Dariusz Brzeziński
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| Imię i nazwisko | Dariusz Brzeziński |
| Stopnie i tytuły naukowe | dr hab. |
| Stanowisko | prof. IFiS PAN |
| Funkcja w IFiS PAN | kierownik Zakładu Socjologii Teoretycznej |
| Pokój | 155 |
| Filozofia/Socjologia | Socjologia |
| Zakład | Zakład Socjologii Teoretycznej |
| Obszary zainteresowań naukowych | – social theory; sociology and anthropology of culture; contemporary social and cultural change; the algorithmic society |
| Skrócony biogram | I am a sociologist and cultural studies scholar conducting research on both theoretical approaches in social sciences and humanities, as well as on social and cultural transformations of the contemporary condition
Most important publications in recent years
1. Books (monographs and edited volumes): – 2025, D. Brzeziński, K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M. Winiarska-Brodowska (eds.), Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century, Routledge: London. – 2024, G. Kubica, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Bronisław Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, Routledge: London. – 2022, D. Brzeziński, Zygmunt Bauman and the Theory of Culture, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal. – 2022, J. Palmer, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Revisiting Modernity and the Holocaust: Heritage, Dilemmas, Extensions, Routledge: London. – 2021-2024 (3-volume series), M. Davis, D. Brzeziński, J. Pamer, T. Campbell (eds.). Zygmunt Bauman, Selected Writings, Polity Press: Cambridge.
2. Journal articles and book chapters: – 2025, Theorising the Algorithmic Condition: Challenges, Strategies, and Perspectives (with K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M, Winiarska-Brodowska), In: D. Brzeziński, K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M, Winiarska-Brodowska (eds.), Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century, Routledge: London, pp. 1-14. – 2025, Algorithmic Nostalgia: Longing for the Past in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, In: D. Brzeziński, K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M, Winiarska-Brodowska (eds.), Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century, Routledge: London, pp. 91-104. – 2025, Book review: ‘Making Sense of AI: Our Algorithmic World’; ‘Algorithmic Intimacy: The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships’, “Thesis Eleven”, 187(1), 243-248. – 2024, Theory and Society in the Sociological Imagination of Zygmunt Bauman (with: T. Campbell, M. Davis, J. Palmer,), in: T. Campbell, D. Brzeziński, M. Davis, J. Palmer (eds.), Zygmunt Bauman, Culture and Art: Selected Writings vol. III, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. xiv-xli. – 2024, G. Kubica, and D. Brzeziński, Revisiting the life and work of Bronisław Malinowski. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, in: G. Kubica, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Bronislaw Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, Routledge: London, p. 1-16. – 2024, Bronisław Malinowski and the Anthropology of Nostalgia, in: G. Kubica, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Bronislaw Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, Routledge: London, p. 233-253. – 2023, Zygmunt Bauman and the ‘Nostalgic Turn’, in: M. H. Jacobsen (ed.), The Anthem Companion to Zygmunt Bauman, London: Anthem Press, p. 131-146. – 2022, Liquid Modernity and the Holocaust, “Studia Litteraria et Historica”, no 11: 1-16. – 2022, History and Utopian Thinking in the Era of the Anthropocene, in: A. Izdebski, J. Haldon, P. Filipkowski (ed.), Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises. What the Future Needs from History, Berlin: Springer, p. 32-43. – 2022, Through the Window Again: Revisiting Modernity and the Holocaust (with. J. Palmer), in: J. Palmer, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Revisiting Modernity and the Holocaust: Heritage, Dilemmas, Extensions, Routledge: London, p. 1-21. – 2021, Culture and Art in the Sociological Imagination of Zygmunt Bauman (with: M. Davis, J. Palmer, T. Campbell), in: D. Brzeziński, T. Campbell, M. Davis, J. Palmer (eds.), Zygmunt Bauman, Culture and Art: Selected Writings vol. 1, Cambridge: Polity Press, p. xi-xxxix. – 2020, From Revisionism to Retrotopia: Stability and Variability in Zygmunt Bauman’s Theory of Culture, “European Journal of Social Theory”, 23(4): 459-476. – 2020, Sixty Three Years of Thinking Sociologically: Compiling the Bibliography of Zygmunt Bauman, (with J. Palmer, T. Campbell), “Thesis Eleven”, 156(1): 118-133. The paper is followed by: J. Palmer, D. Brzeziński, T. Campbell (eds.), The ‘Living’ Bibliography of Zygmunt Bauman, pp. 134-169). – 2020, Culture of Dialogue in the Context of the Rise of Nationalism. On the Engaged Nature of Zygmunt Bauman’s Writings, „Culture & Society”, 2: 33-50. |
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| Short Profile | I am a sociologist and cultural studies scholar conducting research on both theoretical approaches in social sciences and humanities, as well as on social and cultural transformations of the contemporary condition.
