The collective monograph is devoted to the analysis of the characteristic concepts of the evolution of modern Ukrainian society. The research uses an interdisciplinary approach, which allows analyzing various aspects of the development of social processes in Ukraine and obtaining socially significant scientific results. Svitlana Bogatchuk investigates the problem of the development of the agricultural sector of the Podil region in the ХІХ th century. Focuses attention on highlighting the very process of reform and development of the main branches of agriculture during this period, such as: cultivation of wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat. Highlights the difficult socioeconomic situation that prompted the authorities to make a decision to reform the agrarian sector. Analyzes the development of the agrarian sector of the Podilsk region after the peasant reform - the abolition of serfdom in 1861. About 75% of its population was employed in agricultural production as evidence of the importance of agriculture in the Podilsk province. Capitalization of the country as a result of the peasant reform also affected the development of the agricultural sector of Ukraine, as well as Podillia. Therefore, in the study, the author provided the main characteristics of the development of the sugar industry, flour milling, viticulture, distilling, and others. In his analysis, Ihor Mazilo pays attention to the topic of railway transport in the German-Soviet war. The author emphasizes that railway transport became an object of strategic importance and provided communication between the front and the rear. Therefore, railway communications played one of the key roles during the last war and post-war reconstruction. Ihor Belkin reveals the content and analysis of the pedagogical experiment as an integral component of the modern educational process. In the content of his chapter, he pays considerable attention to the research and experimental work of students in the learning process. Describes the content of key tasks of experimental research. Emphasizes the theoretical and practical aspects of the readiness and effectiveness of the pedagogical experiment in the conditions of student training in the context of future specialists. The author pays considerable attention to one of the effective methods of the pedagogical experiment mechanism - the business game. Plays a practical-applied analysis ofthe game technology method. Describes the sequence of stages of the experiment and the analysis of its results. In the study of Volodymyr Manhora, a comparative characterization of the prevention of illegal trade in human organs and tissues in Ukraine and European countries was carried out. The concept of illegal trade in human organs and tissues is given. The history of the development of prevention of illegal trade in human organs and tissues is considered. Periodization of the legal regulation of state administration in the field of transplantation has been carried out. The specifics of the regulatory and legal regulation to prevent illegal trade in human organs and tissues in Ukraine and European countries have been determined. Based on his own research, the author came to the conclusion that in orderto regulate the fight against the illegal trade in human organs and tissuesin modern Ukraine, it is necessary to improve the legislative framework, provide for sufficient state funding, and also implement the best practices of European countries in regulating the transplantation of human tissues or organs. The section prepared by Zorislav Makarov focuses on the study of general features and historical changes in the rationality of academic thought of the Renaissance era. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of the worldview level of the relationship between Man, Nature and God in the period of the ХІV-ХVI th centuries. The observed creative reception of ancient and early Christian thought at this level, which was embodied in the original concepts of a number of humanistic studies and educational guidelines of the Reformation, gives grounds for concluding that the subject-object dichotomy, naturalistic principles of creativity, and the instrumental model of rationality were gradually separated for the modern development of philosophy and science. The content of the collective monograph corresponds to the research direction of the Department of History of Ukraine and Philosophy of the Vinnytsia National Agrarian University "Study of trends of socio-economic development and consolidation of Ukrainian society in the modern history of Ukraine". monograph used: historical-genetic method, statistical analysis, sociologist and pedagogical research.

Pp. 283-297, "Mykhailo Drahomanov and the Problem of Ukrainian-Jewish Relations", discuss the views of the Russian nationalist as expressed in two articles. In the first (1875) he opposed legal discrimination against Jews, as it was based on medieval prejudice and did not achieve its aim of safeguarding the peasants' interests. The second was a response to the pogroms of 1881-82. He blamed the Russian policy of concentrating the Jews in the Pale of Settlement for Ukrainian-Jewish tensions. He also criticized the Jews as a parasitic class which felt no solidarity with the Ukraine. He saw the solution in a Jewish socialist movement and a federation of Russia and Austro-Hungary, in which Jews would enjoy equal rights. Pp. 299-313, "The Problem of Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Nineteenth-Century Ukrainian Political Thought, " discuss the approaches of three Ukrainian thinkers to the "Jewish question": Mykola Kostomarov, Mykhailo Drahomanov, and Ivan Franko. Kostomarov published an article in 1862 in "Osnova" to counter accusations in the Jewish journal "Sion" against the Ukrainian cultural movement. He supported Jewish emancipation, but accused the Jews of clannishness, indifference to the fate of their country, and acting as instruments of Polish oppression and exploiters of the peasants. Franko was a disciple of Drahomanov; he adopted the idea of Ukrainian independence and advocated Jewish-Ukrainian cooperation.

"The idea of etnos came into being over a hundred years ago as a way of understanding the collective identities of people with a common language and shared traditions. In the twentieth century, the concept came to be associated with Soviet state-building, and it fell sharply out of favour. Yet outside the academy, etnos-style arguments not only persist, but are a vibrant part of regional anthropological traditions. Life Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond makes a powerful argument for reconsidering the importance of etnos in our understanding of ethnicity and national identity across Eurasia. The collection brings to life a rich archive of previously unpublished letters, fieldnotes, and photographic collections of the theory's early proponents. Using contemporary fieldwork and case studies, the volume shows how the ideas of these ethnographers continue to impact and shape identities in various regional theatres from Ukraine to the Russian North to the Manchurian steppes of what is now China. Through writing a life history of these collectivist concepts, the contributors to this volume unveil a world where the assumptions of liberal individualism do not hold. In doing so, they demonstrate how notions of belonging are not fleeting but persistent, multi-generational, and bio-social."--Publisher's description.

Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.

Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help. Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people's experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person's risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners' ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment. This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health.