Youth Culture as a Cultural Phenomenon
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of youth culture as a cultural phenomenon through the analysis of its morphological essence, different types and functions that it performs in society. To do this, the author refers to some theoretical and methodological foundations of modern social Sciences and Humanities (cultural studies, philosophy, axiology, sociology, etc.) associated with the study of youth culture and the definition of the corresponding concept. The object of the research is youth culture as a cultural phenomenon. The subject of the research is culturological features of modern youth culture. The aim of the study is to analyze the cultural characteristics of youth culture. The author's task is to identify the specifics of modern youth culture, as well as the classification of scientific approaches to the study of the problems of culture of different generations, the formation and development of youth culture. As a result, various approaches to youth culture are identified and the grounds for a deeper cultural analysis of this phenomenon are revealed.
Keywords
culture,
youth culture,
youth,
young generation,
subculture,
counterculture,
youth consciousness,
modern,
postmodern,
values
About the Author
O. Myasoutov
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Myasoutov Oleg - head of youth policy department
Russian Federation
Myasoutov Oleg - head of youth policy department
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Myasoutov O. Youth Culture as a Cultural Phenomenon. ARTE. 2019;(1):35-43. (In Russ.)
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