DISEASE, ILLNESS, SICKNESS Society and Health. Essays on the Social and Cognitive Identity of Medical Sociology

As in Western science, in Poland studies of the relationship between social life, health and illness are the subject of classical siocio-medical analyses. The aim of this text is to present a genesis of the sociological...

TRANSGRESJA DOMNIEMANA NIESKOŃCZONOŚĆ WSZECHŚWIATA I WYNIKAJĄCE Z TEGO KONSEKWENCJE KOSMOLOGICZNE I FILOZOFICZNE

THE SOCIAL METAPHOR OF THE HUMAN BODY: Belly-stories. Feminine Stories About Body, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Pregnancy is a biographically episodic time when the belly becomes the centre of thefeminine world. This time is characterized by the ambivalence of attitudes and moodswhich are not only hormonally-based but result from...

PŁEĆ KULTUROWA W PRAKTYKACH MIGRACYJNYCH: Re-thinking Fatherhood and Manhood among Polish Migrant Fathers in Norway

Being the biggest ethnic minority group in Norway, Poles not only dominate in the labourimmigration, but also rank first on the list of family immigration to the country. Atthe same time, the lack of research on parentin...

CULTURES OF THE PAST: Old Games–New Meanings? Understanding Modern Gun Violence in the Light of Nineteenth Century Habits

Cultural practices are part of everyday life. This paper analyzes the link between violenceand cultural practice. Via an analytical focus on social practices and interaction theory itargues that cultural patterns of inte...