Niektóre pojęcia i słowa klucze teorii krytycznej
Some Concepts and Keywords of Critical Theory

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the analysis is the conceptual network used by researchers identified with the critical paradigm or theory. Th e source is provided by glossaries presentingcharacters, problems and controversies. Studies of this type contain a selected set ofterms, reporting defi nitions and hence methods of understanding social phenomena thatare proprietary or – less frequently – agreed within a scientifi c fi eld. Th e analysed materialsprovide an illustration of the interdisciplinary and multi-faceted nature of the criticalapproach. Th ey also show the importance of the attainments of certain authors also as regardscreativity in word formation and the ability to explicate notions and their accompanyingconcepts. Terminologies oft en determine the status of a scientifi c theory. In turn, theconstructs of notions are a confirmation of the correctness of observations and social imagination. Notions themselves, on the other hand, may be compared to leads picked up bysuccessive generations enabling the opening of new gates and the setting of new paths. Th eterm “rhisomatic” referred to texts and discourses by French philosophers (Félix Guattari,Gilles Deleuze) may also illustrate the formation of critical theory. If political sciences wereto use the attainments of critical social sciences to date, it is worthwhile to take a look at thepolitical contexts of the research done to date in this area and the specifi city of the methodological approach, including the construct of conceptual network.

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