Curriculum Vitae

Gueorgui Fotev Gueorguiev

Home Address

9, Pierre Degeiter Str. Bl. 3, ap. 5

Sofia, Bulgaria

Office Address

Institute of Sociology,

13-A Moskovska Str.

1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel.: 980-74-76

Personal

Born: August 24, 1941, Dimitrovche, Haskovo district, Bulgaria

Bulgarian citizen, married, two children

Education

1964-1968Sofia University, Philosophy

Biographical Notes

1950Family interned for political reasons by communist regime in Bulgaria

1961-1964Repressive measures taken against me by former totalitarian regime - I was not allowed to apply at any University

1969-1975I was not allowed by the regime to apply for a job at a research institute or a University. I prepared my candidate dissertation on my own, without a scientific adviser and with no financial support from the state or any official institution. Thanks to the fact that some outstanding Bulgarian scholars interceded for me, I was admitted to public defence of my dissertation where a scientific degree was unanimously conferred on me. This was the start in my professional carrer

Professional Carrer

1975Candidate of Philosophical Sciences (Ph D); Dissertation thesis defended at the Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Subject of dissertation: The Sociological Theories of E. Durkheim, V. Pareto, M. Weber (A Critical Comparative Analysis)

1976Research Associate, first degree, at the Institute of Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1977Lecturer in History of Sociology at Sofia University

1983Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Sociology

1986Head of the Department of History of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1987Doctor of Sciences. Subject of dissertation: Social Reality and Imagination

1989Full Professor in Sociology at Sofia University "St.Kliment Ohridski".

1989Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1990Director of the Institute of Sociology

1990-1991Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Bulgaria.

1992Director of the Institute of Sociology

1994Head of the Department of Sociology of Religion and Everiday Life at the Institute of Sociology

1997-1998Fulbright Scholar at Duke University, USA

Professional Attachment

Active Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts (Academia scientiarum et artium Europaea)

Member of the International Academy of Informatization

Member of the International Sociological Association

Member of the International Association of French-speaking Sociologists

Member of the General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Science

Member of the Editorial Board of Sociologicheski problemi journal

Member of the Committee on Sociological Sciences at the Supreme Testimonial Commission

Chairman of the Expert Committee on the development of Bulgarian universities of the Open Society Fund - Sofia

Member of the Faculty Board of the Department of Philosophy of "St.Kl.Ohridski" University of Sofia

Member of the Specialized Council on Sociology at the Supreme Testimonial Commission

Member of the Board of Trustees of the New Bulgarian University - Sofia

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American University in Bulgaria

List of Publications

1971

• • Aspects of Max Weber's Methodology of Social Sciences. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 1, pp. 116-128. (In Bulg.)

1972

• • Principles and Contradictions of Max Webers's Sociology of Politics. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 6, pp. 24-37. (In Bulg.)

1973

• • Time as a Philosophical Problem in Aristotle's "Physics". Filosofska misal, No. 5, pp. 73-82. (In Bulg.)

1974

• • The Problem of Objectivity in the Sociological Method of Emile Durkheim. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 3, pp. 22-32. (In Bulg.)

  • The Structural and Functional Analysis of V. Pareto. Filosofska misal, No. 4, pp. 78-87. (In Bulg.)

1977

• • Herbert Spencer's Sociological Conception of Society as an Organism. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 3, pp. 111-123. (In Bulg.)

1979

• • The Sociological Theories of E. Durkheim, V. Pareto, and M. Weber. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, 270 p. (In Bulg.)

1980

• • "Radical Concreteness" in Phenomenological Sociology. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 5, pp. 121-130. (In Bulg.)

1981

• • The Conception of Social Change in the "Fundamental Order" Framework. In: Social Change and Social Progress. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, pp. 57-64. (In Bulg.)

  • Methodological Principles of Phenomenological Sociology. In: Methodology and Critique. Vol. 3, Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, pp. 164-186. (In Bulg.)

  • Society and Reason. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 5, pp. 101-113. (In Bulg.)

