Original scientific paper
Sociology and Historical Materialism – The Controversy of an Age
Biljana Kašić
; Institute for History of Labour movements in Croatia, Zagreb
Abstract
In the article referring to the first group of subthemes
(»The Historical Dimension of Sociology ...«), debates concerning
the connection between sociology and historical
materialism are being analyzed in the context of the fifties.
Implicitly, the point in question is the possibility of establishing
the scientific status of sociology in Yugoslav society.
At the same time, the issue introduced is being examined in
relation to the anxiety of the ruling Marxist-Leninst ideology
(— the unquestioned historical materialism), and in relation
to the subject-matter of sociology itself.
The articles written in the interval from 1953 to 1957/8
indirectly indicate the emancipatory tread of sociology with
regard to other social sciences (psychology, science of law
etc.) and Marxism, as well as the inevitable theoretical interference
(decline from the diamant and the theory of
reflection)
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Hrčak ID:
155511
URI
Publication date:
30.6.1989.
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