georgy fotev's studies in the field of history of sociology encompass the classics of sociology and the development of the western sociological tradition from antiquity to the end of the 20th century. his books the sociological theories of e. durkheim, m. weber, and v. pareto. a critical comparative analysis, principles of positivist sociology, and many of his articles and studies are devoted to classical names in sociology. in his monumental two-volume work history of sociology (two editions) he makes the distinction between proto-sociology and the development of sociology as a differentiated and poly-paradigmatic science.