Totalitarian experience and knowledge production : : sociology in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989 / / by Svetla Koleva ; translated by Vladimir Vladov.
Totalitarian Experience and Knowledge Production examines, in a comparative perspective, sociology as practiced in six European Communist countries marked by various forms of totalitarianism in the period 1945-1989. In contrast to normative sociology’s view that such coexistence is essentially impos...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018] |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English Russian |
| Series: | Post-Western Social Sciences and Global Knowledge
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 298 pages). |
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| Summary: | Totalitarian Experience and Knowledge Production examines, in a comparative perspective, sociology as practiced in six European Communist countries marked by various forms of totalitarianism in the period 1945-1989. In contrast to normative sociology’s view that such coexistence is essentially impossible, the author argues that sociology could function in these undemocratic societies insofar as sociologists succeeded in establishing relatively autonomous institutional and cognitive zones. Based on the self-reflection of scholars who had practiced their profession during that period, the book reveals the tribulations of the scientific identity of sociology under the specific social-political conditions of totalitarian societies. It becomes evident that the basic principle that made sociological knowledge possible was freedom of thought in search for scientific truth despite the ‘truth’ imposed by political authority. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9004333630 |
| ISSN: | 2352-5827 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Svetla Koleva ; translated by Vladimir Vladov. |