E.V. Savelova,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
First Vice-Rector
The Khabarovsk State Institute
of Arts and Culture
e-mail: evgs12@yandex.ru

Man and Technology in Stanislaw Lem’s Axiology of Culture

Abstract. The article discusses relationship between man and technology in the context of culturology, focusing on S. Lem’s well-known scholastic concept of viewing culture as a mechanism of man’s adaptation to the whole range of situational possibilities occurring in the society’s social life.

Key words. Culture, technology, adaptation, eventuality, provocative publication.

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[11] Ibid. P. 125.
[12] Ibid. P. 131.
[13] Ibid.
[14] Ibid. P. 133.
[15] Ibid. P. 135.
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