Post-industrial Society Research Articles

The Experience Economy in the Prism of Cultural and Value Paradigms

The article considers the experience economy (the economy of impressions) in the prism of its dependence and interdependence on the cultural and value paradigms of modern society. The relevance of the research is determined by the novelty of the analysis of the concept in relation to modern social axiology. The purpose of the article is to analyze the structure-forming elements of the experience economy in its correlation with cultural and value paradigms. The scope of the research includes the formulation of the principles of the experience economy as an important element of the service sector based on a customized approach to the client, consideration of its conceptual characteristics, as well as the analysis of the value-ethical component of this objective socioeconomic phenomenon inherent to post-industrial society. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the author's interpretation of this relatively modern marketing approach. The essence of the experience economy, its functions and basic principles are analyzed. The reasons for its increasing importance as a socio-humanitarian component contributing to sustainable development are discussed since that is especially relevant in the current conditions when the ontological, axiological and ethical aspects of the society are being reinterpreted. The importance of considering the values of different customer generations to form impressions and experiences is emphasized. The working principles of the experience economy are considered. In the course of the research, general scientific methods were used: in particular, integrative and systemic approaches, to allow the identification of the essential content of the marketing element; structural and functional approach, allowing for the exploration of the structure and functions of the experience economy; socio-cultural approach, in order to examine the characteristics of the phenomenon and its impact on the system of interaction between the brand and the consumer; as well as axiological approach, which allow for the identification of value orientations and attitudes in their correlations with social axiology. The prospects of the experience economy as a factor contributing to sustainable development from the point of view of its impact on the consumer behavior and society are analyzed. The research indicates the emergence of a new paradigm of sociocultural experience based on co-creation and acquisition of a unique collective experience. The increasing importance of growing social capital by doing work for public causes is emphasized. Specificities of the economy of impressions are described and its core concepts systematized. The author concludes that the economy of impressions is a response to the value orientations of millennials to modern challenges which determines their consumer behavior.

Ценности современного общества с позиций стратификационного подхода: компаративный анализ

The article is devoted to a sociological comparative analysis of the values of modern post-industrial society from the perspective of the stratification approach. As studies show, the factors of stratification of modern society are more diverse than those identified by the classical theory of stratification, which is associated with numerous factors complicating society, as well as with the division of values into traditional (national traditions and customs, religion and family values) and secular-rational (self-expression and rationalism). The author comes to the conclusion that the factors of differentiation of modern society are quite diverse and are not limited only to material ones, however, material foundations influence the degree and speed of the spread of post-material values.

Payment for Non-Standard Forms of Labor and their Impact on the Economy and Social Status of Employees

Today, in the context of the formation of a new historical phase of social development of civilization - post-industrial society - there is a de-standardization of employment, i.e. the spread of flexible and variable forms of employment, which are called non-standard. It is the modification of traditional and the emergence of completely new forms of employment that actively influence the main parameters of the labor market (demand, supply, labor price, etc.). Therefore, today, personnel leasing, outsourcing, outstaffing, remote employment, non-standard working hours, etc. can be considered fundamental innovations in the field of employment. The following methods were used during the study: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, dialectical approach, analytical thinking, abstraction, and generalization. The purpose of the study is to define the essence of precarious forms of labor, their impact on the economy and social protection of the employee, advantages, and disadvantages. Also, to investigate problematic theoretical and practical issues related to the right to remuneration in Ukraine in the context of precarious employment, in particular, to summarize the main directions of reforming legal regulation in this area. 

Development of Smart Technologies in Education in the Context of Modern Neuroscience and the War in Ukraine

The article examines the problem of interdependence of post-industrial society and the level of education based on the study of scientific and periodical sources. The meaning of the concept of "smart education" is clarified, its main elements are described. Studying the development of smart education in different regions of the world, conclusions are made about the impact of economic inequality and objective negative processes such as war. On the other hand, if previously weaker states involved the elements of intelligent education at a slow pace, today the acceleration of this pace is dictated by the objective world situation. The topicality of the topic is confirmed by the global focus on education problems, since today the crisis demonstrated the practically underdeveloped mechanism of smart education in all countries, which in difficult conditions was the most unbalanced, and in some regions was absent at all. The practical significance of the article is that the conclusions about the application of neuroscientific analysis of smart technologies, especially foreign ones, can be used in the smart concept of our country.

