The History of Sociology, Sociological Theory, and the Social Studies of Science: Mutual Uses and Misuses [transl. by Marek Placiński]

Abstract

The author continues the debate, agreeing with criticism of the opening article by Radoslaw Sojak. At the same time, he points out that the proposals adduced therein do not concern the history of sociology, but sociological theory in general and do not provide any solution to the methodological dilemmas. The author ends his statements with pessimistic remarks about the identity of the discussed subdiscipline (i.e. history of sociology) as marginalized mainly by inadequate division of research labour.