  • "Radical Concreteness" in Phenomenological Sociology. Bulgarski sotsiologicheskii zhurnal, Vol. 4, pp. 58-60. (In Russian)

  • "Radical Concreteness" in Phenomenological Sociology: Substantive-methodological Critical Analysis. Bulgarian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 4, pp. 51-59. (In English)

  • An Empirical Sociological Survey. Bulgarian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 4, pp. 189-190. (In English)

1982

• • The Principles of Positivist Sociology. Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 260 p. (In Bulg.)

  • The Sociological Episteme and the Criterion of Sociological Truth: A Historical and Theoretical Analysis of Key Conceptions. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 2, pp. 53-60. (In Bulg.)

1983

• • The Sociological Episteme and the Criterion of Sociological Truth: A Historical and Theoretical Analysis of Key Conceptions. Bulgarski sotsiologicheskii zhurnal, Vol. 6, pp. 26-33. (In Russian)

  • Subjectivity as a Sociological Problem. Bulgarian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 6, pp. 172-174. (In English)

  • Adaptation, Creativity, and Genius in Modern Psychoanalysis. Bulgarian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 6, pp. 195-196. (In English)

  • The Sociological Episteme and the Criterion of Sociological Truth: A Historical and Theoretical Analysis of Key Conceptions. Bulgarian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 6, pp. 24-31. (In English)

  • Emile Durkheim's Concept of Sociology as Science. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 1, pp. 99-104. (In Bulg.)

1984

• • Max Weber's "Verstehen" Sociology. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 2, pp. 102-109. (In Bulg.)

  • Sociology as "Pure" Science: Vilfredo Pareto. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 3, pp. 68-77. (In Bulg.)

1985

• • An Anthology of Bulgarian Sociological Thought. Vol. 3, (Compiled in co-authorship), Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, 752 p. (In Bulg.)

  • The "Third Line" of Durkheim, Pareto, Weber - Comparative Analysis. In: An Anthology of Bulgarian Sociological Thought. Vol. 3, Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, pp. 654-664. (In Bulg.)

  • Elements of Renaissance Sociality. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 2, pp. 59-67. (In Bulg.)

  • The Challenges of Charles Wright Mills. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 2, pp. 113-125. (In Bulg.)

  • The Renaissance Titanism. Problemi na kulturata, No. 2, pp. 70-80. (In Bulg.)

  • Dilemmas of Existential Sociology. Novo Vreme, No. 7, pp. 95-105. (In Bulg.)

  • Sociology and Social Reconstruction: Karl Mannheim. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 6, pp. 136-149. (In Bulg.)

  • History and Sociology: Methodological Principles. Sotsiologicheski pregled, No. 5, pp. 1-5. (In Bulg.)

1986

• • Social Reality and Imagination. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, 261 p. (In Bulg.)

  • Problems of the Sociology of Work Collective. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, 260 p. (In Bulg.).

  • The "Integralist" Sociology of Pitirim Sorokin. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 4, pp. 114-125. (In Bulg.).

  • Tradition and Modernization. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 5, pp. 51-61. (In Bulg.).

  • Society and Social Change. (Ed.) Sofia: Svyat Publishers, 352 p. (In English).

  • Tradition and Modernization. In: Society and Social Change. Sofia: Svyat Publishers, pp. 265-277. (In English).

1987

• • Basic Ideas in Ferdinand Toennies' Sociology. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 4, pp. 11-120. (In Bulg.).

  • Theory of Social Exchange. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 6, pp. 123-135. (In Bulg.).

1988

• • The Social Efficiency of Sociological Surveys. (Compiled in co-authorship), Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, 332 p. (In Bulg.).

  • Pluralism in the American Theoretical Sociology. Filosofska misal, No. 6, pp. 45-53. (In Bulg.).

  • Marx and Sociology as a Rigorous Science. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 3, p. 3-14. (In Bulg.).

  • Most Recent Tendencies of Sociology in the USA. Filosofska misal, No. 7, pp. 101-108. (In Bulg.).

  • "Hobbes Problem": About Social Order. Politicheska prosveta, No. 10, pp. 70-80. (In Bulg.).

