The formation of a complex society: for humanistic twist

  • Sergey A. Kravchenko the Moscow State Institute of the International Relations (university) of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation sociol7@yandex.ru
How to Cite
Kravchenko S.A. The formation of a complex society: for humanistic twist. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2016. No. 3. P. 141-146. (in Russ.).

Abstract

The author analyzes new vulnerabilities appeared as a result of the becoming of the complex society. It is shown that these vulnerabilities manifest new risks for the functioning of the society and its members. The author argues that the self-sufficiency of a modern society is in real danger. For solving these problems there proposed a humanistic turn that presupposes the integration of Sociology with hard and humanitarian sciences. It will be an intellectual instrument for overcoming the appeared challenges.
Keywords:
complex socium, vulnerabilities, self-sufficiency of a society, unanticipated consequences of openness, new catastrophism in the form of «normal accident», complex risks, humanistic turn

Author Biography

Sergey A. Kravchenko, the Moscow State Institute of the International Relations (university) of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of Sociology

References

Sztompka P. Society in Action: A Theory of Social Becoming. Cambridge, 1991.



Urry J. Climate Change and Society. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2011.



Парсонс Т. О социальных системах. М., 2002.



Giddens A. The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2009.



Кравченко С.А. Становление сложного социума: к обоснованию гуманистической теории сложности. М.: МГИМО-Университет, 2012.



Поппер К. Открытое общество и его враги: в 2 т. М.: Феникс, 1992.



Perrow Ch. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies. Princeton: Princeton Univercity Press, 1999.



Perrow Ch. The Next Catastrophe: Reducing our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011.



Бек К. Общество риска. На пути к другому модерну. М.: Прогресс-традиция, 2000.



Beck U. World at Risk. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010.



Tiryakian E.A. Civilization in the Global Era: One, Many, or None? // Book of Abstracts. XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology. Gotheberg, Sweden: ProQuest, 2010.



Осипов Г.В., Кузык Б.Н., Яковец Ю.В. Перспективы социокультурной динамики и партнерства цивилизаций. М.: Институт экономических стратегий, 2007.
Citation Formats
Other cite formats:

APA
Kravchenko, S. A. (2016). The formation of a complex society: for humanistic twist. Humanities of the South of Russia, (3), 141-146. Retrieved from https://www.jour.fnisc.ru/index.php/hsr/article/view/3550
Section
Conference of the European Sociological Association «The crisis, criticism and change» (28 - 31 August, Turin, Italy)