Sociology in Europe
Subtitle: in search of identity
By: edited by Birgitta Nedelmann and Piotr Sztompka.
Contributors: Nedelmann, Birgitta, 1941-; Sztompka, Piotr.
Publisher: W. de Gruyter
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Sociology -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Sociology.
Description: The "European Revolution" of 1989 has not only brought about dramatic and far-reaching changes in the social structure of East and West European countries, but also in the social sciences. This volume is an attempt to evaluate how sociology has been affected by this dramatic event and how it has developed in the post-revolutionary period in some selected European countries. Ten eminent representatives of sociology from Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Great Britain, Poland, and Scandinavia were presented with a set of questions which served as a common guideline for their contributions. Their answers can be summarized in the observation of the "interrelated diversity" of sociology in Europe today. The high heterogeneity and fragmentation, typical of contemporary sociological thought in Europe, are interrelated by a high degree of institutionalization and integration of sociology in the European university system. In addition, two prominent scholars from non-European countries, Japan and the US, present their views on sociology in Europe from outside. They declare the end of the period of one-sided flows of reception in sociology and foresee a strengthening of a two-way exchange between European and non-European social scientists in the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.