Obrebski on Malinowski. The Reception of Functionalism in Poland

• Authors: Engelking A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The following article is an extended commentary to Jozef Obrebski's writings regarding Bronislaw Malinowski's anthropology. Obrebski's archival text is included in this volume. The author starts with presenting Obrebski's (1905-1967) scholarly biography. He was a student and a doctoral candidate of Malinowski who became ardently devoted to popularizing Malinowski's theories by virtue of further studies and translations. Most of Obrebski's archival legacy can be found at the University of Massachussetts at Amherst, USA. The second part of the article deals with the history of relations between the two scholars, which the author managed to trace through a meticulous search of various source materials and archives. In the third part of the article the author sums up the results of her findings. By juxtaposing Obrebski's newly found Malinowskiana with his published works related to Malinowski, of which there are very few and often and only fragmentary, we find important testimony to the initial reception of functionalism in Poland.

Keywords

EN

FUNCTIONALISM; HISTORY OF ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2004
• Issue: 2(173)
• Pages: 17-34
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Engelking A.

• A. Engelking, Instytut Slawistyki PAN, ul. Bartoszewicza 16 m. 17, 00-337 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA000372