Социологические сюжеты в «Вестнике психологии, криминальной антропологии и гипнотизма» (1904–1919)

Abstract

This article concentrates on exposure and analysis of sociological plots in the “Annals of Psychology, Criminal Anthropology and Hypnotism” (“Vestnik psikhologii, kriminal'noi antropologii i gipnotizma”) magazine (1904–1919). The magazine was an official press body of the Psychoneurological Institute. It was the only Institute in the Russian Empire which had the chair of sociology. It was one of the first magazines where the founders and authors addressed the study of social processes and phenomena. In this magazine, they published works that later became fruits of unique and promising collaboration between outstanding scientists of various specializations who were striving to “understand human nature”... That is a motto of the magazine formulated by V.M. Bechterev. In the framework of this educational and scientific center, an effort was made to organize and unite specialists in various disciplines (creative efforts by historians М.М. Kovalevskiy, N.I. Kareev, psychologists V.M. Bechterev, V.А. Wagner, “the first professional sociologists” P.А. Sorokin, K.М. Tachtarev, etc.) and to establish experimental studying of different aspects of society and people activities (social psychology, reflexology of social groups, how profession impacts individuals behavior, etc.). “Annals of Psychology, Criminal Anthropology and Hypnotism” magazine had become the tool of communication which they used to talk about their intellectual achievements. It also served as a field for discussions. In 1912, this magazine was named “Annals of Psychology, Criminal Anthropology and Hypnotism”. It was the magazine P.A. Sorokin chose to publish his works in the early stage of his brilliant scientific career. Authors of the magazine also included P.F. Kapterev, N.I. Kareev and N.D. Kondratev. The article concludes that the magazine played a major role in the process of sociology institutionalization and self-identification in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.