THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE PHENOMENA OF EXPLOITATION.

Abstract

This article is devoted to the theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of exploitation in contemporary humanitarian knowledge. It is shown that exploitation is a multi-level social phenomenon that includes not only economic but also institutional, symbolic and discursive mechanisms of the reproduction of inequality. On the basis of an interdisciplinary approach and an analysis of classical and contemporary theories, the transformation of the forms of exploitation from open coercion to hidden and legitimized practices is revealed. It is concluded that a comprehensive methodological approach to the study of exploitation is necessary under the conditions of contemporary social and cultural processes.