Pierre Bourdieu and Sociology of Intellectuals. A Ttheoretical Framework for the Analysis of the Intellectual Field, With Special References to Poland

Tomasz Peciakowski

Tomasz Peciakowski The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Social Science

Keywords: Pierre Bourdieu; intellectuals; sociology of intellectuals; fields theory; intelligentsia; Poland

Abstract

The main goal of the article is to recognize the presence and involvement of Polish artists in public life after 1989. By defining them as intellectuals, the author puts forward a thesis about the existence of an influential group of well-educated people who broaden the well-known sociological categories such as the “intelligentsia,” “elites,” “middle class,” or “experts.” Defined in accordance with the operational definition – proposed after a thorough study of multilingual sources (including Polish studies on the intelligentsia) – Polish intellectuals as politically engaged creators of culture are a clear social category, present in the Polish public life and shaping its ideas.

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