Ludwik Krzywicki’s letters to his wife from London (1895)

Abstract

The article examines the letters of Ludwik Krzywicki (1859–1941) – Polish sociologist, a socialist movement activist and a community worker to his wife Rachel, nee Feldberg (1863/4–1924). The letters were written in London in July and August 1895 when he did research in the British Museum Library. They show that mid-90s of the 19th century were the time when Krzywicki made a final decision to dedicate himself to academic work and to start research on his monumental book – Horda pierwotna (Primordial Horde), published posthumously as Pierwociny więzi społecznej (The Rudiments of a Social Bond).