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Preface
TeActingPerson,probablythemostsignificantworkonphilosophical
anthropology.Tusthestudyprovides–inouropinion–amostsubtle
andthorough–albeitnecessarilyabridged–analysisoftheselected
viewsofKarolWojtyła,carriedoutbyawell-knownauthorityinthis
field.TosetwopointsofreferenceallowA.M.Wierzbickitoexhibit
thesignificanceandvalueofM.S.Archer’stheory,itsoriginality,its
importantplaceinthemainstreamofphilosophicalreflection,and
thereforeitssignificance,andusefulnessforsociologicalstudies.
KarolWojtyła’sthoughtisalsorecalledinthestudywrittenbyKlau
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diaŚledzińska,titledHumanityRecovered.SocialTeoriesbetweenIn-
dividualismandTotalism:ConceptionsofKarolWojtyłaandMargaretS.
Archer.Teauthortargetsselectedelementsofboththeories,whichde-
spitetheirslightlydilerentperspectives,arenonethelesscomplementa-
ry,becomingindispensableelementsfordevelopinganintegralconcept
ofman.Telatter,inturn,providestheunderpinningsforsocialtheo-
rieswhichmightprepareanintermediarywaybetweenindividualism
andtotalism.Tecompletionofthesetheoriesistheconceptofpartici-
pation,namely,suchinveteracyoftherelationalpersonalsubjectwith-
insocialstructures,whichenablesself-realisationandthecultivationof
innerlifeinacloserelationshipwiththeoutsideworld.
Tefinalaspectoftheproblemsinthismonographaddressestherefe-
rencesofM.S.Archer’sconcepttothespheresofhumanlife,whichare
oftenassociatedwithgoingbeyondthebordersoftranscendence.Marek
RembierzscrutinisesoneofthemostcriticaldimensionsofM.S.Archer’s
theory:agencyandauthority.HisstudyTePlaybetweenFreedomand
Power.OntheHumanQuestforSelf-DeterminationandSubjectivityin
TimesofIdeologicalFightingforMan’sAppropriation,isaninteresting
attempttoconstructasphere,crucialalsofortheBritishsociologist,of
interrelationsbetweenwhatisindividualandwhatiscollectiveandsocial.
Freedom,asafeatureascribedtoasubject,isanecessaryconditionof
subjectivity,whilstpowerisanattributeandconditionoftheexistence
ofsocialsubjects.Tus,wemayconcludethatM.Rembierzaddresses
oneofthemostessentialissuesofthesociologybasedontheparadigm
ofcriticalrealism.
