Risk society: the sociocultural dimension of Safety

Abstract

The article examines the genesis of the concept of risk society, outlines the development of the theoretical discourse on the issue of risks in the postmodern era. It is shown that for Ukrainian socio-philosophical thought, the relevance of turning to the analysis of the socio-cultural tools for solving the crisis problems of society is intensified by the threats and risks caused by the war with the Russian Federation. The motivating role of culture as a self-organizing and self-preserving potential of human development is revealed. Security culture is analyzed as a socio-cultural process of interaction of culture elements with people's life activities and their security. The safety culture should contain a stabilizing social program that functions on the basis of a system of knowledge, principles, norms, values and relations in the field of safety. It was concluded that the leading cultural factor in the formation of universal security relations should be a system of universally recognized life values and social norms of life, which performs the function of the "universal code" of human culture, which contains the acquired historical experience of humanity in the struggle for its survival, coded in terms of values. A set of attributive values that form the core of the value structure of the safety culture is defined, namely: viability and sustainability of society; reliability of life support systems; orderliness, predictability of social processes; social integration and consolidation; adaptability of management and security systems; predictability of military, economic, social, environmental threats; the possibility of preventing dangers; comprehensive protection of human life in emergency situations; integration into the regional and global security system. The view on values as a substantial basis of civilizational development is analyzed. The significance of the value dimension of the safety culture is proven, which consists in the fact that values perform the function of a system of coordinates and standards of social behavior that determine a certain level of trust and security of public life. It is substantiated that the appeal to culture, as a potential source of self-preservation and stabilizing force of existence of the Ukrainian nation in the conditions of war threats, is able to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in the country caused by the war. The specific functions and content of the safety culture in the risk society are revealed. The value principles of culture as a regulatory factor in maintaining security in Ukrainian society in wartime conditions are analyzed.