  • Sociology of Managerial Diagnostics. In: Problemi na sotsiologicheskata diagnostika v upravlenieto. Sofia: ISU, pp. 30-40. (In Bulg.).

  • "Rationality" and the "Demon" of Max Weber. Novo Vreme, No. 1, pp. 110-120. (In Bulg.).

  • Sociology and Social Design. In: Social Efficiency of Sociological Surveys. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo, pp. 249-267. (In Bulg.).

1989

• • The Dialectic Sociology of Georges Gurvitch. , No. 5, pp. 122-133. (In Bulg.).

  • Symbolic Interactionism. Yearbook of "St.Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Philosophical Faculty. Sociology, Vol. 82, pp. 5-34. (In Bulg.).

  • Sociological Prospects and Critique. (Compiled in co-authorship), Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 272 p. (In Bulg.).

  • Marxian Analysis of the Social. In: Sociological Prospects and Critique, pp. 37-58. (In Bulg.).

  • The Existential Sociology. In: Sociological Prospects and Critique, pp. 82-102. (In Bulg.).

  • Vie quotidienne et conflits des orientations culturelles. In: Le lien social. Identites personnelles et solidarites collectives dans le monde contemporain. T. I, Universite de Geneve, 1989, pp. 333-341. (in French)

1990

• • The Dramaturgical Sociology of Goffman. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 4, pp. 128-131. (In Bulg.).

  • Philosophic Basis of a Possible Common Sociological Theory of Social Existence. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 1, pp. 124-128. (In Bulg.).

  • The Reflexivity of Modern Sociology. Filosofska misal, No. 1, pp. 71-83. (In Bulg.).

  • Civilization or Civilizations? Savremenni sotsialni teorii, No. 4, pp. 62-73. (In Bulg.).

  • The Cognitive Sociology of Aaron Cicourel. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 2, pp. 118-122. (In Bulg.).

  • Research Dimensions of Bulgarian Sociology Today. (Ed.), Sofia: Svyat Publishers, 271 p. (In English).

  • The Reflexivity of Modern Sociology. In: Research Dimensions of Bulgarian Sociology Today. Sofia: Svyat Publishers, pp. 142-152. (In English).

  • The Ethnic Conflict in Bulgaria - 1989. (Compiled in co-authorship), Sofia: Profizdat, 344 p. (In Bulg.).

1992

• • The Civil Society. Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 100 p. (In Bulg.).

  • The Restructuring of Social World in the Posttotalitarian Society. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 4, p. 3-14. (In Bulg.).

  • Cooperatives - A Bulgarian Perspective. In: The New Entrepreneurs: Self-Employment and Small Business in Europe. (Ed. by P. Leighton and A. Felstead). London: Kogan Page Limited, pp. 343-351. (In English).

  • About the Drama of Sociology at the Edge of Europe: The Case of Bulgaria. In: Emerging Sociology. (Edited by Josef Langer). Aldershot-Brookfield: Avebury, pp. 11-122. (In English).

1993

• • History of Sociology. Vol. 1. Sofia: Sofia University Press, 405 p. (In Bulg.).

  • History of Sociology. Vol. 2. Sofia: Sofia University Press, 685 p. (In Bulg.).

  • The Place of Ethnos in the Socium. Sotsiologicheski pregled, No. 3, pp. 5-12. (In Bulg.).

  • Orthodox Christianity and Islam: Ethnocultural Neighbourhood. Neighbourhood Cultures III, Minsk, Belarus. (In English).

1994

• • The Other Ethnos. Sofia: "Marin Drinov" Publ. House, 223 p. (In Bulg.).

  • Language and Ethnos. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 2, pp. 82-89. (In Bulg.)

  • About Names. Sotsiologicheski pregled, No. 6, pp. 3-7. (In. Bulg.).

  • Prerequisites and Prospects of Ethnic Tolerance. Filosofski alternativi, No. 4, pp. 3-10. (In Bulg.).

  • The Realization of an Utopia: "Wrapping" of Ethnoses and Deethnization. Politicheski izsledvaniya, No. 3, pp. 287-299. (In Bulg.).

