Wstęp. Asymetrie wiedzy, heteronomie kultur naukowych

The concept of this issue is to explore topics related to the analysis of the historically and geographically diverse origins of cultural studies intertwined with and emerging from literary studies. A two-fold theoretical approach is proposed: (1) the transition from the scientific analysis of conceptual discourse to ‘cultural studies on scientific culture’ as defined by Anna Zeidler-Janiszewska; and (2) the reconstruction of social and interdisciplinary translations referred to by Karin Knorr Cetina as ‘transepistemic arenas of research’, that is communities and relationships extending beyond the purely cognitive dimension (and studied, for example, from the perspective of Adele Clarke’s situational analysis). Another topic is the reconstruction of protocultural traditions from the Polish humanities of the 1920s to 1960s as a reservoir of largely unexplored categories and conceptualisations. Our aim is to encourage more reflection on the ideas and writings by scholars such as Stefania Skwarczyńska, Stefan Żółkiewski, Dawid Hopensztand, Konstanty Troczyński, Stanisław Brzozowski (and probably many others) as participants in the modern debate, of which we are also a part.