Tranzicioni i munguar: Deskriptivizmi empiriko-historicist kundrejt qasjes kritiko-analitike në shkencat sociale shqiptare
The missing transition. Empiricist-Historical Descriptivism versus the Critical-Analytical Approach in Albanian Social Sciences
Author(s): Enika AbaziSubject(s): Social Sciences, Methodology and research technology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism
Published by: Shtëpia botuese “UET Press”
Keywords: Albania; communist regime; social sciences; methodology; transition; Empiricist-Historical Descriptivism; Critical-Analytical Approach;
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses mainly on the influence, during the period of communist regime, of the materialist and empiricist approaches used as a method to legitimize Socialism in Albania. The inherited legacy of this methodology during the years to transition marks a missed opportunity to adopt critical thinking in social sciences. Such an approach would have served contemporary social sciences and humanities in Albania as a way out to transform themselves and Albanian social reality to contemporary standards.
Journal: Polis
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 63-75
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Albanian