%0 Journal Article
%T SOCIOLOGY OF INDIVIDUALS AND CRITICAL THEORY. THE LISBON 2009 SOCIOLOGICAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEBATES IN THEORETICAL SOCIOLOGY
%A Janusz Mucha
%J Studia Humanistyczne (Krak¨®w. 2003)
%D 2010
%I 
%X This is an exercise in the   eld of a sociology of sociology. It draws upon the debate on  sociological theory we need¡± at the beginning of the 21st century, which was held at the Lisbon 2009 Conference of the European Sociological Association (semi-plenary session). The invited speakers presented two cases of the  theory we need¡±:  sociology of individuals¡± and  critical theory¡±. The author analyses theoretical discussions held at recent big (European and  global¡±) sociological congresses and comes to the conclusion that the Lisbon 2009 diagnosis of what is really important in sociological theorizing was wrong. Similarly, in Polish textbooks and readers in the   eld of sociological theory, these two subdisciplines do not seem to be very signi  cant. The detailed discussion of the proposed in Lisbon  sociology of individuals¡± and  critical theory¡± follows. In concluding chapter of the article, the author analysis what and why is considered in recent Poland, at the beginning of the 21st century, a  sociology of individuals¡± and critical sociology¡± of the post communist transformation.
%K sociological theory
%K social theory
%K sociology of sociology
%K international sociology
%K Polish sociology
%U http://journals.bg.agh.edu.pl/STUDIA/2010/SH_2010_01.pdf