Philosophy and Theory of Culture in Analysis of Today

Abstract: In the analysis of precedents of social and cultural creativity humanities aim to present the results of research in the form of a coherent picture. Pluralistic situation of modernity involves development of a new methodology for description and interpretation of reality of humans’ cultural existence. In the author’s opinion, the philosophical theory of culture can take the function of assembling diverse pictures of understanding of reality.

Keywords: Philosophical and cultural approach, descriptive and evaluative knowledge, philosophical theory of culture, rational and irrational, self-identity, tradition, innovation, social experience.

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