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Sociology in the Czech Republic pp 49–71Cite as

1950–1969: Becoming a Counselor to the Socialist Prince

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Following the virulent communist campaign against it, sociology was almost nonexistent in Czechoslovakia between 1950 and 1956. Once a moderate de-Stalinization process started in 1956, sociology reappeared as a subject of some Marxist-Leninist intellectual debates. By 1964, sociology gained a following among disaffected Marxists, and sociological research was widely seen as useful for the country’s envisaged economic, social and political reconstruction. The second institutionalization of Czech sociology took place over a short period of time. The Czechoslovak Sociological Association, the Institute of Sociology at the Academy of Sciences and several university departments were all established in 1964–1966. Sociology quickly developed thanks to new international contacts and the support of the Communist reformers. This boom came to an end after the Soviet invasion in 1968.

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Skovajsa, M., Balon, J. (2017). 1950–1969: Becoming a Counselor to the Socialist Prince. In: Sociology in the Czech Republic. Sociology Transformed. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45027-2_4

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