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The article raises the question about the Kantianism of E. T. A. Hoffmann displayed in the story from “The night stories”, which shows that the transcendental reflection as an important gnoseological procedure has important practical sense in the human life. 1. Berkovskij N. Ja. Je. T. A. Gofman // Berkovskij N. Ja. Romantizm v Germanii. SPb., 2001. 2. Gjorres J. Aforizmy ob iskusstve… // Jestetika nemeckih romantikov. M., 1987. 3. Gippel' T. G. fon. Vospominanija o Gofmane // Gofman Je. T. A...

The article examines new lexical units that have appeared in the Russian language as some reflection of COVID-19 spreading across Russia and worldwide as well fundamental changes in social, economic and political life that it has triggered. The pandemic brought about new vocabulary, a number of medical terms and disinfectant names, which have become the most used both in colloquial speech and in the media and Internet discourse. The paper is devoted to the description of the derivatives where the...

This article studies the works of Russian and international scholars to examine German mentality in the transitional period of the reunification of Germany. Another objective is to analyze the search for a new national identity at the turn of the century in the sociocultural context. To this end, the authors conduct a diachronic analysis of the national literary consciousness. The article identifies the psychological, sociocultural, political, and ideological causes of ambivalence in the reception...

The article describes the results of a socio-psychological research of as­sumptions about the future of participants of the World Youth Festival (2017). The authors used the method of associations, which allowed them to reveal structural elements of reality in the future, in 10 years time, as it is im­agined by youth, including the expected changes in society and personality. The authors analyse the data describing gender-specific assumptions about the future. The analysis of international data made...

Based on the materials of ten most-visited popular science groups on the VKontakte social network, this article considers key lexical means to express an author’s opinion. A typology of such means is introduced in the context of analysis. It is concluded that the lexical means used to express an author’s opinion influence the process of deformation and mutual integration of the functional styles of the Russian language. 1. Воронцова Т. А. Речевая агрессия: вторжение в коммуникативное пространство...

The article analyses the formation of social competences in the field of education and social work in Kaliningrad. The author identifies performance indicators according to age and the dynamics of competence formation in representatives of three age groups. The three age groups analyzed demonstrate significant differences in both the overall competence as such and its individual components. The results of the research can be used in education, in the work with asocial adolescents and in the resocialization...

This article discusses the development of social identity in the modern Russian society in the case of the Kaliningrad region. Based on an analysis of the regional public discourse and the data of surveys and case studies, the author considers the process of promoting and imposing a model of normativity and social identity marked as one characteristic of the “overwhelming majority” of citizens, “traditional” for the Russian society, and morally true, but nevertheless contradicting the actual state...

The article describes the results of empirical research of the system of ex-pectations that are associated with a person having a high level of competence in the prosocial cooperation. The method of structured interview followed by a content analysis of the 5 categories revealed the expectations of young people which are part of the preparedness for prosocial activity. The study presents the elements of technology aimed at expectations formation by enhancing global social identity, the prediction...

This article presents a theoretical analysis of the social-cultural factors contributing to the development of intercultural sensitivity of university students. The social environment of students’ training plays an important role in the development of intercultural sensitivity. Of special importance are three aspects: the size of the city or the type of the urban environment where students are study and live; the multicultural features of the environment – both of the city and the university; the...

This paper presents a new approach to increasing the quality of profes-sional education in view of students’ personal characteristics affecting educa-tion results in an information society and considers the experience of its prac-tical application using special software. The authors propose a model and methodology for personalizing professional education making it possible to take into account the conditions of university training that are changing in an information society. 1. Беспалько В. П. Образование...

This article summarises the role of the Web 2.0 technology also known as social network services in the development of informal learning. This article offers a general description of non-formal and informal learning. Special attention is paid to blogging and the use of wki-resoruces as the most popular Internet tools. The author gives their general description and stresses their advantages and disadvantages in the educational context. 1. Шахрай С. М. Напишем историю вместе. URL: http://www.gazeta...

