The Culturogenesis of the Historical Turns

I V Kondakov

doi:10.18502/keg.v3i8.3595

Abstract

Highlights

The research area of this article is culturogenesis – a concept that is usually interpreted as the genesis of culture
The concept of ‘culturogenesis’ has another important, but relatively rare, definition: the cultural genesis of certain phenomena and processes not directly related to culture per se. We propose that such phenomena are culturally determined and conditioned. Among such phenomena is the culturogenesis of the historical turns – that is, of the sharp, even seemingly unexpected changes in the vectors of historical development
Historical turns are often produced by a kind of tectonic ‘shocks’ happening in mental sphere – shocks that are generated by the escalation of key problems of historical development

Summary

Introduction

The research area of this article is culturogenesis – a concept that is usually interpreted as the genesis of culture. The concept of ‘culturogenesis’ has another important, but relatively rare, definition: the cultural genesis of certain phenomena and processes (social, politician, even natural) not directly related to culture per se In this case, we propose that such phenomena are culturally determined and conditioned. Facets of Culture in the Age of Social Transition rather by a general socio-cultural situation and cultural environment that prompt people to act in certain – and not in other – ways, and compel historical circumstances to follow a certain course. These factors are the subjects of this paper

The Problem of the Historical Turns

The Mechanisms of Cultural Destruction

The Space of the Semantic Uncertainty

Conclusions