УКРАЇНСЬКА СОЦІОЛОГІЯ ЗА РАДЯНСЬКИХ ЧАСІВ: ІСНУВАННЯ ПОПРИ ПЕРЕПОНИ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the existence and development of domestic sociological science in the Soviet period. The author tries to prove that even during the totalitarian regime sociology tried to develop. Thus, the development of sociological science, which slowed down greatly during the totalitarian regime, intensified in the era of the "thaw", when thousands of scientists in the USSR were attracted in so-called "social forecasting", conducting and implementing a number of research programs of an applied nature by order of the party and state leadership. Thus, in the Ukrainian SSR a process of revival and formation of sociological science began in the 50-60's of the twentieth century, albeit rather slowly and in the form of irregular research. The article argues that the mentioned revival became possible due to a number of objective factors: the liberalization of the political system associated with economic reform and the urgent need for practical social knowledge. During this period Ukrainian sociology had only a regional status, which on the one hand did not provide such broad opportunities as the "central" Russian science, and on the other hand, it contributed to specific differences and a certain freedom and creativity. But such an imbalance also brought some benefits, since remoted from the center academic institutions were freer in choosing areas of pedagogical and sociological work, therefore they were more likely to gain experience in creating various specialized training in this scientific field and thematic sociological research. The article also analyzes the fact that, taking into account the ideological postulates, sociology in the USSR has always been considered a science that deals primarily with social relations in the field of production. That is, it was assigned the role of scientific substantiation and development of long-term social policy and ways of its implementation in the form of " plans of social development ". Thus, the renewal of sociology in Ukraine was determined by the practice of economic and social planning in particular, and the entire period of the 60's - early 70's in Ukrainian sociology was held under the auspices of industrial sociology.