TY - JOUR TI - Polish Political Theorists on the Position and Role of the Individual in Politics AU - Wieczorek-Orlikowska, Joanna TI - Polish Political Theorists on the Position and Role of the Individual in Politics AB - This article aims to survey the principal viewpoints of Polish political theorists regarding the position and role of the individual in politics. The discussion involves a thorough analysis of the categories of individual and collective political actors, their distinctive features, and the concept of agency and its new interpretations within the Polish political science. These new interpretations signal evolution in the traditional categorical framework in response to contemporary challenges. The study applies a method of analysis and synthesis incorporating aspects of the dialectical method. The outcome presents a juxtaposition of viewpoints within political science spanning the past several decades, identifying areas of convergence and significant divergences. VL - 2023 IS - Nr 8/2023 PY - 2023 SN - 2543-7046 C1 - 2544-0845 SP - 219 EP - 233 DO - 10.4467/25440845TP.23.013.18552 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/teoria-polityki/artykul/polish-political-theorists-on-the-position-and-role-of-the-individual-in-politics KW - political actor KW - individual actor KW - collective actor