Factors of emerging socio-cultural risks in the era of digitization and economization

Abstract

The article deals with the causes and the factors of emerging socio-cultural risks at the post-industrial stage of the developing society. On the basis of the modern research studies in the fields of sociology, social philosophy and economics the author focuses on two key characteristics of the post-industrial society, i.e. digitization and economization. Within the study, it is suggested and reasoned to use principles and postulates of complexity theory as a methodological base and also to define an important trait of socio-cultural risks as uncertainty, which is the attribute of both digitization and economization, and complexity theory.