Flier Andrey Yakovlevich,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Chief Researcher
Lykhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage
e-mail: andrey.flier@yandex.ru

Cultural Processes in the Context of Social and Historical Significance

Abstract. The article discusses questions of understanding and modeling dynamics of culture in the social and historical context, through variants of evolution and cyclic modalities. Acknowledging the importance of reproduction of culture at the level of immediate social activity, the author casts doubts on the real existence of cyclic reproduction in the context of historical duration.

Key words. Culture, history, historical and social dynamics, reproduction and changeability of culture, evolution, tradition.

The article is prepared with the support of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fund, grant № 15-03-00031 Cultural Regulation of Social Dynamics.

[1] See more details: Flier A.Ya. Sociodynamics of Culture: a Variety of Possibilities // Culture of Culture. 2016. № 1.
[2] Ibid.
[3] See: Pelipenko А.А. Dualistic Revolution and the Historical Origin of Meaning: Textbook for university students. М.: URSS, 2010.
[4] См.: Pelipenko А.А. Culture and Meaning // Pelipenko А.А. Selected Works on the Theory of Culture. М.: Soglasiye-Artem, 2014.
[5] See more details: Mexhuyev V.М. Russian Modernization and Culture // Philosophical sciences. 2011. № 1.
[6] Flier A.Ya. Op. cit.
[7] See: Flier A.Ya. Society as a Cultural System // Culture of Culture. 2015. № 3. [e-resource] URL: http://cult-cult.ru/society-as-a-cultural-system/
[8] About scientific understanding of cultural tradition see, for example: Markaryan E. S. the Theory of Culture and Contemporary Science: Logical and Methodological Analysis. М.: Mysl, 1983.
[9] See: Flier A.Ya. The Genesis of Culture. М.: RIК 1995; Flier A.Ya. Structure and Dynamics of Cultural and Genetic Evolutionary Processes: author’s abstract of dissertation (Doctor of Philosophy). М.: RIK, 1995.
[10] See: Durkheim, Emile. De la division du travail social. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1893.