Contradictions in the development of architecture science

The aim of the research is to study the formation of the ontological foundations of the science of architecture as an experience of its self-consciousness in the context of the evolution of spatial codes of cultural experience. The article considers contradictions of the modernist definition of architectural form, as well as the formation of the scientific discourse of architecture and the identity of architects’ professional thinking in general. The main hypothesis is based on the thesis that the freely historically unfolding evolution of architectural form is an objective experience of consolidating the self-consciousness of architecture as a text of its immanent expression and self-reference. The authors specify the limitations of the scientific functionalist discourse, which do not allow forming the internal basis for an autoreferential image of the architectural reality. Problematization of the ontological foundations of the science of architecture is a necessary link in the evolution of the methodology of architectural thinking and form making in post-industrial society.

Specifics of employment in rural areas of Kazakhstan

The employment of rural population in rural regions is the object of close attention from the state. The goal is to identify trends in the structure of the sphere of labor relations in the context of the transition to a post-industrial society and technological modernization of the economy. To conduct the research, general scientific and special methods were used: abstraction, analysis, synthesis and logical cognition. The results—employment and unemployment—are closely related socio-economic categories that characterize labor market policy. Its comparative assessment of urban and rural residents for 2022 is given. The activities of small-scale commodity structures located in rural areas on a regional basis are analyzed. Conclusions - priority directions of agricultural policy have been identified. The negative impact of problems that hinder the growth of labor potential is shown. Modern agricultural labor does not receive proper positive development due to the dissatisfaction of rural workers with their activities, the low level of mechanization of agricultural production sectors, and the material disinterest of workers. Ways of assistance in employment are proposed: development of small forms of entrepreneurship, including expansion and increase in the profitability of personal subsidiary plots and peasant farms; training and retraining of young rural workers and specialists as the main factor determining the growth of their professional mobility and competitiveness. It is necessary to create conditions under which agricultural enterprises and farmers would have the opportunity to work profitably, update fixed assets and equipment, master innovative resource-saving technologies, increase and modernize jobs in the social sector, infrastructure (transportation, storage, marketing of products), housing and communal services, rural construction.

РОЛЬ РОССИЙСКОГО КРЕАТИВНОГО КЛАССА В РАЗВИТИИ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ОБщЕСТВА

The article is devoted to the study of the causes of the emergence of the creative class in a post-industrial society. The place and role that it plays in modern society is considered. The importance of the creative class lies in the fact that the growth of its number and the expansion of its influence on society leads to the fact that the introduction of scientific and technological progress in public production is happening at a faster pace. The purpose of the research presented in the article is to study the features of the creative class in the conditions of modern Russian society. The scientific novelty of the research consists in substantiating the relationship between the emergence of a creative class and the formation and development of a post-industrial society. New requirements are being imposed on employees of post-industrial society, the main of which are creativity. An objective need to activate and encourage a person’s creative abilities is being formed in society.
 The practical value of the research consists in the formation of prerequisites for the development of methods and technologies for motivating representatives of the Russian creative class, taking into account its characteristics and behavioral styles.

Ontological modeling of the psychological field of a play

Ontological modeling of the psychological field of a play

Money for nothing and kicks for free? – Aspects of the long-term relationship between sport and gambling in Britain

Summary The intention here is to trace the development of the sport-gambling nexus in Britain from the early-nineteenth to the late-twentieth century. An overview of this kind facilitates an understanding of a relationship that has often been characterized as symbiotic. Over the long run, as Britain has transitioned from a pre-industrial to an industrial and then to a post-industrial society, the relationship between sport and gambling has remained intact. In particular, it survived a long period between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries when the ideological hegemony of amateurism in British sport predisposed governing bodies to view gambling with suspicion and even, at times, hostility. The article draws extensively on recent published research into the history of sport in Britain and outlines key developments in the relationship between particular sports and gambling, notably cricket, football, horseracing, greyhound racing and pedestrianism. Recent changes related to the advent of online gambling are identified and briefly discussed, with particular reference to cricket.

Цифровые технологии как средство социальной инженерии

The article discusses the methodological problems of innovation, a new branch of knowledge that has both a scientific and applied character, and also explores such a variety of technical and technological innovations as information and digital technologies, which today determine social dynamics and permeate all spheres of human life, putting forward new requirements for their knowledge and skills. The term "digital society" is analyzed in the conceptual grid of such concepts as "post-industrial society" and "information society". In the course of analyzing the features of the digital society and the socio-cultural effects of the development of digital technologies, the authors focus on the analysis of social, cognitive, psychological, and anthropological risks, including the threat of the loss of attributive personality traits. It is substantiated that in the context of increasing trends in the total mediatization of society, the importance of social and humanitarian expertise, which allows assessing the risks posed by information and digital technologies, is of particular importance. The author substantiates the conclusion that it is necessary to institutionalize the mandatory ethical and humanitarian expertise of large innovative projects and the participation of public organizations and civil society in it. The article raises the question of the need to predict undesirable consequences from the introduction of certain technical and technological innovations and the role of the humanities in this process. Particular attention is paid to the little-developed interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research area called "social assessment of technology", a new area of such a branch of philosophy as the philosophy of technology, which has an institutional character in the West but has not yet received sufficient distribution in our country, as well as the "precautionary principle" and various interpretations of its status in those countries where it is included in legislative documents.

