Stanislav Andreski
Stanisław Andrzejewski (born May 8, 1919 in Częstochowa , † September 26, 2007 in Reading ) was a Polish sociologist .
Andrzejewski was arrested during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1939 ; he managed to escape to England, where he fought as a soldier on the British-Soviet side.
In the German-speaking countries he is through his book "Die Hexenmeister der Sozialwissenschaften. Abuse, fashion and manipulation of a science ”became known by critically examining the social sciences . In particular, he attributes a concealment function to the use of sociological technical jargon: "Bluff galore and a terrifying poverty of new ideas."
Andrzejewski taught sociology in Chile and Nigeria and was then professor at the University of Reading from 1964 to 1984 .
Fonts (selection)
- Military Organization an Society , 1954
- The Uses of Comparative Sociology , 1964
- The African Predicaments , 1968
- Prospects of a Revolution in the USA , 1972
- Social Sciences as Sorcery , Andre Deutsch Ltd, London 1972, ISBN 978-0233962269
- The sorcerers of the social sciences , 1974
- Syphilis, Puritanism and Witch Hunts: Historical Explanations in the Light of Medicine and Psychoanalysis with a Forecast about Aids , Palgrave Macmillan, London 1989, ISBN 978-1349203758
Web links
- Literature by and about Stanislav Andreski in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in The Guardian newspaper
- Obituary in the British newspaper The Independent
Individual evidence
- ^ Stanisław Andrzejewski: The sorcerers of the social sciences. Abuse, fashion and manipulation of a science, Munich: dtv 1977, p. 11.
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SURNAME | Andreski, Stanislav |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andrzejewski, Stanisław |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish sociologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Czestochowa |
DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 2007 |
Place of death | Reading |