The Subcultural Group of Hardcore-Punk
The Subcultural Group of Hardcore-Punk

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this essay is re-actualizing the issue of subcultures in our sociological studies, as well as defining a new sub-cultural group, which has not been studied so far. For this purpose, here we interpret the results of an empirical research of the hardcore-punk subcultural group members' social origin and their attitudes to nation, religion and the consumer society values. The research was carried out in Belgrade and Nis in the period July-October 2005, as a part of the undergraduate honours thesis. After defining the notions of culture and subculture, and presenting the most important characteristics of the already mentioned subcultural group, we examine the group members' social origin and their attitudes to nation, religion and the values of the consumer society. The general conclusion is that members of the hardcore-punk subculture have clearly defined attitudes expressed in terms of explicit non-nationalism, atheistic orientation followed by taking a negative stance towards the church as an institution, together with the non-acceptance of the consumer mentality. These attitudes point to the fact that hardcore-punk has preserved and built on its identity as a sub-cultural group, regardless of the pervasive inclinations of the past fifteen years in our environment, the ones concerning the Nation and the Church. These inclinations include taking a positive stance towards religion, "returning" to the church, and world globalizing trends concerning the imposition of the values of the consumer mentality.

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