DOI: 10.25136/2409-8728.2018.1.21918

Abstract: The subject of this research is the specification of philosophical paradigm of interrelated imbalances. At the same time, the goal lies not just in introduction of a new philosophical paradigm to the scientific discourse, but the specification of the very essence of interrelated social imbalances and their role in social development. Due to the various interpretations of imbalances in different sciences, there has not been yet a universal definition and the philosophical paradigm as such. The author, in turn, suggests that many of the disparate imbalances are interrelated at the conceptual level. For achieving the set goal, the author had analyzed the sources that define imbalances in various spheres, concepts of social agreement and political realism, as well as certain aspects of the contemporary socio-philosophical development. A conclusion is formulated that the structural analysis of social imbalances simultaneously represents a disaccord of the trends alongside various quantitative and qualitative indexes that define social development; preponderance of the separate population groups or type of production activities; as well as certain state of society, combination of the internal and external contradictions that do not allow the development within the predictable mode.

DOI: 10.7256/2409-8728.2016.12.2030

Abstract: The subject of this article is the philosophical analysis of cyclic development of society, particularly crisis phenomena in sociological and economic context. It is demonstrated that with the development of philosophical, economic, and sociological thought the definition of crises, as well as the very attitude towards them undergone certain changes. The author pursues correlation between the cyclic devilment and the crises phenomena. The goal of this work consists in specification of the main approaches towards anthropogenic crises and impact upon them. The works of Spengler, Toynbee, Jaspers, Marx, Keynes, Toffler, and others, dedicated to the topic of crises are being analyzed. During the course of this research the author highlights the three existing paradigms in the area of social crises:  formalization of crises and their primary causes; formation of the concept regarding overcoming of the crises; formulation of concepts on leveling the cyclic fluctuations. The article demonstrates the evolution of fundamental philosophical paradigm that lies in the conceptual determination of crises. In the result, the new philosophical approach is being proposed – management of the crises phenomena, the main goal of which consists in desynchronization of the cyclic process that will lead to the decrease in social importance of each of the separately examined crisis.  

DOI: 10.7256/2409-7144.2016.12.2030

Abstract: The subject of this article is the crucial regularities that are formulated by the philosophers and other scholars in the area of emergence and development of structural social crises, as well as a brief analysis of the commonness of the important crises in the history of humanity: collapse of the Roman Empire, Great Depression, and collapse of the Soviet Union – as the reflections of theoretical concepts. The goal of this research is the specificity of regularities of emergence and development of the structural social crises. The author particularly analyzes the works of Spengler, Toynbee, Toffler, Jaspers, Sorokin, Marx, Keynes, and other accomplished scholars. The acquired results are compared to the most significant social crisis in the history of humanity. For achieving of the set goal, the author analyzes the theoretical most important concepts in the field of crisis phenomena. The conclusion is made that different authors indicated various causes of the crisis phenomena; however, several key regularities can be determined. Particularly, excessiveness of any social processes, including economic and advancement of any technologies, as well as additional interconnections between different areas of social life that define their interdependence. In addition to that, one of the main reasons of crises consists in artificially created, as the result of social development, subordination of certain elements to others, which does not exist at essential level. The results acquired during the course of this research can be applied in social and humanitarian sciences for the better understanding of crisis phenomena, processes of their occurrence and development, as well as search for the ways to stabilize the social development.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0757.2016.12.20305

Abstract: The subject of this article is the philosophical analysis of the artificial and natural in structural crises and social development. The goal of this work consists in the answer to the question about preservation of the natural component in social development and crisis phenomena, as well as role of the natural within modern social dynamics and anthropogenic crises. The author also analyzes the achievements in the area of overcoming crises and leveling of the cyclic fluctuations. The important part of the conducted analysis consists in the philosophical bases of economic theories that are associated with the cyclic development and crises phenomena. For the purpose of obtaining the set task, the article examines the key concepts of the leveling of cyclic fluctuations and practical results of their realization. In the result of this research it is determined that when humanity learns to overcome the structural crises of misbalances of the same type, the unresolved philosophical alongside moral-ethical issues, change the form of origination of the crises, but its conceptual content remains consistent. Naturalness of the crisis phenomena that takes its roots in human nature, in many ways supersedes the leveling of the cyclic fluctuations. Moreover, only the crises associated with the current level of development of society and technologies are relevant during the each of the eras of social development.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0684.2016.11.21238

Abstract: The subject of this article is the socio-philosophical analysis of modern information society based on the development of computer technologies and telecommunication, as well as the content created with their help in the context of postmodernism. The analysis touches upon such aspects of social development as activity of the corporations, social interactions, subcultures, use of information technologies, and meaningfulness of the created content. The goal of this work consists in determination of regularity of the development of information society in the context of postmodernism, which includes the processes of increase and decrease of the volume of information and originated by them information space. Within the framework of the conducted analysis, the author appeals to the works of sociologist, economists, philosophers, and psychologists, specifying the commonness of social processes. The author concludes that one of the main characteristics of modern society lies in dualism of the simultaneous complication of technical devices and originated by them social structures, and simplification for the user that leads to the decrease of reflection and emotional perception of the reality. At the same time, the competition is shifted into the space of ideas and consumer perception. In result, protecting their “territories”, corporations and various subcultures encourage the increase in social disunity.