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Socjologia moralności Marii Ossowskiej i Janusza Mariańskiego – analiza porównawcza
Maria Ossowska’s and Janusz Mariański’s Sociology of Morality a Comparative Analysis

Author(s): Mariusz Zemło
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Janusz Mariański; Maria Ossowska; history of sociology of morality; sociology of morality; material and formal subject of sociology of morality

Summary/Abstract: In the present text a comparison is made between two positions that are outstanding in Polish sociology of morality. The first one is represented by the work of Maria Ossowska, the pioneer of sociology of morality. It was she who paved the way for this subdiscipline, not only in Polish but also in world literature. She is considered an authority even today. The second position is connected with Janusz Mariański’s work. He belongs to the next generation of sociologists and he has devoted several dozen years of his research to moral issues; he doubtless may boast of his achievements that clearly make a mark in the perspective of what has been done both in Poland and abroad. In the comparison the following points are considered: the subject of research, the used methods, the relation between morality and religion, the language of his works, the inspirations for taking up the discipline.

  • Issue Year: 43/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-159
  • Page Count: 27