The field of sobriety interpretations in the social sciences
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2019-2-84-90
Abstract
The article problematizes the main drawback of addictive behavior research – the lack of proper attention to the topic of sobriety as an independent subject of study. Most of the works on the causes of the emergence and analysis of the social consequences of addictive behavior interpret sobriety exclusively in the context of “lack of intoxication”. At the same time, in social knowledge there is a lacuna of endowing sobriety with an independent scientific significance and meaning. In the paper, the author attempts to build an interpretation space for the concept of sobriety from the point of view of various areas of social knowledge – sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and social psychology. He proposed variants of approaches to the study of sobriety as a value, as a stigma, as a life strategy, as the meaning of life and as a determinant of individual subjectivity. In addition to a brief overview of the main theoretical concepts, the article provides examples of applied research in which such approaches to the study of sobriety were applied or could be applied.
Supporting agencies: The article was written in the framework of the RFBR grant № 19-013- 00780 “Subjectness as determinant of autodestructive behavior in the modern culture: interdisciplinary approach”.
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Zotova V.A. The field of sobriety interpretations in the social sciences. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2019;(2):84-90. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2019-2-84-90
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