Socjologowie - pomiędzy stereotypem a literaturą

Abstract

Since the presented essay belongs to the sociology of literature, the form of narrative utilised therein is also a literary one. It is an attempt at reconstruction of fictional fragments composing the stereotype of social scientist. Starting from the broader context of the societal role of the sociologist, it attempts – by referring to Malcolm Bradbury’s novel The History Man – to reconstruct the stereotypical social origin of becoming a sociologist, the mental character of the sociological “small world” (Lodge), as well as some version of the conflict-situation dynamics within it.