Reconstruction Of History Research Articles

Will the Nile River Turn into a Lake? The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD) Dam Case-Study

Abstract Today, many scholars agree that changes in water availability triggered by population growth, economic development and climate change impact will increase competition between water users, making conflict more likely, especially in those countries that lack the financial, technical and governance capacities to address water-related challenge and/or in river basin riparian states that share common water resources. As early as 2012, the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), analysing the water issue at a regional and global level, concluded that, while water-related state-on-state conflict is unlikely to occur during the next ten years, the problem is projected to get worse in the near future. Starting from the historical reconstruction and the geopolitical repercussions of the water dispute in the Nile River Basin and focusing on the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), this article aims to analyse the political, socio-economic and environmental changes that are affecting upstream countries and to detect how these new dynamics are challenging both the balance of power and the ongoing cooperation process in the region.

Thermal Evolution of the Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Boundary Beneath Arc and Its Geodynamic Implications: Depth Variation of Thermal Histories of Mantle Xenoliths From Ichinomegata, Northeast Japan

AbstractQuantitative reconstruction of thermal history recorded in mantle xenoliths is imperative for understanding the temporal change of thermal state and dynamics of the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (LAB). We challenged this problem in the arc settings by examining nine spinel peridotite xenoliths from Ichinomegata maar in the back‐arc side of Northeast Japan Arc. Extensive mineral chemical analyses combined with the derivation depths of the xenoliths revealed a depth‐dependent variation of chemical zoning patterns in olivine and pyroxenes. The depth variation of thermal histories of the Ichinomegata xenoliths was decoded by applying diffusion‐controlled reaction modeling to reproduce the zoning patterns. The decoded thermal events in the order of occurrence are (a) ∼14 million years of cooling causing lithosphere thickening up to ∼55 km depth, (b) subsequent ∼12 thousand years of heating from the underlying asthenosphere resulting in lithosphere thinning up to the depths of ∼40 km, and (c) 1–68 days of heating during xenolith transportation by the host magma. The duration of the lithosphere thickening is consistently explained by the period of the Japan Sea opening. On the other hand, the timescale of the lithosphere thinning is too short to be explained by heat conduction through the ∼15 km thick LAB and requires a more effective heat transportation mechanism such as direct magma injection into the LAB or significant viscosity reduction of the mantle peridotite aided by the pervasive permeable flow of silicate melt.

I want to travel to the past! The role of creative style and historical reconstructions as antecedents of informativeness in a virtual visit to a heritage tourist destination

ABSTRACT Virtual visits are a particularly useful way to learn about heritage tourism destinations. This article examines three design variables (i.e. technology interface: web browser vs. virtual reality device; creative style of information: textual vs. pictorial; and presence of historical reconstructions: yes vs. no) of a virtual visit to identify their influence on perceived informativeness and intention to recommend a destination. We performed a 2 × 2 × 2 between-subjects experimental factorial design with 116 Spanish tourists. We found that the presence of historical reconstructions especially improves informativeness when combined with extra textual information; and that if the visit is mediated by an immersive VR device, textual information cues influence intention to recommend more than do pictorial cues, but when the virtual visit is carried out using a less immersive technological interface, pictorial content has more influence on intention to recommend. Theoretical and managerial contributions are discussed.

THE ORIGINS OF THE FORMATION OF A UNIFIED LITERARY AND CREATIVE ORGANIZATION IN THE TASSR (the 20s of the XX century)

This article is devoted to the process of formation and activities carried out by literary organizations that existed in the 20s of the XX century.
 
 The purpose of the study is to consider the trends of formation and some aspects of the activities carried out by literary and creative organizations in the 20s of the XX century in the territory of the Tatar ASSR. This period is characterized by creation of many literary organizations, as well as uniting writers and theater workers in associations, which becomes a prerequisite for the formation of a single literary organization.
 
