ПРОБЛЕМА ОБЩЕЙ ПОНЯТИЙНОЙ СХЕМЫ ОПИСАНИЯ КОНФЛИКТОВ

Abstract

The article substantiates a need to develop a common conceptual and categorical apparatus of conflict resolution. Statistical data on the number of doctoral and master's theses defended in 17 branches of conflict resolution are given. As a possible variant of the general conceptual scheme for describing conflicts, groups of concepts are proposed that characterize: the essence of conflicts; their classification; structure; function dynamics; evolution; genesis; information analysis; prevention and prevention; completion principles and methods of diagnosis (research); indicators, criteria, assessment indicators. The role of risk is described as one of the important characteristics of the interaction of the warring parties. Briefly substantiates the need to study intrapersonal conflicts and zooconflicts as additional components in the object of conflict management, in which social conflict is central. The destructive and constructive functions of social conflicts are revealed. The nature of the evolution of the annual number of dissertations defended on conflict issues from 1949 to the present is described. It is concluded that the rapid reduction in the number of defended dissertations after 2005 is probably due to the exhaustion of the explanatory potential of the primary paradigms of conflict research in the branches of conflict management in the 20th century. The hypothesis is formulated that the development of a general conceptual scheme for describing conflicts can contribute: firstly, to a qualitative leap in the creation of a general theory of conflicts; secondly, a noticeable increase in the theoretical and applied level of training of conflictologists; thirdly, a significant increase in the effectiveness of their work in managing real conflicts. A proposal is made to hold an interdisciplinary discussion on the issue of a general conceptual framework for describing conflicts on the pages of the journal “Conflictology”.