Kukonkov P.i. The Relevance of Sociology. Conflictology, 2014, # 5, pp. 363-366. Kukonkov P.i. The Relevance of Sociology. Conflictology, 2014, # 5, pp. 363-366.ISSN 1818-1198Posted on site: 16.11.17Текст статьи на e-library URL: https://elibrary.ru/download/elibrary_22505028_93512246.pdfAbstractAs a result of these changes in post-Soviet Russia, the socially accepted meanings, values spread out on different segments of society, forming the opposing realities, between which inevitably accumulates stress and potential destruction. Author notes that social tensions rarely an end in sociological research, studying the social stresses are most often carried out in passing, in connection with the study of social conflict and justifies the approach whereby, studying social stress involves the study of the process of comprehension of the objectives and the choice of ways to achieve them, as well as self-identification and identification of other actors.