W.J. Stankiewicz was een politiek filosoof met brede interesses in de sociale wetenschappen. Zijn werk verdiepte zich in politieke filosofie en theorie, waarbij hij fundamentele vragen over samenleving en bestuur onderzocht. Hij onderzocht ook diverse thema's binnen de sociale wetenschappen en internationale betrekkingen. Stankiewicz's academische carrière leidde hem tot lezingen aan talrijke universiteiten op verschillende continenten.
Arranged by topic, this selection from Stankiewicz’s many books on political science offers the reader an in-depth analysis of crucial political subjects, such as liberty, equality, tolerance, freedom, the common good, sovereignty, relativism and political correctness.
First published in 1976. This study continues an endeavour whose aim was to use traditional concepts as a basis for the discussion of contemporary political predicaments. The endeavour began with the publication of the symposium In Defense of Sovereignty (1969). Its long-range goal is to consider under a common denominator― relativism in politics― various aspects of theory such as the basic concepts discussed in the present essay, together with more modern theories of democracy and the wider spectrum of political ideologies.