  • Orthodox Christianity and Islam. In: Ethnocultural Neighbourhood. Minsk. (In English).

  • The Phenomenon of Balkanization and the Development of Europa Magna. Demokraticheski pregled, No 7, pp. 107-115. (In Bulg.).

  • The Phenomenon of Post-totalitarian Society. In: Sociology in a Society in Transition. Sofia: Bulgarian Sociological Association. pp. 27-34. (In English).

  • Boundaries of the World of Islam. XIII World Congress of Sociology. (In English).

  • Florian Znaniecki: Humanistic Sociology. In: Contemporary American Sociology (Ed.: V.I. Dobrenkova). Moscow: Moscow University Press, pp. 119-131. (In Russian).

  • Herbert Blumer: Symbolic Interactionism. In: Contemporary American Sociology (Ed.: V.I. Dobrenkova). Moscow: Moscow University Press, pp. 146-156. (In Russian).

1995

• • Europa magna - Une alternative a la Balkanisation. Les Balkans et l'Europe - face aux nouveaux defi. Paris, AISLF-IRESCO, pp. 9-17. (In French).

  • Ethnicity, the Nation State and the Diaspora. In: Europa Magna - the Bulgarian Diaspora. Information Bulletin, Special Issue, March. (In Bulg.).

  • Modernity and Religious Identity. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 1, pp. 103-122. (In Bulg.).

  • Political Parties in Bulgaria after the Collapse of Totalitarianism. Newsletter, Issue 2, April. A six month edition of the Balkan Network Consortium. Political and Social Issues on the Balkans. Athens, pp. 9-17. (In English).

  • Religion and History. Dilemmas on the Eve of the 21st Century. Sotsiologicheski problemi, No. 3, pp. 40-54. (in Bulg.).

  • The New Political Elites in the Post-Totalitarian Society. - Newsletter, Issue No 3, Balkan network. Athens, p.3. (In English).

  • The Citizens and the Local Government. BSCHIGP, Sofia, (in co-authorship), 120 p. (In Bulg.)

1996

• • KOIN NIA T N ПОЛIT N. ФIЛI T P. AОHNA.145. (in Greek).

  • KOIN NIКН ПРАГМАТIКОТНТА КАI ФАNTA IA. ЕКДО I - ДЕЛФINI. AОHNA 324. (in Greek).

  • Presidential Primaries: the Bulgarian Experiment. - In: Newsletter, Issue No 5, Balkan network. Athens, pp. 4-11. (In English).

  • Total Crisis and the Reorganization of Society. - In: Jacques Coenen-Hather (ed.). Bulgaria at the Crossroads. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. (In English).

  • The Crisis of Legitimacy. - In: G.Fotev, D.Minev et al. The Bulgarian Economy: Reforms, Changes and Prospects. Sofia, pp. 306-334. (In Bulg.)

  • Universalism and the National State. - In: A.Serafimova (compiler). European and National Identity. Sofia, pp. 57-64; pp. 133-139; pp. 145-147. (In Bulg.)

  • Social Reality and Imagination (Second edition). Idea Publishing House, Stara Zagora. (In Bulg.)

  • Sociological Sources. Anthology. Idea Publishing House, Stara Zagora. (In Bulg.)

  • The Understanding of Sociology. - In: Sociological Sources. Anthology. Idea Publishing House, Stara Zagora. (In Bulg.)

  • Poverty and the Fragmentation of Society. - Democraticheski pregled, No 1, pp. 35-55. (In Bulg.)

  • Globalization, Heterotopy and Education. In: Strategies of the Educational and Science Policy. No 2, pp. 4-10. (In Bulg.)

  • 10 entries in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sociology. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, M8M, Sofia, 1996, p.71. (In Bulg.)

  • The Ethnic Map and Sociopolitical Change in Contemporary Bulgaria. In: Bulgaria in Transition. Papers from the conference held under the auspices of The Centre for Russian & East European Studies at the University of Toronto, p. 27-32.

1997

• • Politics and Ethics. In: Demokraticheski Pregled, book 32, Summer'97, pp. 103-117. (In Bulg.)

