DEPROFESSIONALISATION: THEORETICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NOTION
The article presents a theoretical and sociological analysis of the notion “deprofessionalisation”, with which the crisis of profession as a social institution is frequently identified. The authors reveal the main factors of deprofessionalisation in the postmodernity era from the viewpoint of sociology, and also attempt to follow the dependence of deprofessionalisation and the selfishness of the behavior of professionals in the modern society. The paper thoroughly examines such components of deprofessionalisation as the crisis of professional ethics, the decrease of motivation to altruistic activities, the crisis of the identity of professionals, changing the motives of professional activity and the increase of the authority of expert communities.