Z historii socjologii polskiej — Leona Winiarskiego koncepcja rozwoju społecznego
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1982
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Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM
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From the History of Polish Sociology — Leon Winiarski's Conception of Social Development
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Scholarly work of Leon Winiarski, the nineteenth century Polish sociologist
is generally not much known. He was a member of a mechanistic and energetistic
trend in sociology. Before he formulated his theoretical generalizations in this
scope he was interested in the problems of social development. „Social Relations
in En-gland", one his earlier works, published in 1889, is of a particular importance.
It began the emigrational library edition of "European Review",
In this work L. Winiarski discusses pathways of development of English capitalism,
political organizations and a question of English working class. The choice
of English society is explained by its model character. L. Winiarski's reasoning is
grounded on a claim that historical process has a natural and necessary character. Development tendencies of particular societies allow for a transition from
one form of production to another. A trend of production concentration (forming
a „great enterprise") is a natural historical propensity. According to Winiarski the
expansion of capitalism had trigerred a natural tendency of historical process towards
socialism. This trend implies the economical and political strife of the
working class, gaining power by this class is the most important act on the way
to socialism. The sociologist however does not state expressly the character of
power transition be it by means of revolution or parlamentary change Progress
of technology is considered to be a core element in socio-economic changes and
consequently, in transformation of political institutions. Transition to socialism can
only be accomplished by the effort of the working class which is organized in a
political party. The way to create the party is through trade unions' work.
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 44, 1982, z. 1, s. 223-234