Hypotheses:

COMFORTING KNOWLEDGE

A.Y. Flier. Culture of Learning as a Phenomenon of Collective Psychology

 

Discussions:

CONTEMPORARY CULTURE: ITS FEATURES AND TRENDS (scientific opinion)

Introduction to the discussion

N.G. Bagdasaryan. Past, Present and Future of Culture: Subjective Notes

A.V. Kostina. "Culture" Express Train Passes all the Stations

A.A. Pelipenko. That Obscure Specter of Culture

V.M. Rozin. Renewal of Culture in Terms of its Crisis and Metamorphosis

I.A. Urmina. A Study of Culture: Balance between Tradition and Innovation

A.Y. Flier. Skeletons in the Closet and their Vital Perspectives

 

Analytics:

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

E.N. Shapinskaya. Escapism in Cyberspace: Boundless Opportunities and New Dangers

N.I. Kiyashchenko, E.N. Shapinskaya. Crisis of Aesthetics or Longing for Aesthetic: Dialogue of an Aesthetician and a Culture Specialist

Aesthetics in Contemporary World, Its Role in Cultivation of the Understanding of Beauty and Moral Values. Interview with E.Y. Basin

CULTURAL SELF-CONSTRUCTION

E.E. Surova, M.A. Vasilieva. "Identification Compositions" of the Contemporary Socio-Cultural Reality

O.A. Zhukova. Political Modernization in Russia or the Issue of Civilizational Identity

V.M. Rozin, L.G. Golubkova. Paradoxes of Nowadays or Deficit as a Form of Power

N.A. Khrenov. Interaction of Entertainment and Visual Forms in Contemporary Culture

M.I. Kozyakova. Utilitarian Tendencies in Art and the Archetype of Europe: "Epoch of Formation"

 

Information:

New books

O.A. Zhukova. Selected Works on Philosophy and Theory of Culture

O.A. Zhukova. Selected Works on Philosophy and History of Culture