Shapinskaya, E. N. Esthetic Education in Terms of the Socio-Cultural Context of Modern Russia: Crisis of Values and Ways to Overcome it

Abstract: The subject under review is the creation of the system of esthetic education under the conditions of the crisis of artistic and esthetic concepts and values of modern people, especially younger generations who grew up during rapid informatization of the society. Informatization processes had a great impact both on the system of education and leisure time of people. The articie is also devote to the main features and peculiarities of the modern culture that has been formed in the age of globalization and total mediatization typical for the end of the XXth – beginning of the XXIth century. In order to change the current situation, it is necessary to find the best solution of a whole number of problems related to esthetic and artistic education in modern Russia and to develop the best model of esthetic education which would be based on the philosophy of culture and would be applicable both in institutional and non-institutional forms of esthetic education. In her research the author uses the method of textual analysis as well as the analysis of modern cultural practices including subcultures based on observations. Appealing to researches and practical recommendations in the sphere of esthetic and artistic education that were carried out and created by Russian theorists and practices at the second half of the XXth century as well as the theory of the ‘cultural capital’ offered by Pierre Bourdieu, the author finds out how it is possible to apply those in the modern social and cultural environment. The author raises a question about whether these recommendations are applicable to modern practices including subcultures. As an answer to that question, the author offers to create a new system of esthetic education which would combine both the past experience and modern practices, both institutional and non-institutional ones.

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