Sociology in Greece: Its History and Development
In: Sociology Transformed
1 An Incubation Era: 1900–1944 -- Sociology as Social Reform: Alexandros Papanastasiou and 'the Sociologists' -- The Sociological Society -- The Sociologists' Theoretical Aspirations -- 'Protosociologists' Avrotelis Eleftheropoulos (1869–1963), Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902–1986) and Evangelos Lembesis (1904–1968) -- Avrotelis Eleftheropoulos: Extolling Individualism -- The Heidelberg Circle and Kanellopoulos' Idea of Sociology -- Evangelos Lembesis: Sociologist of 'Ressentiment' -- References -- 2 From Academic Uncertainty to the Birth of Empirical Research: 1944–1974 -- From Social Welfare to Sociology: 1945–1962 -- The Emergence of Social Research and Greek Modernization -- The Athens Social Sciences Centre: 1959–1967 -- The National Centre of Social Research: 1968–1974 -- References -- 3 Institutionalization and Re-politicization Amid Modernization and Dependency: 1974–1990 -- The Debate on the Greek Social Formation After 1974: The Turn to Dependency and Underdevelopment -- International Capitalism as the Decisive Element in Underdevelopment: Vergopoulos and Poulantzas -- Vassilis Filias: Social Classes in Underdevelopment -- Constantinos Tsoukalas: Periphery and Underdevelopment— From Class Structure to Class Relations -- Nicos Mouzelis and the Capitalist Mode of Production as an Enclave Form -- Institutional Developments: 1974–1990 -- References -- 4 Boundary Challenges from Abroad and from Neighbouring Disciplines -- 'Sociology in Greece': Prolegomena on Re-classification Issues -- Cornelius Castoriadis: Sociological Contribution and Legacy in Greece -- The 1944 Writings -- The Imaginary Institution of Society (1975) -- Influence and Presence in Greece -- Nicos Poulantzas: Sociological Contribution and Legacy in Greece -- The 'Miliband-Poulantzas' Debate -- The 1966 'Class and the State' Lectures/Seminars and the 1976–1977 Lectures at Panteion University -- The 'Poulantzas-Castoriadis' Polemic -- Sociological Theory Input from Neighbouring Disciplines and Scholars -- Panagiotis Kondylis -- Kondylis' Sociologically Informed and Incomplete The Political and Man -- Kondylis' Sociological Diagnostics -- The Kosmas Psychopedis Axiologika Interdisciplinary Group -- References -- 5 Greek Sociology's Interdisciplinary and Multiparadigmatic Shift: 1990–2000 -- Reconstructing Sociological Theory: Nicos Mouzelis -- Interdisciplinarity: Sociology's Identity Already in Doubt? -- Sociology in Public and Virtual Spaces -- Sociology Journals and Research Centres -- Greek TV's Mission Impossible: Disseminating Sociology to a Wider public Public (1) -- Multi-paradigmatic Post-Modernism: Veltsos' Non-sociology -- Greek Sociology's Steady Growth -- References -- 6 Sociology in Greece After 2000: The Discipline in Face of Crises -- The Crisis in Greece and the Crisis of Sociology? -- Greece's Crises: In Search of the 'Intermediate' Way? -- Greek Sociology's Struggle for a Public Audience -- The Journals Landscape -- The Translations Landscape -- Greek TV's Mission Impossible: Disseminating Sociology to a Wider Public (2) -- Recent Developments and Mouzelis' and Tsoukalas' Latest Works -- Mouzelis' Late Works -- Tsoukalas' Recent Diagnostic Sociology -- The Sociology of Sociology in Greece: The Work of Lambiri-Dimaki -- Further International Reach -- The 'Hellenic Sociological Society' -- The Current Profile of Sociology Departments in Greece -- References -- Conclusion.