Zjazd zapomniany – Zjazd obserwowany. O Piątym Ogólnopolskim Zjeździe Socjologicznym w Krakowie (22–25 stycznia 1977 roku)
The Forgotten Convention – The Observed Convention. On 5th All–Poland Sociological Convention (Kraków, January 22–25, 1977)

Summary/Abstract: The author reconstructs the course of the 5th All–Poland Sociological Convention from the perspective of the political interests of the Security Service (SB) and the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR). The convention took place in the midst of the Edward Gierek era – officially conducive to academic circles. The politics of apparent openness and sudden modernization resulted in some important institutional benefits for academic Sociology (e.g. new research institutes were funded) yet reduced the social sciences to the functional tool of political legitimacy. From that point of view, what was lacking in the essence of 5th All–Poland Sociological Convention becomes the most interesting topic. One can hardly find any controversies or hot disputes during the convention, but it should be also borne in mind that the Convention was subjected to systematic infiltration of the SB sensitive to any unorthodox voices. The author uses the archival records of the Institute of National Remembrance as source.

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