 Materials and methods. The methodological foundation for examining the subject of research is made by the principles of historicism and historical reconstruction, as well as the descriptive-narrative method. Based on the results of analysis of archival documents and published sources, the article reflects: the history of creation and some aspects of the activities carried out by literary organizations of the TASSR in the context of socio-cultural policy in the 20s of the XX century. The research materials made it possible to supplement the existing source base and can be used when writing scientific papers and preserving the historical and cultural heritage of the region.
 
 Study results. The article presents information about the activities of some literary organizations of the 20s of the XX century. The analysis of their activities showed that literary organizations were very active in their desire to reinforce proletarian culture.
 
 Conclusions. The association of writers and artists is considered as a necessary trend in the conditions of a new ideological paradigm evolvement, as the foundation of their professional, cultural, political identification in the new historical realities. Writers’ organizations of the 20s of the XX century contributed to preservation of literary heritage and gave impetus to the development of fiction in the Soviet period. In the early 30s of the XX century, a movement aimed at creating a unified literary organization was set out and intensified.

Representation of Historical Events and Realities in the Space of Virtualized Global Strategy Game Universes

The article explores the possibilities and prospects of using an audio visualized (multimedia) text, which, according to the author, is the phenomenon of a computer game (in particular, the genre of global strategy) to represent the historical process in the form of its simulation. The study aims to identify the possibilities and limitations of demonstrating elements of world-system analysis in the space of the game universe of global historical strategies. The goals are: 1) to analyze key aspects of virtualized game simulation in the form of global strategy; 2) to systematize characteristic features of the combination of scientific and subjective factors in game simulation; 3) to identify the influence of the cultural factor on creating virtual worlds in games; 4) to conduct case-studies considering games through the prism of the theoretical framework of game simulation. The study employs the historical-genetic method and discourse analysis. Axiological and anthropological approaches are used to find sociocultural specificities of game simulations by investigating their value orientations and practices in the game and in the community of gamers. The study specifies features of variable modelling on the example of game universes of Civilization, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis etc. The results of the study include the analysis of 1) history reconstruction in global game strategies from the point of view of philosophy of culture; 2) game mechanics reflecting their creators’ and gamers’ personal features; 3) creating cultural landscape in global simulation games. The author suggests that modern global strategies is not only a kind of virtual entertainment and cybertext, but also a means of reliving the historical narrative when mass consciousness can explore alternative history. This approach makes way for spreading historical knowledge via historical simulation.

Historicizing the Determinants of the Catholic Evangelization in Western Part of Kenya, 1902-1978

This study aimed to investigate the determinants of evangelization in the Western part of Kenya from 1902 to 1978. Literature review helped identify gaps, and Emile Durkheim's functionalism theory and Arnold Toynbee's Challenge and Response theory provided the theoretical framework. A historical research design was used to collect, verify, and synthesize evidence from the past. The target population was one million Catholic faithful; with a sample size of 384 Catholic Christians determined using the Krejcie and Morgan Table. Data collection tools included questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions, observations, and secondary sources. Qualitative analysis was performed on the data. Research ethics were followed for authenticity and objectivity. The study found that evangelization in the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega (CDKK) employed a kerygmatic approach rather than Fr. Arnold Witlox's previous approach. It recommended a revision of the CDKK's history from 1904 onwards. In summary, this study explored evangelization determinants in Western Kenya, using theoretical frameworks and a historical research design. The findings emphasized the shift in the CDKK's approach and suggested a reassessment of its historical reconstruction.

Features of the System of Supply and Distribution of Food During the Great Patriotic War (Based on the Materials of Stavropol)

