Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2008 1 (1)

Authors

Nemirovskiy, Valentin G.

Contact information

Siberian Federal University, Svobodny av., 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia, e-mail:

Keywords

theoretical sociology, post-non-classical sociology, synergetics, diatropics, the methodological principle of minimum universum

Abstract

The paper deals with the theoretical-methodological foundations of post-non-classical approaches in contemporary Russian sociology. At the end of the 20th /beginning of the 21st century, Russian sociology began shifting to the post-non-classical stage of its development. A significant number of monographs, textbooks and articles, published in leading scientific journals, deal with different aspects of these new approaches in sociology. The school of post-non-classical sociology emerged in Russia at the end of the 1980s. Since then more than 25 doctoral theses have been written on this subject. The genesis of post-non-classical approaches in sociology is concerned with the formation of a new scientific worldview. It no longer sees an individual as an exceptionally rational being, but considers him in the unity of his conscious and unconscious, his rational and emotional manifestations. The socio-engineering function of sociology also increases. Post-non-classical sociology pays attention to qualitative research methods and applies methods of mathematical statistics for quantitive data analysis. New original methods of analysis have been developed on the basis of post-non-classical sociology as well. Post-non-classical approaches in contemporary sociology allow unknown tendencies in social development to be revealed and efficient social forecasts to be formulated.

Pages

77-90

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/645

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