The basic ideas of constructing a methodological concept of sociality

Abstract

The article discusses the crisis situation in sociology and, in connection with this, offers a number of ideas aimed at building a methodological concept of sociality. It is noted that the crisis in sociology is due to the transition of sociological research to interdisciplinary research. The principles (methodological, cultural-historical, phenomenological) that characterize the author's approach are formulated. This approach is compared with the sociological one. In the latter four characteristics are distinguished: 1) an evaluation characteristic of sociality and an indication of the type of social action aimed at changing sociality, 2) a description of the mass behavior of people and the social order that determines this behavior, 3) an orientation toward studying sociality and describing the "social nature" 4) consideration of sociality only as a phenomenon of modern culture (this approach is opposed by the author to the cultural and historical interpretation of sociality). In conclusion, the author outlines the stages of research and the construction of a methodological concept of sociality.