Society without sociology or sociologists without society

Society without sociology or sociologists without society


Simonyan R.Kh.

Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Chief Researcher of the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia simonyan.renald@yandex.ru

ID of the Article: 5866


For citation:

Simonyan R.Kh. Society without sociology or sociologists without society. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2015. No 12. P. 41-51




Abstract

Russia plays a crucial role in the modern world. Processes in our country have a huge impact on its sustainability and development. The approaching 25th anniversary of reform actualizes the analysis of causes that led to the current state of Russian society, and the establishment of a diagnosis, as a task of sociology as a general social science. The article discusses combination of factors – historical, ideological, ethical, organizational, etc. that impede implementation of this task by social scientists.


Keywords
sociology in Russia and in the West; the disintegration of the general knowledge; diagnosis of the state of society
Content No 12, 2015