DOI: 10.36871/hon.202102006
Authors
M. Yu. Alekseeva
A. A. Mikhailov
I. V. Samsonova
M. S. Rakova
Shuya Branch of Ivanovo State University, Shuya, Ivanovo region, Russian Federation
Abstract
The problems of cultural and civilizational transition and the anthropological catastrophe,
predicted by leading scientists and thinkers, are now becoming much more acute and clear. The
events unfolding before our eyes in the socio-cultural, political, economic and even biological
life of modern society testify to a deep systemic crisis of modern civilization. In this regard,
attempts at analytical comprehension of the crisis state of culture, identifying cause-and-effect
relationships that have led to this state, as well as the experience of anti-crisis modeling and
searching possible ways to overcome the crisis seem to be in demand and relevant.
This work, relying on the culturological approach and using the method of culturological
hermeneutics, presents the experience of theoretical fixation of the types of responses to the
crisis state of culture common for transition periods, the semantic content of which can be
determined in three main ways: 1) inversion mechanisms, where human consciousness tends
to transfer ready-made, well-known cultural models to the new cultural ground; 2) mediation
mechanisms, implying human acceptance of transforming reality; 3) eristic principle —
a situation of semantic pluralism up to the shift of value poles.
Keywords
crisis of culture, culture and personality, anti-crisis potential of tradition
