Rozin, V. M. Opposition and Professional Identity as a Form of Social Action

Abstract: The article is devoted to the opposition between the teachers and reformers of Russian education. Teachers believe that school and education are degrading and reformers think that it is being reformed. So the author of this particular article analyzes the current situation and shows that the institution of education actually includes the three different institutions: traditional up-bringing aimed at formation of an educated person and specialist, a new institution of education that is called ‘an open, limited liability institution’ by the author and aimed not only at training specialists but also at granting diplomas and other social symbols (including educational simulacrums), and a new ‘additional’ institution providing the second and the third graduate degrees (it also includes business units and a whole number of new forms of education). The author of the article also explains the difference between personal and social actions and introduces such terms s ‘the leading sociality type’ and ‘general conditions’. In the second part of the article the author discusses the opposition and possible behavior strategy of an individual based on the above mentioned differences and the definition of society.

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