Stanisław Ossowski

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Stanisław Ossowski (1897 – 1963) was one of Poland's most important sociologists. He held professorships at the Łódź University (1945–1947) and Warsaw University (1947–1963).

Ossowski was a proponent of humanistic sociology, differentiating between natural sciences and social sciences. He has had a strong influence on several generations of Polish sociologists, including Zygmunt Bauman and Jerzy Szacki.

In 1949 Ossowski was a founding member, and from 1959 to 1962 vice-president, of the International Sociological Association. In 1956 he was a founding member of the reactivated Polish Sociological Association and became its first president (1957-1963).

Ossowski was married to Maria Ossowska, a fellow sociologist and social philosopher.