Leon Petrażycki: Law, Emotions, Society

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The early 20th-century Russo-Polish legal thinker Leon Petrażycki (1867–1931) developed a comprehensive social psychology of law. Because only a fraction of his work is available in English, Petrażycki is today little known and seldom discussed in the Anglophone countries. This volume aims to remedy this deficit by introducing Petrażycki’s life and work specifically to an English-speaking audience. It is intended as a reappraisal of some of his views in the context of current advancements. This collection of 12 chapters produced by a panel of international scholars from various social science fields will be useful to a new generation of students formulating their own theories and research on socio-legal behavior. Leon Petrażycki: Law, Emotions, Society will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology of law, socio-legal studies, and philosophy of law Cover Endorsement Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Contributors Foreword Introduction: The Legal Consciousness of Leon Petrażycki Introduction A Life The Sociopolitical Context Intellectual and Cultural Developments The Work After Petrazycki Organization of the Volume Acknowledgments Part I The Man and His Context 1 A Brief Biography of Leon Petrażycki Introduction Of Noble Birth Education Politics and Revolution Poland Notes References 2 Leon Petrażycki and Georges Gurvitch: Normative Facts as a Litmus Test for Political Convictions Introduction Petrażycki’s and Gurvitch’s Political Propensities and the 1917 Revolution Petrażycki’s Conception of Normative Facts Gurvitch’s Conception of Normative Facts Conclusion Notes References 3 Leon Petrażycki and Adam Podgórecki: On the Reception of the Psychological Theory of Law in Poland Under Communism Introduction Petrazycki’s Legacy in Podgórecki’s Work The Concept of Law The Origin and Development of Law Legal Policy Concluding Remarks Notes References 4 Science, Art, and the Pluralist Legacy of Leon Petrażycki Introduction Science Art The Complex Pluralist Legacy Conclusion Notes References Part II Main Concepts and Issues 5 Leon Petrażycki’s Unfinished Project: Sociology as a Rigorous Science Petrażycki’s Sociology and Husserl’s Philosophy Historical Remarks On an Unaccomplished Project Petrażycki and the Analytical-Phenomenological Tradition Sociology’s Logico-Methodological Foundations and Petrażycki’s Unity of Scientific Knowledge The Principle of Adequacy The Theorem of N + 1 Theories Petrażycki’s New Classification of the Sciences The Object of Sociology According to Petrażycki Leon Petrażycki Vsv Eugen Ehrlich Realism and Nominalism as Methods for Understanding Social Reality Leon Petrażycki and Max Weber Notes References 6 Leon Petrażycki’s Reconstruction of Normative Experiences What Is a Norm? Norm-Creating Acts vs. Normative Experiences Normative Facts Deontic Propositions Normative Experiences and Deontic Noemata Are Projective Illusions Unavoidable? Cognizing Other’s Deontic Noemata and Absolute Legal Idiotism Deontic Noesis vs. Cognitive Noesis of a Deontic Noema Conclusion Notes References 7 Petrażycki’s Puzzle of Jural Emotions: Bridging the Psychological Theory of Law With Modern Social and Psychological Petrażycki’s Ethical Emotions Petrażycki’s Puzzle of Jural Emotions Jural Emotions and Aggression Psychoanalysis and Petrażyckianism Petrażycki’s Theory of Law and Lonnie Athens’s Criminology Conclusion Notes References 8 Leon Petrażycki’s Two Dimensions of Law Introduction The Reduction of Law and the Quest for an Extra-Legal Concept of Law Political Processes Normative Facts Social Interactions Psychical Experiences An Adequate Theory of Law The Distinction Between Official and Unofficial Law The Distinction Between Positive and Intuitive Law Notes References Part III Legacies to the Social Sciences 9 A Communicative Approach to Leon Petrażycki’s Theory of Law Leon Petrażycki and the St. Petersburg School of Legal Philosophy Whither the Psychological Theory of Law? Law and Phenomenological Sociology Communication as a Link Between the Individual and the Social Communicative Bases of Law Legal Communication Notes References 10 Petrażycki’s Theoretical Contributions to International Law Introduction Definition of International Law in the Psychological Theory of Law and Its Implications The Legal-Dogmatic Dimension Three Sciences and Concepts of International Law Conclusion Notes References 11 Leon Petrażycki’s Views On Religion Introduction Petrażycki’s Criticism of Utilitarianism and His Social Ideal Petrażycki’s Ontology of Law Petrażycki’s Definition of Religion and Its Connection to Law Religious and Legal Psyche Conclusions Notes References 12 Petrażycki’s Legacy to the Sociology of Language in the Context of Slavic Studies Introduction Definitions of Concepts Positive vs. Intuitive Normativity and Petrażycki’s Normative Facts Normative Facts in the Standardization of Slavic Languages Language Policy vs. Language Dogmatism in the Standardization of Slavic Minority Languages Conclusion Notes References Glossary Note Index