Information and culture.


	Philosophy and Culture Reference: Ursul, A. D. Information and culture. // Philosophy and Culture. 2011. № 2. P. 64-79. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57995 Ursul, A. D. Information and culture. Abstract: The article examines the relationship of information and culture, with special attention paid to the information aspect of culture as information process, which characterizes the degree of social evolution. It is noted that the concept of civilization “leans” to the material and the real, economic and technical-technological treatment, at the same time presenting a coherent social stage of evolution, the concept of culture - its spiritual and informational component, expressing the deep essence of civilization process. We discuss the information criterion of evolution in nature, society, and its application to evolutionary processes in culture. The author also dwells on the problem of fi nding pieces of cultural information, in particular memes, and give an opinion on these studies. Keywords: philosophy, civilization, information, information criterion of development, the information approach, culture, meme, diversity, evolution This article is unavailable for unregistered users. Click to login or register References 1. Gurevich P.S. Kul'turologiya: uchebn. posobie. 2-oe izd. – M., 2010. 2. Dokins R. Egoistichnyy gen. – M., 1993. 3. Kastel's M. Informatsionnaya epokha: konomika, obshchestvo, kul'tura. – M., 2000. 4. Kolin K.K. Fundamental'nye osnovy informatiki: sotsial'naya informatika. – M., 2000. 5. Kolin K.K. Aktual'nye filosofskie problemy informatiki. Teoreticheskie problemy in- 6. formatiki. – T. 1. – M., 2009. 7. Lotman Yu.M. Semiosfera. – SPb, 2001. 8. Markaryan E.S. Ocherki teorii kul'tury. – M., 1969. 9. Panov A. D. Universal'naya evolyutsiya i problema poiska vnezemnogo razuma (SETI). – M., 2008. 10. Popov V.P., Kraynyuchenko I.V. Global'nyy evolyutsionizm i sinergetika noosfery. – Rostov- 11. na-Donu, 2003. 12. Uayt L. Izbrannoe: Evolyutsiya kul'tury. – M., 2004. 13. Ursul A.D. Otrazhenie i informatsiya. – M., 1973. 14. Ursul A.D. Priroda informatsii. – M., 1968, 2-oe izd. – Chelyabinsk, 2010. 15. Ursul A.D., Ursul T.A. Universal'nyy evolyutsionizm (kontseptsii, podkhody, printsipy, pers- 16. pektivy). – M., 2007. 17. Boyd R., Richerdson P.J. Culture and the Evolutionary Process. – Chicago, 1985. 18. Chick G. Cultural Complexity: The Concept and Its Measurement // Cross-Cultural Research. – 1997. 19. – №31. – R. 275-307. 20. Chick G. Leisure, Labor and the Complexity of Culture: An Anthropological Perspective // Journal of 21. Leisure Research. – 1986. – №18. – P. 154-168. 22. Dawkins R. The Extended Phenotype. – Oxford, 1982. 23. Rambo A.T. The Study of Cultural Evolution // Profi les in Cultural Evolution. – Ann Arbur, 1991.

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