is to encourage studies in the fields of democratic governance, parliamentarism and political culture. The journal gathers political analysts, historians, sociologists, researchers in linguistics and law as well as authors within the discipline of political communication.</p>Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo bibliotekaen-USParliamentary Studies1648-9896On the Pristine Image of Honest and Ideal Political Order
https://journals.lnb.lt/parliamentary-studies/article/view/840
<p>The monograph by Justinas Dementavičius, “Tradicijos palikimas: centro dešinės ideologinė vaizduotė Lietuvoje” (<em>The Legacy of Tradition: The Ideological Imagination of the Center Right in Lithuania</em>; Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2023), offers a panorama of the conservative center-right ideological imagination in Lithuania. Instead of exploring the practical party politics, the author of the book examines the tradition of center-right ideology from the late 19th century to the present day. Using a paradigmatic intellectual or groups of intellectuals, Dementavičius skillfully reveals the history of center-right ideas in Lithuania, highlighting the differences between the worldview and ideology of Christian democracy and conservatism, of Catholic nationalism and ‘cosmopolitan (Western)’ conservatism, and showing the transformation of a worldview into ideology. The monograph lacks a deeper justification of why the author has chosen the case of the center-right political imagination in Lithuania. This shortcoming comes at a price: the book gives the impression that there is no need for alternative—liberal and socialist—ideologies, because the correct conservatism covers everything, i.e., traditions and innovative drive, a strong attitude and stance, as well as spiritual ideals.</p>Kęstutis Šapoka
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2022-12-292022-12-2933I–XI–X10.51740/PS.33.7