@article{Waga_2020, title={Subjectivity Squared. On the Similarity between the Methodological Postulates of Alfred Schütz and Florian Znaniecki regarding Christian Pedagogy}, volume={44}, url={https://apcz.umk.pl/PCh/article/view/PCh.2019.048}, DOI={10.12775/PCh.2019.048}, abstractNote={<p>‘Subjectivity squared’ is a category from the field of methodology, created by the author of this article for the purpose of these analyses, referring to a certain structural aspect of social research procedure, manifested in different positions and conceptions of the humanistic and social scientists. This aspect is manifested primarily in concurrent consideration of the subjectivity of people studied (individuals, groups, and entire communities) and the researchers intertwined with those studied under various relationships. The term ‘second-degree subjectivity’ refers to two other concepts. The first is Schütz’ phrase concerning the ‘second-degree subjectivity’. The author of the second is Szacki – a Polish sociologist, and the author of a well-known and extensive monograph on the history of sociological thought who, in his analysis of Znaniecki’s work, used the term ‘humanistic coefficient squared’ (in maths, a value squared is a second-degree value). The main purpose of the present article is to show the special importance of subjectivity in the concepts of Schütz and Znaniecki’s humanistic and social research in the context of the subject matter of the interest and the tasks of Christian pedagogy. These considerations have been made based on the assumption of the method of a logical analysis, reconstruction and codification of research activities and their codification, as well as the analysis and criticism of the source literature. This article discusses metatheoretical and methodological problems. The first two sections present selected postulates of the concept of humanistic and social studies in relation to the aspect of the role of subjectivity highlighted in them: the first one being Schütz’ postulates, while the second is Znaniecki’s postulates. The third section deals with similarities between selected components of Schütz and Znaniecki’s social sciences concepts to identify the category of ‘subjectivity squared’ in these concepts. The last section is an attempt to answer the question of to what degree Schütz and Znaniecki’s concepts may influence theoretical and methodological studies of contemporary Christian pedagogy concerning the theme of subjectivity. The attempt to show the similarities in both of these concepts is related to Christian pedagogy in two dimensions: theoretical and metatheoretical. As per the theoretical dimension, the title category of ‘subjectivity squared’ falls into the (methodological) postulates of Christian pedagogy. As per the second, i.e. the metatheoretical dimension, this comparison can be considered as a task of Christian pedagogy, since one of its objectives is the search for elements which integrate scientific cognition.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Paedagogia Christiana}, author={Waga, Leszek}, year={2020}, month={Jan.}, pages={175–193} }