In everyday life, the words "information" and "knowledge" are often used to explain each other, which leads to tautology. In pedagogical literature, the situation is similar. Through comparing the notions of "information" and "knowledge", the author analyses the philosophical and pedagogical approaches to education within the concepts of “information society” and “knowledge society” and discusses the results of misuse of these terms in the context of target...

This article dwells upon the problem of structuring the educational process in an information society. The factors influencing the educational process in an information society are identified in the article. The model of educational process of personalizing students’ education is offered. The efficiency of the personalized e-learning environment educational technology applied by the author is assessed. 1. Загвязинский В. И. Методология и методика научных исследований. М., 1982. 2. Кондратенко...

This article discusses the features of psychological impact of culture (the communicative component of children’s subculture) on social development of a child of an older pre-school age. Children’s subculture should be considered as one of the essential factors of social development of preschool children. 1. Абраменкова В. В. Социальная психология детства: развитие отношений ребенка в детской субкультуре. М., 2000. 2. Буева Л. П. Социальная среда и формирование гармоничной личности. М., 1971...

This article analyses the results of an empirical study of the structure of attitudes towards health behaviour in students of the age of 25—35 carried out with the help of a psychological questionnaire. The author stresses the disharmony in the development of cognitive, emotional-evaluative, and conativebehavioural components of health attitude. The conclusion is made that the prevalence of the cognitive component of the attitude does not ensure a strong attitude towards health behaviour. 1. Журавлева...

This article describes the main directions of cooperation between social workers and mass media. The author shows the role of mass media in social problems. 1.      Головлева Е.   Л. Основы рекламы. М.; Ростов н/Д, 2005. 2.      Гуков Д.   А. Социальная реклама как общественный институт современно­го российского общества // В мире научных открытий. 2010. №   4 (10), ч. 12. 3.      Профессиональный имидж социальной работы и роль СМИ в повышении ее престижа: информ.-аналитический отчет / под...

This article stresses the need for the training of a «moral sociologist», outlines the Weltanschauung of a sociologist, and determines the scope of the methodological and world view levels of their value system. 1. Ананьев Б.   Г. Избр. психол. тр.: в 2 т. М.: Педагогика, 1980. Т. 1. 2. Бездухов В.   П., Бездухов А.   В. Ценностный подход к формированию гума­нистической направленности студента — будущего учителя. Самара: Изд-во СГПУ, 2000. 3. Гегель Г. Энциклопедия философских наук:...

This paper examines socio-cultural implications of individual professional universality of the linguist. This study is to confirm that the formation of professional universality of an individual is an indispensable part of the modern system of higher education 1.  Девятко И.   Ф. Модернизация, глобализация и иституциональный изо­морфизм: к социологической теории глобального общества. М., 2001. 2.  Каган М.   С. Избранные труды в 7 томах. Т. 3: Труды по про­блемам тео­рии культуры. СПб., 2007....

This article analyses the phenomenon of legal consciousness of a future social worker from the pedagogical perspective and determines its features and components. The author presents a model of legal consciousness development in the course of professional social worker training. 1.  Валеева Н.   Ш., Иралин Н.   Б., Асылгареева Д.   Д. Проблемы развития социаль­но-правовой компетентности специалиста по социальной работе в системе по­вышения квалификации // Вестник КТУ. 2010. №   3. С. 171. 2. ...

This article follows the previous publication, which showed the growth of the organized crime in the Soviet period of Russian social history. This part of the article reveals the features of organized criminal activity during the so-called "stagnation period." At the same time, the author emphasizes that the 1980s were the most favorable for the sprawl of organized crime. It was during these years that this type of antisocial activity reached its peak, covering all spheres of social life...

