Turkic world in the flow of civilizations

Abstract

Significant changes in the dynamics of cultures and civilizations are taking place in the modern world: S. Huntington’s conclusion about the collisions of supercilizations no longer corresponds to the realities of the XXI century, the processes of localization and unification of cultural worlds («Russian world», «European way», «Malay civilization», «Turkic world», etc.) are becoming increasingly important. The purpose of the article is to consider the genesis, chronotopes and civilizational potential of the «Turkic idea». In this regard, the issue of finding ways of spiritual renewal and revaluation of priorities for the further cultural development of the Turkic peoples, preservation of the fundamental spiritual values of the ethnoculture of the Turks, unique and original, is of particular importance. Turkic-speaking thinkers have always sought to build a holistic philosophical image of a person. The anthropocentric philosophy of Central Asian thinkers reveals the place of the Turkic man in the world and his attitude to culture, analyzes the question of who a person can become by realizing his potential, what is the ratio of the sacred and profane in him, who is the «perfect human».