Czech sociology has been through enormous development since 1989, when it was freed from the constraints of ideology, and it is now gradually returning to the international stage. Persecuted and exiled scholars were able to rejoin the academic community, a new generation of researchers has emerged, and new research institutions have been established. However, further qualitative development and wider social applicability of sociological findings are prevented by the insufficient "self-knowledge" and knowledge of the history of Czech sociology, its fragmentation and little public awareness, leading at times to overly academic and/or the duplication of studies. This project aims to present the full picture of contemporary Czech sociology and related social sciences to the academic and lay public, to elaborate a modern history of Czech sociology in an international and interdisciplinary context (and with special attention devoted to sociologists working in exile in 1948-1989), and to prepare a reference edition of the most important, but today hard to find, sociological journals, which will serve as a source of historical and comparative material for contemporary researchers. The outcome of the project will be a CD-ROM, two dictionary publications, and two monographs.
Project publications (total 17, displaying 1 - 10)
The bibliography summarises full sociological production in the Czech lands since the 19th century untill 2009; it is dividend into three time periods and accompanied with a foreword and personal index.
The article analyses in detail the various processes involved in the establishment of sociology at particular Czech universities and colleges, describes the forms and content of sociological education available and deals with prosopographical analysis of students of the subject.
In the article, fates of the middle class in Czech society and its reflection in Czech sociology are briefly overviewed. The first part is devoted to the interwar Czechoslovakia which was reflected as a middle-class society. The second part depicts suppression of the entrepreneurial middle class by the communist regime and its resurrection since early 1990s.
The chapter analyses support of (part of) interwar Czech sociology provided by the Agrarian Party and its results, including ideological and political deformations of academic research.
The article analyses the life story and works of a significant Czech sociologist, Jaroslav Šíma (1914–1955), as a case study in the context of the evolution of Czech sociology in the 20th century and relations between sociology and political power.
The article analyse the development of cremation movement in the Czech lands in connection with sociology of cremation and cremation insurance provided by the Crematorium Association and its followers.
Comprehensive biographical, bibliographical and analytical dictionary on 178 key figures of Czech sociology from its beginnings in the 19th century until the present.
The book analyses evolution of Czech sociology from it very beginnings in the late 19th century to its temporary extinction after the communist coup d’état in 1948. Particular chapters describes roots and origins of Czech sociology, impact of T. G. Masaryk and his followers, three main interwar sociological schools, role of Czech sociologists in founding of Slovakian sociology and the situation of Czech sociology during the WWII and shortly after.
The article presents and analyses prosopographical data on the elite of contemporary Czech sociological academia.
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