About the Methodological Features of Culturological Research
The article concerns the methodological pluralism that is peculiar to culturological researches, and is typical for discussions on culturology. Thе authors are solidary with the position of expressing the method of designing the structure of interrelation of independent properties, characteristics, basic concepts and categories of the social sciences and humanities as a method in culturology. In this formulation, this method has the general character and in particular cultural study becomes its fundamental principle and its role is often played by sociocultural approach. Sociocultural approach as a principle of specific culturological research has its own distinctive features: the sociocultural specificity is expressed through the creation of meanings, values, purposes as a methodological regulator; the immanence of the subject to object indicates сausation between intrascientific and nonscientific purposes, social values and goals. These features of the specific cultural studies allow us to propose a model, which is limited by methodological pluralism in cultural studies. The major components of this model are: culturologic worldview, methodological principles, a set of methodological approaches, methods and techniques, result in some form of knowledge organization.