Alkoholizm jako zagrożenie rodziny w świetle poradników oraz publicystyki społecznej i naukowej w Królestwie Polskim u schyłku XIX i na początku XX wieku
Alcoholism as a Danger to Family in Guides and Social and Science Journalism in the Kingdom of Poland at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to discuss in a synthetic way knowledge, opinions and attitude toward alcoholism as a problem of family and society in guides and social journalism in the Kingdom of Poland during the period of “entering modernity.” THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The main research problem can be formulated as follows: in what way alcoholism as a danger to family has been problematised in analysed literature? In connection with that more detailed problems can be taken into account: what kind of factors influenced on shift of opinions of alcoholism as a problem of family and society? Which environments were said to be in danger of this pathology? In what way the alcoholism problem was formulated in the context of current debates over general social issues? The methods of historical and pedagogues researches have been used, including philological method which is employed to analyse texts of historical sources. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: After introduction to the problems three isolated questions were presented. One of them is the picture of drinking as a social and moral problem in religious literature. The other are question of medicalisation of alcoholism, existing also in the context of considerations about family and, finally, the presence of alcoholism shown as the reason of family and society’s degeneration in sources. RESEARCH RESULTS: The way of presenting the alcoholism underwent crucial transfigurations. Discussion about alcoholism as a factor which threatened the family and the education of the young generation was a part of the polemics about many general questions like relationships between family and society, the role of religion and science in solving social problems, the role of the family in the conceptions of the polish statehood’s reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The analysis of statements concerning alcoholism as a danger to family can be helpful in further researches of the creating the picture of family and changes of its ethos on the threshold of independency.

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