The author identifies and analyzes the dysfunctions generated by the socio-demographic situation in Russia. This study contains a critical analysis of the demographic indicators of the Far Eastern Federal District and Russia as a whole, through which a critical assessment of the region’s current development program and an analysis of its compliance with public expectations are formed. One of the fundamental issues of the study is migration of Russia’s population, because many regions of the country...

The article examines the essence of the geopolitical security phenomenon, studies the specifics of the geopolitical security of modern Russia. The main threats and vulnerabilities affecting the current state of Russia’s geopolitical security are highlighted. The author determines necessity, content and structure of the process of monitoring the geopolitical security of our country. As a part of monitoring the process of threats and vulnerabilities development, it is proposed to use such sociological...

The article touches upon the issue of state-civil identity of student youth. Theoretical analysis of the provisions of social constructivism made the author focus on the fact that state-civil identity is an element of the value component in the structure of the political consciousness ethnopolitical construct of the subjects of politics. Through the implementation of a comprehensive socio-political study, an assessment of the level of state-civil identity of student youth in some federal districts...

In this article, I consider the legal aspects of the EU policy on the integration of immigrants into the host society. The current EU basic law does not give the Union the power to issue legislative acts aimed at harmonizing national rules for the integration of immigrants. However, in the aftermath of the migrant crisis in Europe, this problem has been receiving increased attention. I systematize legal instruments for immigrant integration, analyse the conditions of the system formation, emphasize...

The article develops an ‘ideal city’ theme and focuses on the relationships of its statics and dynamics in a mobile local-global context. The author offers the defini­tions of these two notions under historical and modern conditions, and determines the specificity of the ‘ideal city’ as a complex socio-biotechnical system both dependent on the scale of it (local, na­tional, global) and its posi­tion within the dynamic global whole. Then, the ideal city notion is analyzed in two aspects: as a channel...

This article describes a legislative framework for a new model of higher education institutions, oriented towards business and innovation. The author offers practical recommendations for the development of competitive socioentrepreneurial innovation-based universities. It is shown that the new generation university should be formed on the basis of the socio-entrepreneurial ideology. 1. Антонова А. Великобритания: новый Закон о компаниях. Основные новеллы, практика применения // GSL. URL: http://qps...

This article analyses Robert Merton’s and Thomas Kuhn’s approaches to the concept of paradigm. Whereas Merton identifies the function of a paradigm in analysing data obtained within a social study, Kuhn considers a paradigm as a key notion at a certain stage of the development of science – that of normal science. It is stressed that, despite differences in approaches, the theories do not contradict but rather complement each other. 1. Mamedov A. K., Rybakova V. V. Scientific problem as a factor...

The article presents the author’s view on modelling an expert system through the implementation of one of social paradigms. Such categories as ‘governance’, ‘leadership’, and ‘leadership management’ are identified as indicators of management interactions. Each of the categories is operationalized and provided with a detailed description, which includes autonomous social resources supporting effective governance in the situation of organizational interactions. 1. Рогатин В. П. Психология контекстного...

This article considers the empirical operationalization of basic indicators of social and administrative expert system. These indicators include management, leadership, and leading management. The authors analyze the dynamics of manifestations of these indicators. It is concluded that the modern process of organizational management evolves towards using management resources focusing on the social aspects of intra-organizational interactions. 1. Жуковская В., Мучник И. Факторный анализ в социально-экономических...

This article examines transformation of the social administrative resources through different historical periods. The author suggests criteria for analyzing evolution of scientific views on public administration: sociological time and the volume of the social ties. On the basis of these criteria, the author identifies the stages of cardinal changes in public administration. The optimum administrative model is suggested for each of these stages. The article emphasizes the dependence of the changes...

This article analyses the major ideological campaigns of 1946—1953 on the basis of earlier unknown materials from the archival funds of Kaliningrad kolkhozes. The author considers the influence of campaigns on the mass consciousness of peasants and their social behaviour from the perspective of «everyday history». Special attention is paid to the ideas of rural residents about themselves and the word, and their reaction to major social and political events. The author comes to a conclusion that,...

