Analysis of Modern Approaches to the Transformation of Social Systems in Postmodern Society

The article discusses the key features of postmodernism as a cultural epoch and its impact on the transformation of social systems and unions. The effect of new technologies, social networking services and other social innovations on forming new social structures is studied. The article includes an analysis of different approaches to transforming social systems. The essence of social engineering as a method of increasing the efficiency of these processes is considered. The features of self-organization of actors into virtual communities are analysed, as well as methods of social control as mechanisms of self-organization. Finally, the category of social engineering as an interdisciplinary one is studied, and a promising area of research is outlined.