Practices and discourses of internationalisation
This article studies the internationalisation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) social sciences and humanities (SSH) through the example of sociology in the three post-Soviet Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. While comparing sociol...
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| Formaat: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Taal: | Anglais |
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Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines
2022
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | This article studies the internationalisation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) social sciences and humanities (SSH) through the example of sociology in the three post-Soviet Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. While comparing sociologists’ practices and discourses, the article analyses how the injunction to internationalise was seized by scholars in the perspective of their professional socialisation and national science policies. It shows that Soviet-era resources were converted and reused for consolidating international collaboration in the new political context. At the same time, internationalisation was used symbolically to perpetuate and reinforce the national character of sociology. This article questions the binary opposition between ‘ideological’ and ‘professional’ sociologists during the Soviet era, and thus contributes to a better understanding of the idiosyncratic development of SSH in CEE countries. |
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