Integral concept of the sociology of life

Integral concept of the sociology of life


Kravchenko S.A.

Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof., Head of the Department of Sociology, MGIMO-University; Chief Researcher, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia sociol7@yandex.ru

ID of the Article: 6824


For citation:

Kravchenko S.A. Integral concept of the sociology of life. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2017. No 8. P. 163-167




Abstract

This book review assesses results of Zh. Toshchenko’s decades-long academic efforts. Conceptually, they are presented in his recent book as sociology of life. Novelty of this concept is discussed emphasizing its integralist character, its openness to further refinements. The offered concept, so reviewer, is well built-in into extant outlines of contemporary social knowledge.


Keywords
integral concept; sociology of life; Zh. Toschenko

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