Historical Sociology of Memory by Stefan Czarnowski

2020. No. 195.

Alexey G. Vasilyev

The paper is focused on Stefan Czarnowski (1879-1937), early Polish sociologist, one of the founders of professional sociology in Poland, and author of an original concept in the historical sociology of culture. His ideas about forms and ways of functioning of the past in the present as well as mechanisms of nation-building (using the example of St. Patrick as a resource of formation of national identity of Irish people) are considered in the context of history of memory studies and nationalism studies.

Keywords: история, прошлое, history, историография, национальная идентичность, historiography, nation-building, Memory Studies, нациестроительство, memory studies, national identity, national hero, национальный герой, the past, Stefan Czarnowski, nationalism studies, Стефан Чарновский, nationalism studies

Publication based on the results of: Польская историография эпохи разделов: культурная память и формирование национальной идентичности (2019)