The Role of Slovenian Sociologists in Shaping National Imaginary Through Discursive Practices

This chapter explores how Slovenian sociology influenced the national identity within cultural, political, and economic contexts, using cultural political economy concepts. It emphasizes sociology’s role in post-socialist transformations from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The authors analyze trends in two Slovenian social science peer-reviewed journals. The analysis concludes the main topics of scientific endeavors were social inequality, lifestyles, feminism, and welfare state issues. Sociological scientists thus played an influential role in shaping the social transformation within the first decades of Slovenian independence. It is also detected that the Slovenian sociological community is actively engaged and well-connected to other professional circles, especially in politics.