INTELLECTUALIZATION AS A KEY FACTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY IN UKRAINE

The key vector in the development of modern post-industrial society, which is formed under the influence of informatization and computerization processes, is the intellectualization of all spheres of social life. This results from the dominance of intellectual activity, which takes precedence over the production of material goods and services. Consequently, there is a steady trend toward the intellectualization of production factors. This article explores the relevance and the need for the intellectualization of production and implementation of smart-specialization in the regions of Ukraine during post-war recovery as the only path toward realizing the country’s sustainable development strategy.

Категория «частноправовой механизм защиты права»: эвристический потенциал использования в цивилистической теории и практике

The article discusses the genesis of the metaphorical category of “mechanism” in relation to the protection of civil rights. The natural character of the appearance of this category in the arsenal of the methodology of civilis-tics, due to the property of metaphorical legal consciousness is demonstrated. The heuristic potential of the category “mechanism” at its instrumental use in private law sciences is revealed, due to the fact that it initially assumes a plurality of interpretations and thus is already adapted to the conceptualization of any empirical ma-terial that needs a new comprehension from the point of view of de lege ferenda, with the subsequent for-mation of enforcement practice; it allows to build more clearly the inter-branch relations and structure the legal regulation as a whole – both at the national and interstate level; contributes to a more reliable testing of any new tools that are gradually introduced into the legal system in connection with the emergence of new realities, the concepts of regulation of which have not yet been fully formed. It is concluded that the category “private law mechanism of law protection” emphasizes the dialectical unity of static and dynamic aspects of legal regula-tion, as well as provides the genesis of a new subject of legal regulation, objectively inevitable in the rapidly changing post-industrial society.

The concentration booth and the handshaking lane: ideologies of the phatic

Abstract Scholars of language and culture have effectively used the language ideology concept to critique the referentialist assumption in the post-Enlightenment conceptualization of language and society. Continuing with this critical project, this article attempts a further reorientation of our analytic metalanguage to explore the ideology of the phatic, the way in which salient emphasis is placed on problems regarding communicative channels of contact. The article identifies this ideology in the increasingly visible role played by phatic labor and its concrete manifestations in scenes of service and affective labor in contemporary Japan. Two separate instances are analyzed to reveal their common engagement with channels of contact as a metapragmatic concern. First, I analyze one Japanese restaurant chain’s attempt to design and control the material zone of contact in dining experience, as indicative of the larger tendency in the contemporary economy to standardize consumer desire at the level of the phatic. Second, I look to the culture of celebrity, especially popular idols, and examine the institutionalization of fan-idol contact that has become a hegemonic marketing strategy. These cases witness rituals of public encounter that either work to hybridize human speech acts with nonhuman speech-actants inhabiting the material environment of contact, or to regulate forms of interaction deemed detrimental to the channel of affect through monitoring, interruption, and other forms of phatic policing. I use this analysis to draw attention to the necessity of taking the phatic function seriously in the scholarly exploration of language ideology. While scholars in various fields have frequently spoken of the centrality of communicative labor in postindustrial societies, the analytic focus on ideologization of the phatic offers a more precise theoretical and empirical framework for examining how communication is fetishized as the central site of political and economic intervention.

Concerning the Issue of Knowledge Management: Theory, Models, Methods

Within the frames of new system management shaping it becomes necessary to transform mechanisms of competitive advantage. Today three spheres of activity were selected: scientific, technological and personnel from all the priority fields of governmental level. The development and maintenance of scientific and personnel spheres are not possible without a unified system affecting creation, acquisition and efficient use of knowledge. In unstable economic conditions topicality of introducing knowledge management system in organizations is especially valuable. The article studies preconditions of the theory of knowledge management, the idea of post-industrial society and economy of knowledge. The authors characterized types of knowledge, showed value of knowledge in conceptions of organizational management and implicit knowledge. When theoretical aspects of knowledge management models were investigated, the parallel between shaping the system of knowledge management with intellectual capital and intangible resources was drawn. Theoretic aspects of the system of knowledge management were studied within the frames of systematic approach as a universal investigation tool.

Seeds for New Beginnings? Ecological Uncertainty, Blurry Ideology, and Speculative Design at the Universitas Symposium, 1972

Abstract In 1972, designer Emilio Ambasz (b. 1943) organized the symposium “The Universitas Project” at MoMA in New York City. The issue at stake was how the field of design should tackle the possibly irresolvable societal, political, and ecological problems of post-industrial society. Ambasz proposed a new design approach, which he named design as a mode of thought, with the aim of building a new research-education institution for design that could tackle the wicked problems ahead. In order to articulate his proposal, Ambasz turned to the speculative realm: discursive design critique, metaphysical cybernetics, design fiction, and storytelling. By critically engaging with some of the participants’ conference presentations, the article first discusses how the concept of the environment was reconfigured by the emerging ecological catastrophe. Then the article discusses ideological responses to the Universitas Project to show how the seemingly different ideological positions between French so-called “radical left” and American “right-wing technocrats” were grounded in the same; all-encompassing uncertainty and a strive for open-endedness. Finally, the article analyses Ambasz’s design fiction writing and the speculative nature of the Universitas and thereby identifies the Universitas as a rare moment in the history of design in which design stopped engaging in the status quo and turned towards a speculative future for finding seeds for new beginnings. The article re-visits the Universitas in order to support a presentist argument: that speculation, discursive design critique, and storytelling might not be sufficient methods on their own to tackle the forthcoming accelerating wicked uncertainties that lie ahead.

Понятие цифровой трансформации: к вопросу о концептуальных основах

The article provides a comprehensive analysis and conceptualization of the concept of “digital transformation” by considering it in the context of social and economic changes in modern society. The process of digitalization is presented as a consequence of society’s transition to a post-industrial society, in which knowledge and in-formation become the fundamental resources, and technocrats and highly qualified specialists occupy key positions. It is emphasized that digital transformation carried out by people and for people stresses the im-portance of analyzing its implications for society. Based on the analysis of various sources of literature and the use of methods of analysis, synthesis and induction, the article concludes that it is necessary to adapt to new realities, where the digital maturity of the population and its openness to new technologies become the deter-mining factors of progress. Attention is also focused on changes in public administration, which should become more open and citizen-oriented. In conclusion, the article summarizes the results, which emphasize the com-plexity and versatility of the digital transformation process and draw attention to the need for active participation of society and its readiness for change for the successful realization of the potential of digital technologies.

Information as a weapon: features of application in modern realities

The article defines and considers the features of using information as a weapon in modern society. As of today, information legal relations are rapidly developing, which is due to scientific progress, the use of innovative technologies and the emergence of new information resources. Many legal concepts are gradually losing their relevance, despite the fact that some acquire new meaning in connection with various historical events and require clear legal regulation. One of these is information, which is currently used not only as new knowledge or a commodity, but as a weapon, especially in the context of hybrid wars. After all, then the psychological processing of the conflict region is carried out, which affects not only military personnel, but also the civilian population. It is clear that the post-industrial society has many information opportunities, but the use of information weapons requires a detailed study, taking into account the current situation in the world, in particular in Ukraine. Every year, information turns into a means of political influence, losing its main function. And it is this that creates a danger for the development of states and future generations, since many modern wars begin precisely with information wars. In view of this, it can be argued that the topic of research «information as a weapon» needs a comprehensive study from a legal point of view. An analysis of a number of current legal acts related to informational legal relations was carried out, in particular the Law of Ukraine «On access to public information». Given the novelty and certain specifics of information law, there are still no unified studies on the essence of «information weapons» and related concepts. In order to protect and protect the information rights of a person and citizen, as well as the rights to life, freedom and dignity in democratic states, it is necessary to systematically analyze the concept of «hybrid war» as a legal phenomenon and gradually fill the gaps in information legislation. Thanks to the use of many textbooks and achievements of modern legal thought (scientific works), problematic issues of this topic were revealed.

Герменевтика труда

This article deals with the problem of the definition of labour, which has been gaining relevance in the conditions of the post-industrial society and recognition of such practices as active rest, domestic work, services, volunteering etc. A classical interpretation viewed labour as a productive activity to transform nature. Nowadays, however, it is becoming increasingly important to protect the environment rather than transform it. The paper describes the paradoxes of hunter and peasant, where one and the same activity, depending on the perspective, can be regarded as work, play, rest or exploitation. The author suggests the following definition of labour: a socially demanded human activity. Special attention is given here to the analysis of unproductive labour, which can be subdivided into service and services. While the former is aimed to meet the needs of society as a whole (Fatherland), the latter are performed for individuals. Thus, the following activities can be considered as service: teaching, medical practice, military activities, civil service and transportation. Work is opposed to rest, which can be passive (sleep and relaxation) as well as active (eating, communication, walking and certain games). The author points out that the work–play opposition is not absolute, since professional sport and acting are now considered labour. In the Soviet Union, for instance, state awards, such as the Hero of Socialist Labour, were given to the ballet dancers Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya as well as to the football player Lev Yashin. At the same time, when there is no longer a social demand for certain work, it can be transformed into rest, thus becoming a hobby.

International Legal Foundations Of Compliance With Nuclear Non-Proliferation Guarantees

One of the results of the development of international relations in the second half of the current century was the transformation of nuclear weapons directly into a factor of world politics, which hangs over the entire global security system even in the conditions of the “post-confrontational era”. This is not the inertia of the philosophy of containment, as the world in the 1980s and 1990s proved its flexibility and even readiness for transformations by the ever-increasing susceptibility of international relations to scientific and technical influence. The rapid development of atomic energy, despite a number of man-made disasters (from Trimayland to Chernobyl), continues, and the diversity of research in this field is combined with the number of countries interested in the scientific development of this field. Therefore, guarantees of the exclusively peaceful orientation of the energy programs of non-nuclear states, a legally established and effective ban on the production of nuclear weapons best correspond to modern concepts of maintaining stability in certain regions and the world as a whole. However, the regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, although it limited the hyperbolization of the nuclear factor in a certain historical segment, could not fully fulfill its second task of ranking states into only two groups - nuclear and non-nuclear. Outside of this dual, simplified scheme of political regulation of conflicting interests, a risk group has emerged, consisting of countries with a vague status of “near-threshold”. This happened not only because the nuclear states created a cult of nuclear weapons, but also because the logic of scientific and technological progress led to this, which was distorted in the prism of rivalry between states, especially at the regional level. First of all, the process of industrial-type countries approaching the nuclear threshold, which the block of post-industrial societies is trying to isolate from them, is absolutely inevitable from the point of view of science and technology. This does not mean equalizing the levels of development, which would create a favorable foundation, and then objective prerequisites for solving a whole series of contradictions in the system of international relations and, perhaps, removing the nuclear problem itself from the agenda. On the contrary, the configuration of inequality remained the same and only moved, pulling the locomotive of technical progress along the rails of global economic relations, to the zone of nuclear coordinates. Key words: IAEA, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, nuclear weapons, nuclear materials, General Assembly of the United Nations.

The Image and Mission of Geographical Science in Ukraine

The image of Ukrainian geography is formed in the difficult conditions of the establishment of statehood, deep political and economic reforms, and geopolitical and military resistance to russian aggression. Geographical science still does not sufficiently respond to the contemporary demands of society for geographical information and geographical knowledge. The reformation of national science and education presents geographers with many new problems that need to be considered and solved. The latest information technology revolution, along with new technical capabilities, means more and deep complex requests for geographic information. The paper considers the mentioned issues. The authors focus attention on the features of the transformation of the functions of geographical science in the conditions of post-industrial society and new people’s interaction with natural systems. The technological findings created by modern society are a prospect for the implementation of many solutions in the sphere of sustainable economic, social, and ecological development, as well as the transition to new models of production and consumption, and adaptation to climate change. The paper mentioned that geography plays a significant role in the development of organizational plans and business models in EU countries in such areas as regional and local development, urban and community planning and development, emergency risk management, and transition to a circular economy. In Ukraine, unfortunately, geography, like other sciences such as mathematics and physics, is increasingly perceived as part of basic education. Public demand and the market for projects are practically not formed, which causes both gaps in the implementation of numerous EU directives and international standards, as well as the decline of the discipline. Currently, the war with Russia is definitely the one of the bitter phenomena that requires the involvement of geographers. The first reaction of scholars took place as early as 2014, which was reflected in the adjustment of several educational programs, including human geography, political geography, urban geography, landscape ecology, spatial planning and development, cartographic modeling and GIS, geography of transport systems, population settlement, etc. Simultaneously, today Ukrainian geographers talk about large-scale changes in research priorities, focusing on the assessment of losses and the potential for the restoration of territories, the sustainable development of cities and regions, and geostrategization.