Popov, E. A. ‘New World Eon’ and Socio-Cultural Situation at the Turn of the Century

Abstract: The article represents philosophical and culturological views on complex issues associated with the crisis of world perception and socio-cultural failure at the turn of XX century. As it is well know, that period was called the Silver Age in Russian culture. The main features of that period defined the crisis in fine art caused by the appearance of new forms of art communication. Those new forms included Avant-Gardism and Modernism. On the other hand, at the turn of the century there was a certain inclination towards ‘mechanistic’ world perception. Berdyaev’s concept, the New World Eon, is viewed as the main ontological and gnoseological markers of the epoch. The article also draws our attention at the role of that concept in the formation of the ‘theory and practice’ of the individual. Regarding this issue, philosophers start to prefer ‘fantasy-servile’ concept of human to social determination. Herewith, socio-cultural situation is formed as a cultural and art response to human losing their traditional values and morals.

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