Young Abramowski and the Women Question. Part II: Contextualisation, Reconstruction and Interpretation

Abstract

This article closes a series of papers analysing Edward Abramowski’s early thought as expressed in his collected works written up to 1896. It focuses on the following questions: What might Abramowski – writing at a specific time and place, with a specific audience in mind – have wanted to communicate? Is there supra-historical content in Abramowski’s views? This involves tracing the relationship between Abramowski’s ideas and their social and intellectual context. The study uses the methodology of the history of ideas to gain new knowledge about Abramowski’s thoughts. It fits indirectly into the studies on the history of Polish socialism and the dispute over the emancipation of women.