Basic Attitudes of Sociological Knowledge and Social Reality

Abstract

The article presents a number of fundamental basic attitudes of social science contained in its theoretical heritage. In particular, it expressed the position that the majority of classical sociological concepts in its grounds are: progressivistic, egalitarian, anti-consumer and rational. Author gives arguments justifying resonating each of these postulates with subjects of social reality. It is noted that the dissonance between eschatological expectations of renewed state of society and dramatic character of events can influence the nature of perception of educational material in the preparation of professional sociologists. In such a situation, there is still valid difficultly solvable dilemma relating to personal choice: whether to focus on the ethical «core» of sociology, as it is represented by the founders of sociology and current successors of their traditions, or actively explore the skills to take advantage of the interest of different social groups in the use of sociological tools for further development of consumer initiatives, as well as preserving and modifying the practice of social inequalities.