The Image of a Civilized Man in a Modern Culture
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.200113.147How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- man, European culture, Russia, Siberia, civilization, society, history
- Abstract
The word “civilization” comes from the Latin word “civilis” and literally means “civil”, “state”. But most often this concept is used in a broader sense and means a historical stage in the evolution of society, when it reaches a certain level of development. One of the criteria of civilization is writing, which is an effective way of transferring experience from generation to generation. But many nations of Siberia did not have their own written language in the past and in a certain sense found themselves outside of civilization. Therefore, their history is not adequately represented in the world scientific literature. For example, R. Collins, in his famous book Sociology of Philosophy, ignores this topic. Meanwhile, the task of overcoming Russia’s backwardness in comparison with European countries was formulated more than 300 years ago and since then our society has been striving to solve it by all means. The process of Europeanization of Russia continues for several centuries. Not surprisingly, in the minds of Russians, the ideal is the image of a Western civilized man. It seems to us that the existing criteria for human civilization should be reviewed, for which a critical analysis of this term is necessary. The tradition of critical analysis of scientific categories in the context of the “antibarbarus” principle has arisen for a long time and has a great history The word “civilization” comes from the Latin word “civilis” and literally means “civil”, “state”. But most often this concept is used in a broader sense and means a historical stage in the evolution of society, when it reaches a certain level of development. One of the criteria of civilization is writing, which is an effective way of transferring experience from generation to generation. But many nations of Siberia did not have their own written language in the past and in a certain sense found themselves outside of civilization. Therefore, their history is not adequately represented in the world scientific literature. For example, R. Collins, in his famous book Sociology of Philosophy, ignores this topic. Meanwhile, the task of overcoming Russia’s backwardness in comparison with European countries was formulated more than 300 years ago and since then our society has been striving to solve it by all means. The process of Europeanization of Russia continues for several centuries. Not surprisingly, in the minds of Russians, the ideal is the image of a Western civilized man. It seems to us that the existing criteria for human civilization should be reviewed, for which a critical analysis of this term is necessary. The tradition of critical analysis of scientific categories in the context of the “antibarbarus” principle has arisen for a long time and has a great history [1The word “civilization” comes from the Latin word “civilis” and literally means “civil”, “state”. But most often this concept is used in a broader sense and means a historical stage in the evolution of society, when it reaches a certain level of development. One of the criteria of civilization is writing, which is an effective way of transferring experience from generation to generation. But many nations of Siberia did not have their own written language in the past and in a certain sense found themselves outside of civilization. Therefore, their history is not adequately represented in the world scientific literature. For example, R. Collins, in his famous book Sociology of Philosophy, ignores this topic. Meanwhile, the task of overcoming Russia’s backwardness in comparison with European countries was formulated more than 300 years ago and since then our society has been striving to solve it by all means. The process of Europeanization of Russia continues for several centuries. Not surprisingly, in the minds of Russians, the ideal is the image of a Western civilized man. It seems to us that the existing criteria for human civilization should be reviewed, for which a critical analysis of this term is necessary. The tradition of critical analysis of scientific categories in the context of the “antibarbarus” principle has arisen for a long time and has a great history [1]. In this article we consider the concept of civilized man, through the prism of the “antibarbarus” principle. We do not set the task to study the evolution of this term or the traditions of its explication in science. The fact of using the term “civilization” in a positive sense as a factor indicating the degree of development of society is important to us. A civilized man, as a rule, is a person who understands the main trends of the modern world and who is literate, educated and cultural. The article provides a critical analysis of the concept of civilized man.
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TY - CONF AU - Zhumageldy Kenispaev AU - Vladislav Vakaev AU - Vladimir Markin AU - Natalia Serova PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/29 TI - The Image of a Civilized Man in a Modern Culture BT - Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference The Fifth Technological Order: Prospects for the Development and Modernization of the Russian Agro-Industrial Sector (TFTS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 95 EP - 98 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200113.147 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200113.147 ID - Kenispaev2020 ER -