ПАЛОМНИЧЕСТВО КАК ВСТРЕЧА ВО ВРЕМЕНИ: ГЕРМЕНЕВТИЧЕСКИЙ АСПЕКТ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of pilgrimage in a practical and philosophical context. Considering it as a socio-cultural phenomenon allows us to explore not only the spiritual and religious meanings of this activity. Pilgrimage, as an activity initially aimed at gaining and understanding of meanings and events, is closely linked to the hermeneutic tradition. By applying the principle of historicism, using the comparative and hermeneutical method and the method of contextual analysis, the author presents an attempt at an interdisciplinary study of pilgrimage. It is shown that the use of hermeneutical concepts formulated by V. Diltey, G.-G. Gadamer and P. Riker contributes to the understanding of various objective and subjective aspects of this activity. Pilgrimage is considered in its directed procedurality and activity, an important element of which is the knowledge of the meanings contained in the symbols that accompany and define this path. It is concluded that in addition to the sacred and existential contexts, which are meaning-forming, objective and collective components are no less important, as evidenced by the genre of pilgrimage literature and its evolution. It is shown that as a result of the spread of knowledge and secularization processes, the system of values changes and pilgrimage, in addition to preserving traditional ones, acquires new goals and forms associated with changing the concept of the sacred. In the modern understanding, the connection with communication and educational activities, with tradition and identification processes becomes important. The development of the information society indicates a further change in value orientations and devaluation of the original meanings of pilgrimage activities. Pilgrimage today is a special subject of research in various scientific fields, it is also discussed in the context of tourism as one of its directions. One of the main questions concerns the place, status and significance of pilgrimage in modern society.