  • Bulgaria and Europe. In: Georgiev, M. (ed.) Bulgaria between Europe and Russia. A Scientific Conference, 10-11 October 1997. Bulgarska Sbirka. Sofia, pp. 37-53. (In Bulg.)

  • The Image of Germany in Bulgaria. In: Natev, A. (ed.) Perception and Emancipation. Introductory Studies on German Culture in Bulgaria. К&М, Sofia, pp. 371-380. (In Bulg.)

  • Social Reintegration of the Poor and the Socially Excluded. Role and Functions of the Third Sector in the Conditions of Transition. In: Perspectiva Foundation. Non-governmental Organizations and State Institutions against Poverty. Sofia, pp. 5-15. (In Bulg.)

  • Politics and Ethics. In: Democratic Review, Annual'96/97 Digest, p. 148-164. (In English)

  • "Други" етнос и конституисанье етничке толеранциjе. В: Градина, № 12, с. 202-213. (In Serbian)

1998

• • The Communist and the Post-communist Political Rhetorics. In: Znepolski, I. (ed.) Paul Ricoeur. Philosophy Facing the Challenges of the Changes. House of Studies of Humans and Society, Sofia, pp. 249-264 (In Bulg.).

  • Multiculturality and Globalization: The Mediators Problem. In: Mitev, P.-E. (ed.) The Bulgarian Transition: Challenges and Cognition. Bulgarian Sociological Association. Sofia, p. 7-21 (In English).

  • Political Elites and Quality of Democracy. In: Filozofski Fakultet. Univerzitet u Nisu. Institut za Socioloska Istrazivanja. Strategije Razvoja i Procesi Regionalne Saradnje na Balkanu. Nis, Jugoslavija, 22-23. maj 1998, 12-13 (In English).

  • The Post-Totalitarian Condition of Education. In: Fulbright Newsletter, N 13 April-June 1998, 6-9; N 14, July-September, 1998, 6-9 (In English).

  • The Neighbourhood of the Religious communities in the Balkans. In: Facta Universitatis, Serie Philosophy and Sociology. Ed. G. Zajecaranovic. Vol 2, N 6, University of Nis, 1999, 101-111 (In English).

  • Constituting Civil Society in South Eastern Europe. In: Resurrecting the Phoenix. Proceedings from the Conference on Civil Society in South Eastern Europe: Ethical and Philosophical Perspectives, April 25-27, 1997. Ed. by D.C.Durst, M. Dimitrova, A.Gungov, B. Vassileva. EOS Publishing House, Sofia, 1998, pp. 27-36 (In English).

  • Sources of Sociology. Anthology. Editor Georgi Fotev. Idea, Stara Zagora, 1998, 808 p. (In Bulg.).

  • Understanding of Sociology. In Sources of Sociology. Anthology. Editor Georgi Fotev. Idea, Stara Zagora, 1998, pp. 10-58 (In Bulg.).

  • Social Stratification in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. Editors Georgi Fotev , Yorde Yakimovski. LIK, Sofia, 1998, 128 p. (In Bulgarian and Macedonian).

  • Social Inequalities and Justice. In: Social Stratification in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. Editors Georgi Fotev , Yorde Yakimovski. LIK, Sofia, 1998, pp. 43-57 (In Bulg.).

  • The Post-totalitarian Condition of Higher Education. In: Strategies of Education and Scientific Policy. vol. 3, 1998, pp. 7-19 (In Bulg.).

  • The Multidimensionality and Problematics of Bulgarian Transition. In: Demokraticheski Pregled, book 37, Autumn, 1998, pp. 126-131 (In Bulg.).

  • Freedom. In: Demokraticheski Pregled, book 37, Autumn, 1998, pp. 223-242 (In Bulg.).

1999

• • Crisis of Legitimacy. University Publishing House "St Kliment Ohridski", Sofia. (In Bulg.).

  • Meaning of Politics. Academic Publishing House "Marin Drinov", Sofia. (In Bulg.).

  • Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics. Academic Publishing House "Marin Drinov", Sofia. (In English).