Social and philosophical foundations of the theory of extremal
Keywords:
emergency situation, extremal situation, the anomalous character, extreme, extremum, border situation, catastrophe, disaster, fluctuation, risk, natural, anthropological and sociogenic phenomena, cataclysm, anomie.Abstract
The article analyzes the philosophical and sociological tradition of reflection and study of extreme events and processes, and also analyzed the theoretical and methodological review, discuss approaches to understanding the essence of extreme situations.









