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Russian Sociology
Author(s) -
Gray David J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1994.tb02582.x
Subject(s) - reign , period (music) , state (computer science) , sociology , russian history , politics , economic history , sociological theory , social science , political science , law , history , anthropology , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , aesthetics
A bstract . Russian sociology, while significant before the 1917 revolution and into the mid‐1920s, was non‐existent for a quarter of a century under Stalin. His death and subsequent political liberalization under Krushchev allowed sociology to re‐emerge under the protective wing of economics. Curtailed by a “period of stagnation” during the Brezhnev reign, greater sociological freedom accompanied the Gorbachev glasnost period including access to Western sources and ideas previously “forbidden.” Totalitarian history and structure has conditioned Russian sociology ; made it quite applied and wedded to social reform. Tatiana Zaslavskaia provided leadership for sociological endeavors during former Soviet years, and continues to do so. Her orientation and the reactions of her Novosibirsk State University colleagues to the ideas of various Western social theorists provide some insight into the state of contemporary Russian sociology.