Hypotheses

CULTURE AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON

E. A. Orlova. Components of Modern Sociology of Culture

NATURE OF CULTURE    

A.Ya. Flier. The Key Question of Culture: What for?

Discussions

SEARCHING THE MEANING OF HISTORY AND CULTURE (A.Ya. Flier’s Section)

O.A. Zhukova. Religious Interpretation of Freedom in Russian Philosophy of Culture and Politics

N.А. Khrenov. Philosophy of Art in View of the Appearance of Culture Concept (Part 2)

A.Ya. Flier. Cultural Processes in the Context of Social and Historical Significance

Analytics

HIGH ART IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE (E. Shapinskaya’s Section)

E. N. Shapinskaya. Mass Culture: Essay on Theories. New Approaches and Assessments

E. N. Shapinskaya. Philosophy of Pop-Culture or Popular Philosophy? (Destiny of Philosophy in the Age of Mass Culture)

SOCIAL VALUE OF CULTURE AND CULTUROLOGY: CONCEPTS OF THE NEW AGE

Materials of the conference in the Moscow State Institute of Culture dedicated to the 100th anniversary of A.I. Arnoldov

E.E. Drobysheva. Essential Aspects of Disposition of Culture and Civilization

A.V. Malygina. Sociocultural Development and Gender: Historical Dynamics of Discourse Strategies

N.P. Bezuglova. Culture in View of Economic Practicality: Risk Zones and Growth Points

VARIETY OF CULTURAL MEANINGS

A.Ya. Flier. Culture as Space and Time of Social Being

V. M. Rozin. Sociocultural Analysis of Conspiracy Discourse (based on Sergei Goryainov’s “Battles of Diamond Barons”) (Part 1)

N.А. Khrenov. Culture and Utopia: Medieval Complex of Utopism in the History of Russia (Part 2 (ending))

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