The Shaping of Subjectivity and Biographies of Individuals in the Face of the Transformations of a Neo-Modern Society: An Introduction

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.20.1.01

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projectivity, biography, subjectivity, neo-modern society, narrative interview

Abstract

The presented text is an introduction to other articles included in this issue, which were prepared for the purpose of publishing the methodological and the historical-theoretical parts of the results of the research grant. Our study aimed to examine contemporary changes in subjectivity as well as explore how the subjectivity of our interlocutors emerges during narrative interviews. The first part of the article outlines the premises for the conducted research. The subsequent section presents a short argument discussing the category of “projectivity” in the context of changes in a (post-)modern society. Finally, we briefly refer to methodological issues, which are described in much greater detail in other texts presented in the issue.

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Kamila Biały, University of Lodz, Poland

Sociologist (Department of Sociology of Art, University of Lodz), Gestalt therapist. Her area of interest is the epistemological, the methodological, and the ethical as pertaining to sociological problems inspired by contemporary phenomenology.

Piotr F. Piasek, Central China Normal University

Sociologist and philosopher (Central China Normal University). His scientific interests include ontological and epistemological problems of social sciences (phenomenology, systems theories).

Paweł Pieniążek, University of Lodz, Poland

Philosopher, associate professor at the University of Lodz (Department of Contemporary Philosophy). His research focuses on broadly-defined contemporary and late modern philosophy (French and German) from the existential perspective as well as on the philosophical and cultural aspects of modernity.

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Biały, K., Piasek, P. F., & Pieniążek, P. (2024). The Shaping of Subjectivity and Biographies of Individuals in the Face of the Transformations of a Neo-Modern Society: An Introduction. Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej, 20(1), 6–17. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.20.1.01 (Original work published February 28, 2024)

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2024)

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Numer tematyczny „Subjectivity, Projectivity, Biography in the Face of Changes in Late-Modern Society” edited by Kamila Biały, Piotr F. Piasek & Paweł Pieniążek

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