In the history of thought, Florian Znaniecki is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Florian Znaniecki as Polish sociologist (1882–1958).
Florian Znaniecki was born at Świątniki in 1882. His recorded nationality is Poland. He studied at Jagiellonian University and University of Warsaw.
Around the turn of the twentieth century philosophy split into traditions that largely stopped reading one another.
His academic posts were held at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Columbia University and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
The recorded fields of work are sociology and philosophy.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
Recognition followed: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
That the work was done from Poland matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Florian Znaniecki died in 1958, aged 76. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Held posts at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Columbia University and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Fields: sociology and philosophy
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