Od inspiracji monastycznych do socjologicznych badań nad zakonami i klasztorami
From Monastic Inspirations to the Sociology of Monasticism

Summary/Abstract: he aim of the paper is to present and discuss selected sociological and other approaches to monastic issues and monastic inspirations. The paper is divided into two parts. Part one focuses on sociological theories in which one may find monastic inspirations: Weber’s, Foucault’s and Parsons’ theories of modernity and Goffman’s total institution. The second part is a review of selected, contemporary texts from emerging subfield of sociology of monasticism. I refer to Jean Séguy, Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Isabelle Jonveaux, Stefania Palmisano and, briefly, to Polish authors.

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