Barbara Szacka

Barbara Szacka (20 April 1930 – 17 January 2025) was a sociologist.

Biography The daughter of physicians: Wojciech Plewniak and Zofia née Chmielińska. Her father died in Katyń. She was raised by her mother, who was a dentist. In 1952 she graduated in sociology from the University of Warsaw. In 1962 she obtained doctorate upon dissertation Teoria społeczna i społeczna utopia. Analiza poglądów Stanisława Staszica supervised by Nina Assorodobraj-Kula. Her research interests included collective memory, the biological foundations of social life and general sociology. She was a member of the Polish Sociological Association. She supervised two doctoral dissertations. She was married to Jerzy Szacki. She was a feminist.

Works Stanisław Staszic: portret mieszczanina. Warszawa. 1962.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Stanisław Staszic. Warszawa. 1966.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Przeszłość w świadomości inteligencji polskiej. Warszawa. 1983.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Czas przeszły i pamięć społeczna. Warszawa. 1990.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Co-authored with Anna Sawisz. Wprowadzenie do socjologii. Warszawa. 2003.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 2008. Czas przeszły, pamięć, mit. Warszawa. 2006.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Między codziennością a wielką historią. Druga wojna światowa w pamięci zbiorowej społeczeństwa polskiego. Warszawa. 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Co-authored with Piotr T. Kwiatkowski, Lech M. Nijakowski, Andrzej Szpociński. Życie i pamięć w mrocznych czasach. 2024. Memories.

Editions Polska dziecięca. Warszawa. 1987.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 2005. Człowiek, zwierzę społeczne. Czytelnik. 1991. Translated and edited with Krzysztof Najder and Jakub Szacki.