1. Socio-Historical Preliminaries. - 2. Early Sociology Workshops, 1900-1918. - 3. Rise and Fall: From Messianic Expectations to the 'Christian Regime', 1918-1945. - 4. A New Start: Years of Transition After 1945, Sovietization and Its Aftermath. - 5. The Reconstruction of the Social Sciences After Stalinism, 1963-1989. - 6. After Socialism: Comparisons Between the Past and the Present. - 7. Conclusion.