Poles in the World of Late Capitalism: Biographical Experiences in Contexts of Social Orders

Kamila Biały; Marcin Gońda; Andrzej Piotrowski; Karol Haratyk; Anna Rosińska

doi:10.35757/KiS.2019.63.4.1

Vol. 63 No. 4 (2019): POLES IN THE WORLD OF LATE CAPITALISM

Articles and essays

Poles in the World of Late Capitalism: Biographical Experiences in Contexts of Social Orders

Kamila Biały⁺⁻
Marcin Gońda⁺⁻
Andrzej Piotrowski⁺⁻
Karol Haratyk⁺⁻
Anna Rosińska⁺⁻

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35757/KiS.2019.63.4.1
Submitted: March 7, 2020
Published: 2019-12-27

Abstract

The paper presents findings of a research project aimed at a reconstruction of the dynamics of biographical experiences of some of those categories of the Polish society’s members whose educational and professional careers have been shaped by the systemic transformation after 1989. The text is an attempt to de-lineate analytical guidelines for grasping how some components of three types of social order, conceived in terms of premodernity, modernity and postmodernity, interpenetrating each other in the contemporary life of the society, impact its members’ biographical experiences on the level of work, social ties and identity.

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Keywords

premodernity
modernity
postmodernity
social order
systemic transformation
biography
Poland

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Biały, K., Gońda, M., Piotrowski, A., Haratyk, K., & Rosińska, A. (2019). Poles in the World of Late Capitalism: Biographical Experiences in Contexts of Social Orders. Culture & Society, 63(4), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.35757/KiS.2019.63.4.1

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[1] Apitzsch, Ursula, Lena Inowlocki. 2000. “Biographical analysis. A ‘German’ school?” In: P. Chamberlane, J. Bornat, T. Wengraf (eds.). The Turn to Biographical Methods in Social Science. Comparative Issues and Examples. London-New York: Routledge: 53–70.

[2] Bauman, Zygmunt. 2000. Liquid Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press.

[3] Beck, Ulrich. 1992. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. London: Sage.

[4] Braudel, Fernand. 1958. “Histoire et sciences sociales: La longue durée.” Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales no. 4/13: 725–753.

[5] Durkheim, Émile. 1967 [1897]. Suicide. Étude de sociologie. Paris: Presses universitaires de France.

[6] Flick, Uwe. 2009. An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage.

[7] Freud, Sigmund. 2011 [1929]. Civilization and Its Discontents. London: Penguin.

[8] Giddens, Anthony. 1991. Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.

[9] Giddens, Anthony. 1984. The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration. Berkeley: University of California Press.

[10] Gergen, Kenneth J. 2009. The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life. New York: Basic Books.

[11] Goffman, Erving. 1961. Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

[12] Haratyk, Karol, Kamila Biały. 2018. “Outline of the concept of order-generation dimensions: hypermodernity in Polish society of late capitalism.” Kultura i Społeczeństwo/Culture and Society no 4: 47–68.

[13] Haratyk, Karol, Kamila Biały, Marcin Gońda. 2017. “Biographical meanings of work: the case of a Polish freelancer.” Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej 13(4): 136–159. (www.przegladsocjologiijakosciowej.org).

[14] Hermanns, Harry. 1995. “Narratives interview.” In: U. Flick, E. V. Kardorff , H. Keupp, L. V. Rosenstiel, S. Wolff (eds.). Handbuch qualitative Sozialforschung. Munich: Psychologie Verlags Union: 182–185.

[15] Jacyno, Małgorzata. 2007. Kultura indywidualizmu. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

[16] Kaźmierska, Kaja, Andrzej Piotrowski, Katarzyna Waniek. 2012. “Transnational work in the biographical experiences of traditional professions and corporate executives: Analysis of two cases.” In: R. Miller, G. Day (ed.). The Evolution of European Identities: Biographical Approaches. New York: Palgrave Macmillan: 76–101.

[17] Kordasiewicz, Anna. 2016. (U)sługi domowe. Przemiany relacji społecznych w płatnej pracy domowej. Toruń: Wydawnictwo UMK.

[18] Lasch, Christopher. 1979. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations. New York: Norton.

[19] Merton, Robert K. 1966. Social Theory and Social Structure. New York: The Free Press; London: Collier-Macmillan.

[20] Ossowski, Stanisław. 1983. O osobliwościach nauk społecznych. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe: Warszawa.

[21] Parsons, Talcott. 1970. “Some problems of general theory in sociology.” In: J. C. McKinney, E. A. Tiryakian (ed.). Theoretical Sociology. Perspectives and Developments. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.

[22] Rosenthal, Gabriele. 1995, Erlebte und erzählte Lebensgeschichte. Gestalt und Struktur biographischer Selbstbeschreibungen. Frankfurt am Main: Campus.

[23] Schütze, Fritz. 2008. Biography Analysis on the Empirical Base of the Autobiographical Narratives: How to Analyse Autobiographical Narrative Interviews. Part I, INVITE—Biographical Counselling in Rehabilitative Vocational Training. Further Educational Curriculum. EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme (http://www.zsm.ovgu.de/zsm_media/Das+Zentrum/Forschungsprojekte/INVITE/B2_1-p-140.pdf).

[24] Sennett, Richard. 1998. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: Norton.

[25] Spagnuolo Lobb, Margherita. 2011. The Now-for-Next in Psychotherapy Gestalt Therapy Recounted in Post-Modern Society. Milan: Instituto di Gestalt.

[26] Walzer, Michael. 2006. Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations. New York: Basic Books.

[27] Weber, Max. 1978[1922]. Economy and Society [Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Grundriß der verstehenden Soziologie]. Berkeley: University of California Press.

[28] Ziółkowski, Marek. 1997. O różnorodności teraźniejszości (Pomiędzy tradycją, spuścizną socjalizmu, nowoczesnością a ponowoczesnością), „Kultura i Społeczeństwo”, no 4.