"Cultural universals in an academic environment" "is a
project that was carried out in 2015 under the guidance of prof.
D.Sc. Valentina Milenkova. Two focus groups were conducted. The
participants in the first group discussions are students studying
Sociology and the second focus group was conducted with students
from major Psychology in the South-Western University "Neofit
Rilski". The results from the group discussions reveal the
dimensions of the escalating value crisis in the Bulgarian society.
Family, education and hard work have changed their place in the
value system among the Bulgarians. According to Peter Berger, there
are seven key values, which are generally accepted within the
Western "economic culture". Those are "material well-being;
equality; political freedom; human rights; individual autonomy and
the preservation of tradition and community". The
participants in the focus groups do not recognize these values as
inherent for the contemporary Bulgarian society.
Key words: Values; Value system; Values
crisis