Algunos elementos sobre el intento de institucionalizar una tradición sociológica científica y reformista en España (1931-1936)Algunos elementos sobre el intento de institucionalizar una tradición sociológica científica y reformista en España (1931-1936)

Abstract

In this article, we will examine and interpret the state of sociology before the Spanish Civil War. The hypothesis of this work is that before the military uprising of July 1936 this social science was able to assume a degree of specialization necessary for teaching, for empirical research and to lead reform practices. Mainly because sociology, despite being a relatively young discipline, joined the project of social and political modernization that took Spanish science during the first third of the twentieth century. Observe, therefore, the prominent role of some names, such as Adolfo Posada, Francisco Ayala and José Medina Echavarría, who tried to build a scientific and sociological reformist tradition.