The Post-Soviet transformation of the philosophical discourse in Baltic countries II

The second part of this paper presents the interpretation of bibliometric data about the philosophi­cal discourses in three Baltic countries (1955–2011) concerning the philosophical disciplines, branches, and authors of the texts. The scope, growth rate and productivity of these discourses during above mentioned period are explicated. The structural changes of the philosophical movements in three Baltic countries are explained and compared employing the scheme of orientations of post-soviet transformation (mimetic, continuational, restitutive, and innovative) used in historical and sociological comparative research. Several hypotheses about the consolidation, growth rate, and distinctions of post-soviet transformation of philosophical discourses are proposed