Social stratification, psychology of deviant behavior: theory and practice

Abstract

The article substantiates a prospect of studying the world modeled by the writer in the interdisciplinary plane, that is relevant taking into the account the possibility of objective, deeply, convincing exploring the world and the person in it, based on the peculiarities of the social communities development and the individual psychology as interdependent components. Accordingly, the purpose of the proposed study is to summarize the findings of sociology, psychology in the destructive processes study that occurs in society and provokes social instability, crises both on a general social scale, and stratification instability, narrower characterization. The key concept that is under consideration is the concept of "asocial behavior". The specificity of its origin: causes, consequences, reactivity (deviant and socium) are highlighted and commented on. Also relevant concepts are society, strata, stratification, marginality, deviance, each of them has been analyzed taking into account the multiplicity of existing definitions. The conclusion about the unified use of these concepts in the literary research has been made. In particular, society we understand as a holistic system that includes a set of human activity forms and an association of a certain type – execution; a stratification (differentiation) – it`s a process of stratification of the population, its division into layers, classes; a deviance – its deviations caused by individual, social influences, circumstances; deviant behavior is a special way of positioning oneself in a society that contradicts the established rules and entails negative consequences for the individual as well as for the whole society. Also marginal (people who are on the border of the opposite social groups) as a special stratum of society have been identified and characterized. Out of the marginalized communities, beggars, thieves, and murderers are singled out. The objective and subjective factors of the corresponding marginalization have been included and the environmental impact has been justified. Theoretical observations made using the review-theoretical methodology have become a necessary basis for the delineating the marginal space of some of Franko's epic works, for conclusion it is necessary to deepen the objectivity of studying such a space to use the achievements of the biographical method and scientific boundaries.