Основные этапы формирования молодежной субкультуры в Азербайджане (исторический аспект)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the forms in which the phenomenon of subculture manifested itself and developed in Azerbaijan from the 1980s to 2010, first as part of the USSR, and then during the period of independence. It is noted that in almost all the republics of the former USSR, including Azerbaijan, subcultural social groups were formed, consisting of pro-Western, creative adolescents and youth, which radically differed from official public organizations, pioneer movements and other Soviet ideological lines, were even officially registered under the name of public associations and operated openly. Methods used. The article mainly used the methods of content analysis, the method of generalization, the method of historical analysis and other general scientific methods. Novelty in the article. For the first time in the domestic scientific literature, the issues of the formation and development of the youth subculture in Azerbaijan were subjected to careful analysis. Conclusions. The final part of the article summarizes the analysis of the stages of formation and development of the youth subculture in Azerbaijan, shows the main motives for the emergence of various types of this culture in social and spiritual life. It is also noted that when comparing informal associations in the former USSR with Western subcultural models, first of all, it should be noted that there was censorship in this system, lack of information, inaccessibility of foreign music and periodicals, etc. Due to these factors, the culture of young people was monotonous, dry and gray. Thus, in the examples of 3 types - club, hip-hop and emo, the formation and development of subcultures that existed in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods in Azerbaijan were laid not characteristic of the national mentality of values, forms of behavior and thinking. It is noted that there has always been a chaotic, unstable picture of the subculture in Azerbaijan. In most cases, instead of constancy and staticity, a process of fluidity can be observed in the subcultures of Azerbaijan. This can be seen in the example of almost all subcultural media. In the West, the human subculture is usually both a way of life and a source of income. However, due to the underdevelopment of the phenomenon of subculture in Azerbaijan, carriers of the subculture become a kind of amateurs.