Sociology in Russia A Brief History [Hardcover]

This book represents the first comprehensive historical treatment of sociology in Russia from the mid-nineteenth century through the pre-revolutionary and Soviet eras to the present day. It sheds new light on the dramatic history of sociology in the Russian context; dramatic both in its relationship with state power, and in the large-scale societal transformations it has had to grapple with. The authors highlight several particularities including the late institutionalization of sociology in the Soviet period, the breaks in continuity between its main historical periods and the relationship between sociology and power throughout its history. This valuable work will appeal to social science and history scholars, as well as readers interested in the history of contemporary Russia.

1: Introduction.- 2: Russian Early Period of Sociology: Predecessors and First Professionals.- 3: Russian sociology in the 1920s-mid-1950s: Beginning of Soviet Sociology.- 4: Revival, Partial Institutionalization, Stagnation and Final Recognition of Soviet Sociology.- 5: From Soviet Sociology to Scientific Discipline.- 6: Gender Studies: the Novelty at the Russian Academic Scene.- 7: Whither Russian Sociology? Problems and Prospects.- 8: Conclusion.

Larissa Titarenko is Professor of Sociology at Belarusian State University, Belarus.

Elena Zdravomyslova is Professor at European University at St. Petersburg, Russia.

Fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of European sociologyLarissa Titarenko and Elena Zdravomyslova have done us a great service in recounting the rocky road of Russian sociology. Time and again Russian sociologists were repressed, only to re-emerge, fuelled blÓ&