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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thebookpresentednowtothereadersoriginallyconstitutedmydoctoral
thesispreparedattheGraduateSchoolforSocialResearchattheInstitute
ofPhilosophyandSociologyofthePolishAcademyofSciencesinWarsaw
underthesupervisionofProf.WłodzimierzWesołowski.Itwasdefended
attheabovementionedInstitutein2001,translatedintoPolishand
publishedin2004inaslightlymodifiedversion.Thepublisherwasthe
InstituteofPhilosophyandSociologyofthePolishAcademyofSciences
andthepublishingwasco-financedbytheInstituteofAppliedSocial
SciencesoftheUniversityofWarsaw,whereIhavebeenemployedsince
2001.IhaverecentlydecidedtopublishtheoriginalEnglishversionto
reachadifferentrangeofaudience,inthecontextofarelativelystable
analyticalinterestintheliberal-communitariandebates,andrealizing
thegrowinglevelofinternationalexchangeofsocialanalysisbetween
PolishandforeignscholarsdonemostlyintheEnglishlanguage.
Havingbeenencouragedbymypresentsuperior,Prof.Jacek
Kurczewski,ChairinSociologyandAnthropologyofCustomandLaw
ofourInstitute,Idecidedtooffermydissertationforpublicationbythe
WarsawUniversityPress.Iwould,therefore,liketothankProf.Kurczewski
forhisencouragementaswellashisandProf.JoannaKurczewska’s
constantinspirationtocontinueworkingonthetopicofcommunityeven
aftercompletingthePh.D.dissertation.IwouldliketothanktheInstitute
ofAppliedSocialSciences,andtheUniversityofWarsawforproviding
theenvironmenthospitabletointellectualactivityandforfinancial
contributiontomakethepublicationpossible.ButIwouldalsoliketo
expressmygratitudetoallofmyteachersfromtheGraduateSchoolfor
SocialResearch,wheremydissertationhasbeenprepared.Iwouldalso