Years 1959–1960 as Seen by Łódź Sociologist — Based on Jan Lutyński’s Diary

Abstract

The text contains excerpts of Jan Lutyński’s diary from the years 1959–1961. Professor Lutyński (1921–1988) describes the situation of sociological community in Łódź after political changes brought by the 1956 events. He writes about the struggles with censorship, about the distinction between private and public life and dilemmas brought by it, about students of sociology at the University of Łódź in 1959, and about the mood in the academe and the influence of the communist party (PZPR) on the faculty in those times.