Abstract. The concept of culturology is based on the idea of its integrative character. Its establishment as a research and educative discipline in Russia is analysed within the system of social sciences and humanities. The examination of its methodological approaches and cognitive strategies reveals a specificity of subject and structure of culturology and existing correspondence between this and other disciplines concerned with culture.

Key words: culture, culturology, integrative research direction, multidisciplinary research, cognition method, applied cultural research, discourse, inter- and trans-disciplinarity
 

Astafieva Olga Nikolaevna,
Doctor in Philosophy, Professor,
Head of the Department for Strategies of Sociocultural Policies
of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research,
Vice-Head for Research of the Department for Cultural Studies and Business Communications
at the Russian Academy for Public Administration
by the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow)
e-mail: onastafieva@mail.ru

Razlogov Kirill Emilievich,
Doctor in Arts History, Professor,
Director of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research (Moscow)
e-mail: kirill.razlogov@gmail.com