Sociology in the Czech Republic
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Sociology in the Czech Republic

Between East and West

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Sociology in the Czech Republic

Between East and West

About this book

This book offers the first comprehensive overview in English of the history of sociology in what is today the Czech Republic. Divided into six chapters, it traces the institutional development of the discipline from the late 19th century until the present, with an emphasis on the periods most favorable for sociology's institutionalization: the interwar years, the 1960s and the post-1989 era. The narrative places the institutions, persons and ideas that have been central to the discipline into the broader social and political context. Marek Skovajsa and Jan Balon show that sociology in the Czech Republic has been wedded to the dominant political projects of each successive historical period: nation- and state-building until after WWII, the communist experiment in 1948-1989, liberal democratic reconstruction after 1989, and internationalization after 2000. This work will appeal to social scientists and to a general readership interested in Czech culture and society.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781137450265
eBook ISBN
9781137450272
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Chapter 1 Introduction: An Institutional History of Sociology in the Czech Republic
  6. Chapter 2 Sociology in Service to Nation-Building: The Legacy of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
  7. Chapter 3 A False Beginning? The Growth and Destruction of Czech Sociology 1918–1950
  8. Chapter 4 1950–1969: Becoming a Counselor to the Socialist Prince
  9. Chapter 5 1969–1989: The Long Hour of Party Ideologists
  10. Chapter 6 The 1990s: Reconstruction and the Turn to the West
  11. Chapter 7 After 2000: Plugging into the European Context
  12. Index