Sociology of the War: Ukrainian Context

Abstract

The article raises the question of finding methodological, methodical, categorical foundation for a new direction for the Ukrainian Sociology - Sociology of war. Given the general outlines of the industry sociological knowledge: the nature, objects, features, main directions of transformation qualitatively new trends of armed struggle, the consequences of military action in the context of the events that take place at the Donbas. It is proved that the war as a social phenomenon has two dialectically related parties: the socio-political and military-technical. The first shows you who and what is in the name of military action, and the second reflects the material and human resources that are used in the war. It is alleged that the anti-terrorist operation has long been turned into a so-called «hybrid» war on its members and methods of warfare. The major component of this war is information warfare, which are in the process of simulacra, having nothing to do with reality, but to destroy and deform the minds of millions of people.