Vol 10, No 1, 2011 pp. 1-11
UDC 316.2 : 316.32

POSTSOCIETY, POSTSOCIOLOGY AND MONDOLOGY (ON THE RADICAL PARADIGM CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY)
Ljubiša Mitrović
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia
Email: ljubisa@filfak.ni.ac.rs

The paper analyses the changes that occurred in the scientific paradigm at the turn from modernism to postmodernism, pointing thereby to radical tranformations from community via society to postsociety. It especially focuses on the gnoseological and ontological aspects of the processes of transformation of sociology into postsociology and mondology. The paper pleads for a tighter cooperation between sociology and mondology and for a major new synthesis of science and philosophy in the development of knowledge and consciousness of man and mankind.
Key words: paradigm, community, society, postsociety, postsociology, mondology.

POSTDRUŠTVO, POSTSOCIOLOGIJA I MONDOLOGIJA (O RADIKALNIM PARADIGMATSKIM PROMENAMA U 21 VEKU)
Rad se bavi promenama koje su se dogodile u sferi naučne paradigme na prelasku iz modernizma u postmodernizam, ukazujući stoga na radikalne promene od zajednice preko društva, do postdruštva. Posebna pažnja posvećuje se gnoseološkim i onološkim aspektima procesa transformacije sociologije u uslovima postdruštva i globalizacije. Autor se u radu zalaže za intenzivniju saradnju između sociologije i mondologije, odnosno veću sintezu nauke i filozofije u razvoju savremenog saznanja i društvene svesti čovečanstva.
Ključne reči: paradigma, zajednica, društvo, postdruštvo, postsociologija, mondologija