also relatively independent ref name muchaza ecki even communist regime freedom polish academics seemed greater communist countries thus polish academics often spread western ideas among colleagues east south ref name mucha concepts trends war post war interbellum period polish sociology closely related neopositivist perspective ref name kwa niewicz communist period addition unavoidable stress marxist approach polish sociologists also pursued znaniecki 's ''humanistic sociology'' among approaches ref name muchaza ecki following fall communism marxist
Social science Sociology Area studies Sociology in Poland