The monograph presents the scientific, sociological, bibliometric and semiotic analysis of the status of classics in the social sciences of the twentieth century - economics, sociology, psychology and history. The synthesis of these approaches allows authors to explore a wide range of issues related to the study and use of classical heritage. The book analyzes in detail the changes in the composition of the classics, its content parameters, the transformation of the corpus of the classics in connection with the growth of scientific knowledge and the rapid increase in the number of individual subdisciplines. Directions, The Role and Functions of Classics in Higher Education and in the Research Process. According to the author's concept, Although the "classic" loses its status of superiority over modernity In return, it acquires the status of the “foundation” of the present. by , Actually , part of "modernity" in a broad sense and remaining in demand along with later scientific ideas, Concepts and Theories . Home »