The lifestyle of the unemployed in the interwar Poland: A description on the basis of memoirs sent To the “lives of the unemployed” competition in 1938 Cover Image

Style życia bezrobotnych w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej: charakterystyka na podstawie pamiętników nadesłanych na konkurs „Życiorysy bezrobotnych” w 1938 roku
The lifestyle of the unemployed in the interwar Poland: A description on the basis of memoirs sent To the “lives of the unemployed” competition in 1938

Author(s): Przemysław Rura
Subject(s): Anthropology, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: memoir competitions in Polish sociology; konkursy na pamiętniki w polskiej socjologii; “Lives of the Unemployed” competition of 1938; „Życiorysy bezrobotnych” z 1938 roku; Andrzej Siciński’s concept o

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of memoirs sent to the “Lives of the Unemployed” competition in 1938 the author describes the lifestyles of the unemployed inhabitants of interwar Poland. He uses qualitative textual analysis and Andrzej Siciński’s concept of homo eligens. The article is divided into three parts. In the first, the author sets forth the theoretical background and departure point of his analysis. In the second he describes specific components of the lifestyles of the unemployed on the basis of their memoirs. In the third part, he draws conclusions and proposes a classification for the lifestyles of the unemployed in Poland in 1938.

  • Issue Year: 63/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 69-82
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish