The demand for humanistic turn in sociology

Abstract

The article considers the problem of entry of humanity into the complex society, the essential feature of which is the nonlinear formation, with associated risks, shocks, breaks and paradoxes. The author argues that the proper interpretation of these processes makes necessary the humanistic turn in sociology. Interdisciplinary humanistic theory of complexity is able to justify approaches to the implementation of humanistically oriented modernization of the Russian society.

Keywords

• complex society
• “the arrow of the time”
• becoming
• reflexivity
• neodeterminism
• humanistic turn