Kiyashchenko Nikolai Ivanovich,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Leading Research Worker,
Institute of Philosophy of
the Russian Academy of Sciences
e-mail: larisaki@yasenevo.ru

Shapinskaya Ekaterina Nikolaevna,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Deputy Director of the Expert-Analytical center
for Development of Educational Systems
in the sphere of culture,
Lykhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage
e-mail: reenash@mail.ru
 

Crisis of Aesthetics or Longing for Aesthetic:
Dialogue of an Aesthetician and a Culture Specialist

Abstract: The subject of this study is aesthetic education as the major factor in shaping aesthetic ideas and values. Today aesthetic education is in crisis due to a change of value system in contemporary society and fragmentation of cultural space under the influence of post-modern trends and total informatization. The need for an aesthetic aspect in socialization of a person of the XXI century is unmistakable. The authors of this article propose their vision and solutions to this problem.

Keywords: Aesthetics, aesthetic education, dialogue, emotion, perception, aesthetic value, artistic education, art, empathy, information society.

[1] This article was prepared with the support of the RFH, grant number 14-03-00035
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