The law of the Kaliningrad region On the Procedure of Recognising a Citizen as a Person with Low Income for the Purpose of Providing Municipal Accommodation in the Framework of a Social Rent Contract serves as a basis for the consideration of issues of introducing a mechanism of assessing the level of a citizen’s income and the value of their property for the purpose of recognising them as persons with low income and providing them with municipal accommodation in the framework of a social rent contract...

This article analyses the theoretical framework of studying suicide as a social phenomenon. The author examines the social grounds for suicide in the concepts of E. Durkheim, R. Merton, A. Schopenhauer, and E. Fromm and described the methodological principles of studying suicide as a social practice in the sociological discourse of deviant behavior. 1. Кант И. Метафизика нравов в двух частях // И. Кант. Соч. : в 6 т. М.,1965. Т. 4, ч. 2. С. 107—438. 2. Кант И. Основы метафизики нравственности...

Critical objections to applying social contract theories towards Russian social and political reality are being analyzed, categorized and challenged. 1.  Аузан А.   А. Мы так не договаривались. URL: http://esquire.ru/auzan 2.  Аузан А.   А. Самодержавие крепостных: современные границы и возможности преодоления // Индекс. 2007. №   26. URL : http://www.index.org.ru/journal/ 26/auz26.html 3.  Ибн Хальдун. Мукаддима // Историко-философский ежегодник 2007. М., 2008. 4.  Надточий Э. Асабия-давла-мулк...

This article considers different methodological approaches to research on anomie. The author analyses Durkheim’s approach to social pathology and the application of P. Sztompka’s concept of cultural trauma. Special attention is paid to R. Merton’s theory of anomie and strain and D. Murphy and M. Robinson’s concept of maximization. At the same time, the author takes into account the specific features of post-communist transformations, Polish and Russian experience of overcoming social unrest relating...

This article described the advantages state commissioning social services as a mechanism to implement regional social and economic policy and emphasizes the need to apply criterion-based approach to choosing tender winners. 1. О размещении заказов на поставку товаров, выполнение работ, оказание услуг для государственных и муниципальных нужд: федеральный закон от 21.07.2005 № 94-ФЗ. [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс». 2. О Конкурсном агентстве Калининградской...

This article focuses on the specific features of a study into social pathologies in Russian sociology. The author emphasises that the addressing of moral problems is a tradition of Russian social thought. 1.  Лавров П.   Л . Избранные сочинения: в 2 т. Т. 1: Задачи позитивизма и их решение. М., 1965. 2.  Соловьев В.   С. Критика отвлеченных начал: в 2 т. Т. 1. М.,1988. 3.  Франк С. Л . Сущность и ведущие мотивы русской философии // Фило­софы России XIX—ХХ столетий: биографии, идеи, труды...

This article is devoted to the analysis of influence of a certain set of factors on human capital reproduction financing. The basic factors are as follows: demographical factor, public sector development level, technological development, labor market situation, political factor, and the state of economy. 1.  Демографический ежегодник: стат. сб. Калининград, 2010. 2.  Казарян М.   А. Факторы воспроизводства человеческого капитала // Эко­номические науки. 2008. №   45. С. 455—459. 3.  Калининградская...

This article is an attempt at a comparative analysis of legal documents regulating social services commissioning in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, the authors specify the concept of the given form of interaction of public authorities and noncommercial organizations and describe the advantages of social services commissioning as a mechanism of the implementation of regional socioeconomic policy. 1.  О взаимодействии органов государственной власти Калининградской...

The article discusses the emergence and development of geo-demographic research in Russia, the US and Europe. It was concluded that despite the differences in purpose and nature of this kind of research, the geo-demographic classification remains the primary methodology in the analysis of geodemographic situation. The cluster analysis is applied to study territorial differentiation of geo-demographic development of the Kaliningrad region. 1. Sleight P. Targeting customers: How to use geodemographic...