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The starting point for the discussion is the obvious statement that cultural pedagogy is one
of the three main currents in German education sciences; the other two are empirical and
critical pedagogy. As the title suggests, the author focuses on cultural pedagogy only, and in
particular on the reception of German cultural pedagogy by Polish cultural pedagogy during the
interwar period. One can definitely say that German Geisteswissenschaften, or “the sciences of
spirit” (including pedagogy) influenced Polish humanities. The main thesis of the article is that
although the geisteswissenschaftliche Pädagogik had an overwhelming influence on pedagogical
thinking and actions in Poland before World War II, it became considerably marginalised
or almost totally forgotten after the war, as it was proclaimed a “bourgeois relic” and an “old
fashioned trinket”. Theodor Litt (1880–1962) and Eduard Spranger (1882–1963) are commonly
considered the leading representatives of German cultural pedagogy, and their Polish
counterparts are Bogdan Nawroczyński (1882–1974) and Bogdan Suchodolski (1902–1993).
The article refers to original source literature – although in brief – to discuss the influence
of the educational concepts of the former group on the latter one. By proposing such analysis,
the author hopes for fair and critical restructuring of cultural pedagogy in Poland, if not for
its revitalisation. The first signs are already there.