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Этапы становления и развития профессионального сообщества химиков
Stages in the formation and development of the professional community of chemists
Alexander Rodny | Institute for the History of Natural Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. , Russia

На основе концепции «дисциплинарности» рассмотрен процесс становления и развития профессионального сообщества химиков. В нем можно выделить следующие этапы:

Следует отметить, что когнитивно-институциональные структуры, сложившиеся на каждом этапе становления и развития профессионального сообщества химиков, полностью не утрачивают своих функций, а дополняются новыми структурами следующих исторических периодов. Даже «додисциплинарная» структура может рассматриваться как прообраз «постдисциплинарной». В них отражено стремление личностного поиска инновационной проблематики.

The process of formation and development of professional community of chemists is considered on the basis of the concept of “disciplinarity”. I would like to identify following stages of this process:

Pre-disciplinary (from an antiquity). During the long period of time carriers of chemical knowledge, experience and ability, such as natural philosophers, physicians and technologists were weakly connected among themselves in their activities.

Disciplinary (since the 20th of the XIX century). The professional community of chemists was formed within the framework of “scientific-educational-technological” complex.

Interdisciplinary (since the 40th of the XX century). Chemists became massively in demand in natural and engineering sciences, as well as in the technologies that go beyond the traditional chemical industry

Post-disciplinary (since the XXI century). Chemists are becoming "free agents" in the emerging global innovation system of social networks. A role of organizers of innovative processes which rigidly aren't connected with any certain professional space are increasing.

It is necessary to note that the cognitive-institutional structures which have developed at each stage of formation and development of professional community of chemists, completely don't lose the functions, but are supplemented with new structures of the next historical periods. Even "pre-distsiplinary" structure can be considered as a prototype of "post-distsiplinary." They both reflect the desire of personal search of innovation problems.