Shapoval A. Demographic state of modern Ukrainian society in sociological discourse

Carried out a review of demographic processes as a system-organized social phenomena in the light of sociological discourse, the conceptual core of which is elected to lead the trend of the evolution of research principles for the development of social science in postclassic era - implementation epistemologica reconfiguration of social knowledge from representation to performativity. Features of the demographic crisis should be considered as signals that demosphere delivers according to its pathological condition, and this interpretation is a consequence of the modern mainstream scientific understanding of society as a system capable of self-organization.