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 first contributed to the studies of logic and aesthetics before moving to sociology. He was a proponent of humanistic sociology and antinaturalism, differentiating between natural sciences and social sciences. He has had a strong influence on 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.

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• The Sociological Ideas of Stanislaw Ossowski, Journal of Classical Sociology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 283-309 (2006) (abstract)
• Class Structure in the Social Consciousness on Questia (Publisher: Free Press of Glencoe, Place of Publication: New York, Publication Year: 1963)