Sociocultural Determinants of Development and Transformation of Society and Communities of Russia: Research Approaches

The paper offers an analysis of philosophical and sociological approaches in the emerging studies of socio-cultural determinants of development and transformation of society. It is shown that these approaches are currently still limited to the correlation of the concepts of «social» and «cultural» and are descriptive. On the basis of the specific sociological research carried out by the authors, it is proved that the more perspective, in theoretical and
applied terms, is the conception of Pitirim Sorokin about the sociocultural as a triad «social-cultural-personal». In accordance with this conception, the classification of socio-cultural determinants, including social institutions and the type of civilizations is proposed.

Keywords: the socio-cultural, socio-cultural determinants, development, transformation, society, communities, social institutions.