Orlova E.A. What for Do We Need Sociology of Culture?

Abstract: The subject of the research is the factors that conditioned the development of the sociology of culture. The object of the research is the concepts and definitions of culture in social studies and cultural anthropology. The author examines such aspects of the topic as overcoming disciplinary differences, special attention to the sociocultural dynamics, transfer from the subject-object interpretation of the sociocultural reality towards intersubjective one and refusal of substantialism in culture and society. Special attention is paid to the development of the contemporary sociology of culture as a response to the cognitive paradigm shift. Analysis of the contents of the concept (definition) of culture in social studies and anthropology and dynamic analysis of the changes of the matter of social studies as a result of changes in the definition of culture are analyzed. The main contribution of the research is the statement of the demand for the modern variant of the sciology of culture. The author's contribution to the topic is the analysis of the factors that determine the development of the contemporary sociology of culture. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author views the topic in terms of the cognitive paradigm shift and as part of social studies.   

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