Социальные (исторические) движения в контексте социологических подходов

Abstract

The author analyzes social (historical) movements from various sociological points of view, like positivist, behaviorist and functional ones. There are also discussed the resource mobilization concept and the radical-class approach to the mass movements. The specific features of the “totalitarian movements’ so characteristic of the mass society are described. The author represents social movements as a kind of the conflict-consensus interactions.