Socio-cultural Processes in Society

Major: Sociology
Code of subject: 8.054.00.M.015
Credits: 3.00
Department: Sociology and Social Work
Lecturer: assistant. Yatsyshyn Ihor Ihorovych
Semester: 2 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Zn5. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the philosophical methodology of scientific knowledge, psychological and pedagogical aspects of professional and scientific activities, own scientific worldview and moral and cultural values. Um4. Apply a systematic approach, integrating knowledge from other disciplines in the process of solving theoretical and applied problems in the chosen field of research. Um5. To combine theory and practice in developing a strategy of analysis and decision-making, solving scientific and applied problems, taking into account universal values, public and state interests. AiV2. Ability to adapt to new conditions, to make professional decisions independently.
Required prior and related subjects: prerequisites: • Research seminar in the field of sociology and social work • Analytical and numerical methods of research of social problems co-requisites: • Research on the topic of the dissertation • Publication and testing of research results
Summary of the subject: Research of sociocultural processes in sociology: subject, principles, approaches. "Sociocultural" as a binary category, the unity of social and cultural. The concept of socio-cultural process. Problems of socio-cultural processes in the context of the history of sociological knowledge. Sociocultural analysis in the works of S. L. Montesquieu, O. Comte, G. Spencer, E. Taylor, L. Morgan, E. Durkheim, M. Weber, G. Simmel, F. Tonis, K. Mannheim, P. Sorokina. Theoretical dimensions of the study of socio-cultural processes in modern sociology: T. Parsons, R. Merton, Frankfurt School, A. Schutz, E. Hoffmann, M. Foucault, P. Bourdieu, J. Baudrillard, J. Alexander. Culture as a factor of social interactions and human social behavior. The importance of culture for the formation of personality. Identity and culture. Socio-cultural institutions of society. Origin and development of socio-cultural systems. Sociocultural dynamics. Sources and factors of socio-cultural dynamics. Short-term and long-term socio-cultural processes. The concept of cultural lag. Cultural accumulation and cultural depletion. Cultural integration and cultural diversification. Cultural diffusion. Acculturation and inculturation as ways of sociocultural adaptation. Cultural assimilation. The problem of intercultural dialogue: the role of cultural contacts. Historical dynamics of culture. Features of socio-cultural processes in traditional and modern societies. Sociocultural aspects of modernization of society: secularization, rationalization, cultural differentiation. Sociocultural consequences of urbanization and industrialization. Mass culture as a modern phenomenon. Theoretical understanding of socio-cultural changes of the second half of the XX - early XXI century: D. Bell, E. Giddens, J.-F. Lyotard, J. Baudrillard, F. Jamison, Z. Bauman, J. Ritzer, M. Castells. Post-industrial society and its socio-cultural characteristics. Identity crisis and postmodernity. Sociocultural dimensions of the postmodern era. Sociocultural aspects of globalization. Cultural globalization and cultural localization. Informatization and virtualization of society as factors of socio-cultural transformation.
Assessment methods and criteria: • oral interview, participation in discussions, abstracts (40%) • final control (control measure, exam): written form (60%)
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