Smirnov S.A. —
Anthropological turn: its meaning and lessons
// Philosophy and Culture. – 2017. – ¹ 2.
– P. 23 - 35.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0757.2017.2.22058
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/fkmag/article_22058.html
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Abstract: The article provides an overview of contemporary interpretations of the phenomenon which has received in the scientific literature the name of anthropological turn, and applicable to the whole line of research, concepts and practices, the authors of which are authors such as M. Scheler, M. Bakhtin, M. Heidegger, and others. The author considers different interpretations to explain this phenomenon. The article concludes that the anthropological turn is not confined to philosophical and scientific direction of philosophical anthropology. It is a paradigm shift in the thinking of a man and the search for a new language for the development of a new anthropological discourse. This change does not mean the "death of man". It means re-orientation of basic reference points of human existence and recovery of the original ontological foundations of anthropology, on the one hand, and filling a living anthropological content of human ontology, on the other hand. The article explains that virtually all of the authors of anthropological turn were searching not for a new concept of human, but rather his place, and the new way of reasoning on this matter. They were not looking for the final formulization of the essence of a man, but that specific type of existence, which makes the human a human being. In this sense, the representatives of the turn worked on human navigation in dual sense: as the search for human place and the word about him. The specificity of the place consists in the fact that it is not ontologically predetermined and prepared far in advance. This metaphysical spot each is consistently equipped with certain type of practices and thinking. And thus, the word about human each time is structured based on his cognitive, symbolic grounds and landmarks.
Smirnov S.A. —
On the Question about Conceptual Self-Navigation. The Idea of Anthropoid Cartoid
// Culture and Art. – 2015. – ¹ 6.
– P. 603 - 610.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2015.6.16629
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Abstract: The author of the article introduces the idea of the personality map by using the category of "anthropoid cartoid". The author suggests that we should consider the problem of personal development from the point of view of a guide/map created by a person in the process of his personal development. The researcher underlines the need for creating such a map and at the same time stresses out how difficult it is to develop it. The latter is due to the fact that modern man is experiencing the "after Auschwitz" situation, a cultural pause, i.e. the time when previously adopted basic cultural symbols and patterns are either destroyed or fundamentally changed. The author demonstrates that a form of cultural transmission in such a situation is the testimony of one who has the ultimate anthropological experience. The author emphasizes the complexity and fraught with such experience in witnessing the 'after' situation. The author of the article introduces a number of principles forming the basis of the anthropological cartoid that differs from the usual personality map because it is both an external tool for personal self-navigation and a diary/part of personality of a person who creates the map. The intruduction of the term 'cartoid' allows to point out peculiarities of personal development. The novelty of the article is caused by the fact that the author offers a definition of anthropoid cartoid and describes a number of the basic principles the anthropopractical method of creating the anthropoid cartoid is based on. The author emphasizes the need to work on creation of such anthropoid cartoids as the sitution of recession of the symbolic horizon of culture, i.e. the situation that was called The After Auschwitz Situation. The author stresses out the problem for transferring experience throughout generations in the after auschwitz situation characterized with the ontological emptiness and fundamental inability to transmit experience and cultural patterns. This emphasizes the need for creating a personality map that would be based on different principles rather than usual individual development pathways.
Smirnov S.A. —
// Culture and Art. – 2014. – ¹ 3.
– P. 336 - 348.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.3.12530
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Smirnov S.A. —
// Culture and Art. – 2014. – ¹ 2.
– P. 171 - 182.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.2.12162
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