ПРОТЕСТНЫЕ ТЕНДЕНЦИИ В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЕ

Abstract

Introduction. The paper presents the results of a study of protest trends in modern university culture. Basing on the analysis of the value reasons for the emergence of protest behavior of students, the authors define the essence of cultural protest as a collective declaration and as an interpretation of personal freedom in the context of a conservative university culture. It also examines the specific motives of cultural protest. The authors have analyzed an array of scientific studies which offer definitions that determine not only the value connotation of such phenomenon as "cultural protest" but also the degree of its constructive and destructive influence on university culture. Research methodology and technique. The methodological basis of the study was a culturological approach, the priority of which is explained by the fact that the values and norms of culture, spiritual and moral traditions of humane education are oriented towards the human personality, and the axiological approach, which makes it possible to determine the composition and hierarchy of values that determine the content of the interaction of a person with the world and people, and to reveal the influence of values on personal development. Within the framework of these methodological foundations, the authors used the methods of theoretical (interdisciplinary analysis of philosophical, cultural, pedagogical, psychological and sociological literature) and empirical (participant observation, analytical interview, written questionnaire) research. Research results. The scientific research involved 250 students of the Orenburg State University. Applying empirical methods, the authors proceeded from the assumption that modern young people who are in the student period are at a special stage of their spiritual life which is associated with finding oneself in the world, becoming involved with it, developing their own worldview, defining identity and uniqueness. Here at this stage they are able to determine the individual way of life, to defend the value-semantic position, without which the realization of the act of life creation is impossible. Conclusion. The problem of cultural protest is relevant both in theoretical and practical terms, since the security of the culture of interaction in the institutionally united university community depends on the degree of its development.