The History of Art in the Context of P. Sorokin’s Concept of Social Dynamics

Abstract. The article covers the cyclic theory of the history of society and culture, developed by P. Sorokin, and its conceptual origins. The author analyzes the history of European art and makes the conclusion that the period of sensual world perception and reflection in art, developed since the Renaissance, is now changing for a ideational period of supersensual world perception, bringing appropriate transformation of forms art.

Key words. The history of society and culture, linear and cyclic conceptions, the crisis of European culture, sensual and ideational types of culture, transformation of forms art

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