Andrzej Zajączkowski
Sociologist, culture anthropologist, Africanist
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| Intro | Sociologist, culture anthropologist, Africanist | |
| Places | Poland | |
| was | Anthropologist Sociologist | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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| Birth | 27 May 1922 | |
| Death | 16 December 1994 (aged 72 years) |
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Biography
Andrzej Zajączkowski (27 May 1922 in Lublin – 16 December 1994 in Warsaw) was a Polish sociologist, cultural anthropologist, and Africanist. In 1978 he was made a professor of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Warsaw; he was made director of the Center for Studies on Non-European Countries (Polish Academy of Sciences) in 1981. He specialized in historical sociology and the sociology of developing countries. He lectured at universities in Ghana and Uganda.
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His most notable works include
- Główne elementy kultury szlacheckiej w Polsce. Ideologia a struktury społeczne (1961)
- Niepodległość Konga a kolonializm belgijski (1968)
- Muntu dzisiaj. Studium afrykanistyczne (1970)
- Szlachta polska. Kultura i struktura (1993).