New Reading of Florian Znaniecki’s Contribution  
to Classical Cultural Sociology  
 
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Klasyczna socjologia kulturowa: nowe odczytanie spuścizny Floriana Znanieckiego
New Reading of Florian Znaniecki’s Contribution to Classical Cultural Sociology

Author(s): Elżbieta Hałas
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Florian Znaniecki; cultural sociology; social action theory; symbolic interactionism; Chicago school; social systems

Summary/Abstract: It is argued that a renewed reception of the works of the Polish and American scholar should be furthered by the cultural turn in sociology. If the new cultural sociology is to get firm grounds it should go beyond the reaction against structural-functional normativism in search of classic studies of cultural dynamics as those of Florian Znaniecki. The author examines the reasons for blurring the influence of Znaniecki on 20th century sociologists, including Talcott Parsons and Alfred Schütz, and presents an overall review of his contribution to cultural sociology.

  • Issue Year: 178/2005
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-34
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish