Social practices during the pandemic: atomization, solidarity, passivity
Abstract
In the article author describes the social practices that have developed in society during the pandemic. Scientists consider several trends in social practices. The first is the atomization of mass society. It is expressed in fragmentation, variability of social relations, which leads to social disorganization. In general, scientists speak about the idea of the emergence of a pandemic reality, with highlighted signs. The second trend is the strengthening of social solidarity, the emergence of a new social ethics. Its essence consists in simultaneously maintaining close relationships with close people by kinship, partnership, in spirit and at the same time distance with distant people. The third trend is passivity, which is interpreted from the standpoint of the sociology of «nothing». All these trends were tested in an empirical study of social practices during the pandemic, conducted in June 2021.
About the Author
S. A. Ilyinykh
Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilyinykh Svetlana Anatolyevna, Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Head of the Department of Sociology
Novosibirsk
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Ilyinykh S.A. Social practices during the pandemic: atomization, solidarity, passivity. P.O.I.S.K. 2022;(1):73-84. (In Russ.)
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