Most important publications in recent years
1. Books (monographs and edited volumes): – 2025, D. Brzeziński, K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M. Winiarska-Brodowska (eds.), Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century, Routledge: London. – 2024, G. Kubica, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Bronisław Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, Routledge: London. – 2022, D. Brzeziński, Zygmunt Bauman and the Theory of Culture, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal. – 2022, J. Palmer, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Revisiting Modernity and the Holocaust: Heritage, Dilemmas, Extensions, Routledge: London. – 2021-2024 (3-volume series), M. Davis, D. Brzeziński, J. Pamer, T. Campbell (eds.). Zygmunt Bauman, Selected Writings, Polity Press: Cambridge.
2. Journal articles and book chapters: – 2025, Theorising the Algorithmic Condition: Challenges, Strategies, and Perspectives (with K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M, Winiarska-Brodowska), In: D. Brzeziński, K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M, Winiarska-Brodowska (eds.), Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century, Routledge: London, pp. 1-14. – 2025, Algorithmic Nostalgia: Longing for the Past in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, In: D. Brzeziński, K. Filipek, K. Piwowar, M, Winiarska-Brodowska (eds.), Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century, Routledge: London, pp. 91-104. – 2025, Book review: ‘Making Sense of AI: Our Algorithmic World’; ‘Algorithmic Intimacy: The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships’, “Thesis Eleven”, 187(1), 243-248. – 2024, Theory and Society in the Sociological Imagination of Zygmunt Bauman (with: T. Campbell, M. Davis, J. Palmer,), in: T. Campbell, D. Brzeziński, M. Davis, J. Palmer (eds.), Zygmunt Bauman, Culture and Art: Selected Writings vol. III, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. xiv-xli. – 2024, G. Kubica, and D. Brzeziński, Revisiting the life and work of Bronisław Malinowski. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, in: G. Kubica, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Bronislaw Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, Routledge: London, p. 1-16. – 2024, Bronisław Malinowski and the Anthropology of Nostalgia, in: G. Kubica, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Bronislaw Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities. On the centenary of the publication of ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’, Routledge: London, p. 233-253. – 2023, Zygmunt Bauman and the ‘Nostalgic Turn’, in: M. H. Jacobsen (ed.), The Anthem Companion to Zygmunt Bauman, London: Anthem Press, p. 131-146. – 2022, Liquid Modernity and the Holocaust, “Studia Litteraria et Historica”, no 11: 1-16. – 2022, History and Utopian Thinking in the Era of the Anthropocene, in: A. Izdebski, J. Haldon, P. Filipkowski (ed.), Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises. What the Future Needs from History, Berlin: Springer, p. 32-43. – 2022, Through the Window Again: Revisiting Modernity and the Holocaust (with. J. Palmer), in: J. Palmer, D. Brzeziński (eds.), Revisiting Modernity and the Holocaust: Heritage, Dilemmas, Extensions, Routledge: London, p. 1-21. – 2021, Culture and Art in the Sociological Imagination of Zygmunt Bauman (with: M. Davis, J. Palmer, T. Campbell), in: D. Brzeziński, T. Campbell, M. Davis, J. Palmer (eds.), Zygmunt Bauman, Culture and Art: Selected Writings vol. 1, Cambridge: Polity Press, p. xi-xxxix. – 2020, From Revisionism to Retrotopia: Stability and Variability in Zygmunt Bauman’s Theory of Culture, “European Journal of Social Theory”, 23(4): 459-476. – 2020, Sixty Three Years of Thinking Sociologically: Compiling the Bibliography of Zygmunt Bauman, (with J. Palmer, T. Campbell), “Thesis Eleven”, 156(1): 118-133. The paper is followed by: J. Palmer, D. Brzeziński, T. Campbell (eds.), The ‘Living’ Bibliography of Zygmunt Bauman, pp. 134-169). – 2020, Culture of Dialogue in the Context of the Rise of Nationalism. On the Engaged Nature of Zygmunt Bauman’s Writings, „Culture & Society”, 2: 33-50. |
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