Open AccessCognising the Picture of «Strange Social». Review of the monograph by Alexander Golikov «Fabrication of order. Knowledge in the Constitution of Social»
Author(s) -
Volodymyr Sudakov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vìsnik harkìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì v.n. karazìna. serìâ: socìologičnì doslìdžennâ sučasnogo suspilʹstva: metodologìâ, teorìâ, metodi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-6521
DOI - 10.26565/2227-6521-2020-44-10
Subject(s) - constitution , epistemology , sociology , sociology of scientific knowledge , constructive , conceptualization , ideology , contradiction , order (exchange) , social order , context (archaeology) , social science , politics , computer science , law , political science , process (computing) , paleontology , philosophy , finance , artificial intelligence , economics , biology , operating system
This paper is devoted to analysis of the monograph written by Alexander Golikov, Doctor of SociologicalSciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology of the Sociological Faculty of V. N. KarazinKharkiv National University. The author emphasizes the indisputable theoretical significance of reviewedwork, focused on the elucidation of the role of knowledge in the constitution of the social, which in thecontext of globalization, virtualization and individualization of social life acquires the properties of an«unfamiliar social». The monograph pays special attention to the processes of fabrication of various types ofknowledge, that is, the creation and dissemination of various knowledge as structural and practical factors inthe constitution of the social. It is noted that the author's research strategy is original, constructive andproductive both in theoretical and practical sense. It is emphasized that the scientific novelty of the work liesin the conceptualization of the categorical triangle «knowledge – social – order»; in the proposed concept ofan internalized Second and a depersonalized Third as «generalized Others»; in clarifying the specifics ofcommunication in the production of sign-symbolic and informational forms of knowledge; in the introductionto scientific circulation the concept of «chronotope of the order of knowledge», etc. At the same time, it isemphasized that this fundamental monograph contains certain controversial provisions. In particular, aclearer definitions are required by: the scientific problem of work, that is, the question of what kind ofepistemological inconsistency the author's concept solves; meaningful content of the «fabrication» category;ideological shape of knowledge, as a result of which it becomes one of the components of manipulativesocial technologies. Despite the remarks, the reviewer notes the significant heuristic potential of A. Golikov'sdevelopments, which, in his opinion, is distinguished by a refined professional language, a high level ofscientific reliability and innovative content.