Sociological View on andldquo;Patrioticandrdquo; Practices and Interests of the Young People (by Way of Example of Historic Reconstruction)

Abstract

In this study, the reseacher makes an attempt to analyze life strategies, cultural interests and practices of a concrete youth group not from a position of subcultural theories but from view that today different representatives of different youth subcultures identify themselves with certain interests and scenes including patriotic ideas. It is the case of the orthodox military-patriotic club ?Rus? that used to situate in the territory of the church. This united youth organization never better demonstrates the principal for the study idea such as consolidation of different young people around cultural or scene. In this case-study, the youth group was supported by the representatives of such social institute as church. The basic method was the case-study which implies participant observation in the target environment (during a month in 2012), in this case, it is a matter of the youth solidarity (club). The characteristic feature of the youth association under consideration is the combina