Piotr Sztompka
Polish sociologist (born 1944)
Piotr Sztompka
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2 March 1944
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Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Awards | Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2006) |
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Fields | Sociological theory , Visual sociology , Sociology of everyday life |
Influences | Robert K. Merton |
Piotr Sztompka (born 2 March 1944, in Warsaw , Poland [1] ) is a Polish sociologist known for his work on the theory of social trust. He is professor of sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków , Poland , and has also frequently served as visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles , and at Columbia University in New York City . [2]
From 2002 to 2006 he was the 15th president of the International Sociological Association . [2]
Life
Sztompka studied law and sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, obtaining a Ph.D. degree there in 1970.
Two years later, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley . Since 1974 he has been on the faculty of its Sociology Department, as a teaching assistant and subsequently as a professor.
In the 1970s, Sztompka established a close collaboration with Robert K. Merton , which greatly influenced Sztompka's view of the discipline.
Sztompka has also taught as visiting professor at Columbia University , the University of Michigan , Johns Hopkins University , the University of Rome , and Tischner European University . He is a fellow of the Collegium Invisibile . [3]
Contributions
Sztompka's principal sociological interests include the social phenomenon of trust , social change , and, recently, visual sociology . [4]
Works
- System and Function (Studies in Anthropology, 1974).
- Sociological Dilemmas (1979).
- Robert K. Merton : an Intellectual Profile (1986)
- The New Technological Challenge and Socialist Societies (editor, 1987).
- Rethinking Progress (with Jeffrey C. Alexander, 1990).
- Society in Action: the Theory of Social Becoming (1991).
- Sociology in Europe: in Search of Identity (with Birgitta Nedelmann, 1993).
- The Sociology of Social Change (1993).
- Agency and Structure: Reorienting Social Theory (International Studies in Global Change, vol. 4; editor, 1994).
- Robert K. Merton , On Social Structure and Science (editor), Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996, ISBN 0-226-52070-6 .
- Trust: a Sociological Theory (1999).
See also
References
- ↑ (in Polish) Biografia Prof. Piotr Sztompka . Pod kierunkiem Prof. dr hab. Stanisława Literskiego Opracował i redagował: Daniel Sobczak
- 1 2 "ISA Presidents: Piotr Sztompka" . Archived from the original on 2014-02-25 . Retrieved 2014-07-23 .
- ↑ "List of Fellows" . ci.edu.pl . Retrieved 25 April 2011 .
- ↑ "prof. PIotr Sztompka - Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego" . socjologia.uj.edu.pl .
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