Varieties of Idealization and Strategies of Modification of Social Theory : the Case of the Totalitarian Syndrome

• Autorzy: Krzysztof Brzechczyn

Warianty tytułu

Odmiany idealizacji i strategie modyfikacji teorii społecznej : przypadek syndromu totalitarnego

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to analyze the influence of the methodological status of the concept of the totalitarian syndrome on the strategy of its development. It is argued that the totalitarian syndrome as put forward by Carl J. Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzezinski represented a kind of social modeling. However, there are different approaches to modeling in the social sciences. Modeling, when perceived from a neo-Hegelian perspective, leads to the elaboration of dependencies between social phenomena and their main factors. Modeling, when seen from a neo-Weberian perspective, relies on the construction of notions which systematize and order social phenomena. This hypothesis is illustrated by a methodological analysis of the extension of the totalitarian syndrome authored by Achim Siegel and Mark Thompson. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Philosophy; Philosophical thought; Totalitarianism

PL

Filozofia; Poglądy filozoficzne; Totalitaryzm

• Czasopismo: Człowiek i Społeczeństwo / Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Wydział Nauk Społecznych
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 34 Nowe perspektywy filmoznawstwa
• Strony: 235--247

Twórcy

autor

Krzysztof Brzechczyn

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

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