Disciplines under Transformation. Benefits of Sociology of Knowledge to the History of Sociology [transl. by Marek Placiński]

Abstract

In the first part of the article, the author considers theoretical possibilities of reconciliation between epistemological perspectives in sociology of knowledge and history of sociology, as the space for meta-level reflection. An outline of the development of these disciplines in the 20th century follows and their relations shown with sociology and philosophy. The last part is devoted to the three cases of neglected history of applied sociology of social sciences.