Social Sciences and „The Nation’s Science”. Some considerations

Abstract

This article focuses on the contributions of the Monographic School members to social sciences in Romania of the interwar period. The main theories and methodologies configured and applied by these scientists are presented in broader, comparative, international frames. We aim to approach general analytical and interpretive trends in the social sciences of that period, emphasizing, in particular, the relation between the monographists’ sociology and cultural/social anthropology. We also intend to assess the original views, interpretations, social analyzes profiled in the frames of this School.

Keywords

• Monographic School
• sociology as science of nation
• functionalism
• vitalism
• methodology
• fieldwork
• research teams