Introduction 9 // 1 Where does Central Europe start and end, and what is // Central European sociology? 15 // 1.1 Genealogy of the concept 15 // 1.2 Defining Central European sociology 20 // 2 Ute beginnings of teaching sociology at universities 29 // 3 Scientific institutions: informal scientific associations, scholarly societies, scientific institutes 40 // 3.1 Informal scientific associations 41 // 3.2 Academic societies 45 // 3.3 Research institutes managed “from above” 51 // 4 Sociological Journals 60 // 4.1 Specialized sociological journals 64 // 4.1.1 The first Czech, Polish and Slovak sociological journals in the light of content analysis 67 // 4.1.2 Ihc Czech and Slovak sociological journals in the period after WWII and before the onset of marxism 74 // 5 Conclusion: A comparative perspective on the institutionalisation of Central European sociology 80 // Annotated Bibliography 98 // Zusammenfassung 103 // References 109 // Name index 120