Spatial turn in sociology: new tools and new problems

The article analyzes the formation and transformation of one of the basic categories of the science of society "social space". The main traditions of understanding this category are considered. Assumptions are made about the reasons for the partial "retreat" into the shadows of this category in the middle of the century, up to the 70s of the twentieth century, as well as the rise of interest in social space, which in the work was designated by the term "spatial turn". A hypothesis is put forward about the connection between conflict and dynamism in social space and interest in it, as well as the reason why this process is most pronounced in Russia.