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The monograph makes an application for the methodological design of a new direction of sociological science - the sociology of professionalism, outlines its problem field, and offers the author's vision of the conceptual apparatus. The author analyses in detail the ontological essence of the key categories of the sociology of professionalism - "profession" and "professional", clarifies the epistemological relationship between the concepts of "professional activity" and "professionalism", reveals the methodological foundations of the process of professionalisation of the individual. The author pays special attention to theoretical and practical aspects of the study of the professional's personality, as well as to the social results and consequences of his/her activities.

The monograph may be of interest to researchers, teachers, students and postgraduate students of sociological faculties of universities, to anyone interested in modern trends in sociology.