The Influence of Ideology on the Research about the Class Structures
The Influence of Ideology on the Research about the Class Structures

Summary/Abstract: Ideology is an important determinant of sociological research. The influence of ideology is particularly present in studies of class-layered structure of society. This effect can best be shown in the example of our sociologists. They were operating on the assumption that there was the possible development towards a classless communist society. In line with this assumption they were creating more or less developed theoretical and hypothetical frameworks for research on classlayered structure of society, with a high degree of caution given the strong presence of the ideological thinking. In the situation of the prevailing ideological opinions our social scientists had to develop a strategy to promote scientific thinking. Today, the sociology is also in the unenviable position. It is burdened by a neoliberal ideology that does not see the society as a separate entity. Social scientists are pushed into the background of the ideology of those who have a current social power in order to be realized.

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