Conclusion

Abstract

The author presents an interpretation of the position in which sociology in Poland finds itself as of 2015, more than 25 years since the transformation. Sociology claims to have become polyvalent, adaptive, marketized and, largely, internationalized. Sociologists are constantly present as public intellectuals and politicians, while individual strategies prevail over collective ones. The years after 2000 brought an increase in many forms of public engagement by sociologists. But, the author argues that Polish sociology has not overcome its original sins: self-inflicted provinciality and a self-perceived developmental lag that divides it from the West. It is increasingly dependent on imported theories and concepts, and threatened by linguistic devolution. The chapter ends with a declaration of the author’s faith in the continuation of sociology in Poland, albeit expressed with very moderate optimism.