<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents a synthetic résumé of the writings of Florian Znaniecki and Józef Chałasiński, with a particular focus on their most fundamental works: <italic>The Polish Peasant in Europe and America and Młode pokolenie chłopów</italic> (‘The Young Generation of Peasants’). The author analyses the theses discussed in the books, stressing their contribution to the development of sociology world-wide, particularly in terms of rural sociology and the so-called Polish Method. The article discusses theoretical approaches and methodological solutions introduced by these two scholars, while also drawing attention to changes in the reception of the two cited works.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a synthetic résumé of the writings of Florian Znaniecki and Józef Chałasiński, with a particular focus on their most fundamental works: The Polish Peasant in Europe and America and Młode pokolenie chłopów (‘The Young Generation of Peasants’). The author analyses the theses discussed in the books, stressing their contribution to the development of sociology world-wide, particularly in terms of rural sociology and the so-called Polish Method. The article discusses theoretical approaches and methodological solutions introduced by these two scholars, while also drawing attention to changes in the reception of the two cited works.

A Century of Humanistic Sociology and the Biographical Method

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The paper presents a synthetic résumé of the writings of Florian Znaniecki and Józef Chałasiński, with a particular focus on their most fundamental works: The...

A Century of Humanistic Sociology and the Biographical Method

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 7 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eec-2018-0001

Keywords
biographical method, the Polish Method, Florian Znaniecki, Józef Chałasiński

© 2018 Nicolaus Copernicus University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Century of Humanistic Sociology and the Biographical Method

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 7 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eec-2018-0001

Keywordsbiographical method, the Polish Method, Florian Znaniecki, Józef Chałasiński

© 2018 Nicolaus Copernicus University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
biographical method, the Polish Method, Florian Znaniecki, Józef Chałasiński