Types of Rationality in Discourses on Work in (Post)Transformation Poland

Konrad Kubala

doi:10.18778/1733-8077.18.3.03

Authors

Konrad Kubala University of Lodz, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4368-6482

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.18.3.03

Keywords:

Rationality, Type of Rationality, Work, Reflexive Modernization, Poland

Abstract

Rationality is the key concept for understanding the reproduction of social life in the era of reflexive modernization. A fusion of lessons learned from the constructivist view of the world and analysis of the hermeneutic category of pre-understanding has become the basis of my belief that rationality is nowadays the basic modal concept, and the forms of its existence shape the order of social life. In my research practice, rationality has become a link between my interest in work and the theory of social order development. In this paper, I briefly present the relations between the notion of rationality and the theory of reflexive modernization. Then, I present my research path and the tools used in the analyses. The most important part is devoted to the effects of the conducted research. I classify and describe the types of rationality present in discourses on work in Poland. The discourses of politicians, experts, and the so-called “ordinary people” were analyzed.

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Author Biography

Konrad Kubala, University of Lodz, Poland

Konrad Kubala, Ph.D., works in the Department of Sociology of Politics and Morality, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz. He is the Editor-in-Chief and member of the editorial board of the journal Władza Sądzenia (Power of Judgment). His broad research interests include the practical and theoretical problems of the functioning of political communication in liberal democracies, the influence of public discourse on the emergence of dominant forms of rationality, and the economization of common forms of institutionalized reflexivity.

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