O wyższości socjologicznej teorii nad materią

Abstract

Article is devoted to reflection on mutual relationship between social theory and empirical sociology. Special attention is paid to look at the beginnings of the of sociology as a scientific discipline tce, historical and cultural circumstances it was created in, when sociological thought was growing out of the ground of positivism. The starting point of this part of the text is the fact that the father of sociology, Auguste Comte, drew his attention to the particular importance of creating theory in the process of exploring the mechanisms that rule social life. Another issue this article focuses on, are controversies regarding contemporary sociology, especially unjust plea that social scientists place first the specific, individual case studies, without taking care of their theoretical context, of what the social theory says about it.