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Antagonist, Type, or Deviation? : A Comparative View on Sociology in Post-War Soviet Europe

Abstract

The paper aims at evaluating the place of sociology in Central and East European societies after the World War ii, basing itself on a comparative research into the discipline’s institutionalization. It uses a set of four indicators to describe sociology’s institutional progress in countries of the Soviet Bloc in Europe. Two types of deve-lopment are distinguished: the rapid « Revisionist » type, and the late « Soviet » type. After discussing some common features of sociology in the communist Europe and the main differences between the two types, the paper confronts them with the types of development in the rest of Europe. Building on this comparison, the paper discusses the roles diverse factors (pre-war traditions, professional job market, conservatism of the academia, and the political regimes) played in determining sociology’s institutional progress after World War ii in Europe. It concludes by addressing the questions how did the Soviet-type regimes influence the development of sociology, and to which extent did the East-West divide really dominate the landscape of European sociology between 1945 and 1989.

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