Issue 4/2025

ISSUE THEME

• Reading and readers in the focus of sociology: introduction to the thematic section
  Yadova M.A.
• Reading as a socio-cultural value: implementation, personal meaning, and social significance
  Nemirovsky V.G.
• Statistical estimates of interest in reading among Russian and American youth
  Smirnov S.N.
• Book review: Reading. Encyclopedic dictionary / ed. by corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education Yu.P. Melentyeva. – Moscow: Nauka, 2021. – 448 p.
  Yadova M.A.
• Book review: Building community engagement and outreach in libraries / ed. by K. Moore Crowe, J. Hélouvry. – Bingley: Emerald publishing, 2022. – XIX, 163 p.
  Pryazhnikova O.N.

THEORY AND HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY

• Sociology in South Africa: issues, objectives, prospects (Literature review)
  Rarenko A.A.

SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Towards a biodigital culture: “technologies of the future” in everyday life
  Dolgov A.Yu.

URBAN SOCIOLOGY

• Article summary: RODRIGUES C., SCHMIDT H.J. How the creative class co-creates a city’s brand identity: a qualitative study
  Kazakova A.Yu.
• Article summary: The impact of population density in megacities on residents’ physical and mental health / Wang Chunlan, Qi Zhenzhen, Zhang Anni, Yang Shangguang
  Chen Ciqi

SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF LIFE COURSE

• Study of life plans of convicts in prisons
  Zautorova E.V.

CURRICULUM: SOCIOLOGICAL CLASSICS

• SUMNER W.G. Folkways (Selected fragments). (Translated from English)
  Nikolaev V.G.