Historical and cultural problems of northern countries and regions ¹ 2 (26), 2014
Historical and cultural problems
of northern countries and regions
Scientific articles
Village and city. Some remarks on Pitirim Sorokin's search
in the context of the modern komi culture
Nesanelis D.A.1
Semenov V.A.2
The paper covers the main issues of Pitirim Sorokin's search in the context of the modern Komi culture. Sorokin's sociological ideas and conceptions were formed at the time when there was great interest to the Komi ethnography. His memories of childhood and youth spent in Komi were reflected in his autobiographical novel "A Long Journey».
The project is devoted to studying the traditional Komi village space and traditional way of life, and is based on the scientist's ethnographical and sociological works, describing the sociology of the village. In Sorokin's works the "chaos" of the city is contrasted to the "cosmos" of the village.
In addition, the authors describe the present state of the Komi and North-Russian village which can be called "chaotic" Destroyed temples, social and economic degradation, hard drinking are the characteristic features of the modem Komi village. Having lost "the village cosmos" the European North-East of Russia has not yet created "the city cosmos". The future development of culture, social and economic life of the Republic will depend on whether this marginal state is preserved or overcome.
Keywords: Sociological ideas, mythological space, symbolic topography, ritual actions, traditional belief
1Candidate of Science (History), Associate Professor, Member of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Komi. Russia, Syktyvkar, Internatsional'naia str., 108, 167000.
E-mail: dnesanelis@mail.ru
2Dr. Sci. (History), Professor. Syktyvkar State University. Russia, Syktyvkar, Oktiabr'skii ave., 55, 167000.
E-mail: Semenov_45@bk.ru
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