The article analyzes the features of the food supply and distribution system as an essential element of the daily life of the population of Stavropol during the Great Patriotic War. The relevance of the study is due to the need to preserve the memory of the participants in the war and the inhabitants of the home front, to study from other methodological positions the features of survival and existence in the years of the most difficult trials of the middle of the 20th century. The practical significance of the study is expressed in the possibility of using its results in the reconstruction of the regional history of everyday life during the Great Patriotic War. The methodological potential of the study is revealed in the possibility of using its material at the level of a higher educational institution, when conducting classes in the history of Russia. The scientific novelty lies in the study, based on archival materials, sources of personal origin, of the features of catering, behavior patterns, domestic and labor daily practices of Soviet society during the Great Patriotic War, taking into account the specifics of the Stavropol region. The results of the study indicate that the food supply, organized in the form of a rationing system during the war, provided only the nutritional needs of only a small part of the population of Stavropol. The majority, the inhabitants of the village, were self-sufficient and survived thanks to their personal plots of land. In the daily existence of residents, especially young people, a constant “sign” of the war years was malnutrition, eating various surrogates, hunger, massive in some areas of the region, led to all sorts of deviations, often - theft, severely punished by the state law enforcement machine.

Технологии ГИС при реконструкции торгово-транспортной системы Золотой Орды

The article discusses the issues concerning historical reconstruction of trade and transport system of the Golden Horde based on the data analysis with the use of geographic information systems, logistics modeling and interdisciplinary technologies.

"Śniło mu się, że nie spał”: Ontologiczna niestabilność w powieści Jamesa Robertsona "The Fanatic"

Set in the seventeenth and late twentieth centuries, James Robertson’s first novel The Fanatic (2000) is not only a powerful exploration of Scottish history and the interrelationships between past and present, but also an example of historical metafiction, concerned with the nature of historical and fictional reconstructions. As this article argues, the world model created in The Fanatic is characterized by inherent epistemological and ontological instability, visible at all levels of the text’s construction. The two plot lines, the seventeenth century past and the twentieth century present, initially set apart, increasingly blur and permeate each other until finally it is impossible to tell what is past and what is present, what is “real” and what re-constructed or imagined. The ontological status of the narrated events is equally unstable, as they often turn out to be false memories, hallucinations or delusions of the characters, while the fictionality of the characters is foregrounded by means of intertextual allusions. Finally, the status and reliability of the seemingly objective, heterodiegetic narrator becomes increasingly questionable as the story unfolds. Far from despairing of the possibility of offering a reliable historical reconstruction; however, the novel celebrates the very instability, which allows for constant imaginative reinterpretation and renewal of the past in the present, and of reality in fiction.

The CAP (Common Agricultural Policy): A Short History of Crises and Major Transformations of European Agriculture

The purpose of this article is to study the development of EU agricultural policies from a historical reconstruction perspective. The 1957 Treaty of Rome, the basis of today’s European Union, gave birth to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to coordinate production across different European countries, to ensure food self-sufficiency and the certainty of supply to member states. Over time, several choices, as well as certain subsidies and policies (e.g. milk quotas) have been called into question as part of the liberalisation of the common agricultural market. Others persist, but continue to favour the unequal management of funds in favour of large companies specialised in intensive agriculture and livestock farming. These choices represent a loss in terms of both biodiversity and traditional farming knowledge and know-how. The decisive changes of the CAP at the institutional level have transformed the socio-economic as well as geographical landscape of Europe. It should be added that with the current crises—the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the ecological crises—the entire model is being called into question. Consequently, this article, after providing a brief overview, aims to reconstruct the common agricultural policies. It then provides an explanatory framework in quantitative terms of the French and Italian agricultural sectors to highlight what are, in the authors’ opinion, the limits of the CAP, even in the face of the crises mentioned above.

Reconstruction of History and Legends by Video Games from the Perspective of Postmodernism: The case of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

While being important as a means of entertainment in a digital society, video games also have a serious and profound social dimension. "SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE", released by the Japanese studio From Software on March 22, 2019, once again showed the world the charm of video games with its excellent gameplay design, unique plot narrative, and excellent art design. After in-depth play and a lot of relevant literature, this study will take "SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE" as the research object, based on the theory of "Monomyth" and "Meta-Narrative", analyze the reconstruction of religion and myth in the game. Also, it attempts to explore the connection between games and Japanese postmodern society. At the same time, in the process of research, it can be further discovered that video games are not only a reflection of society but also promote the reflection of social relations and the construction of the spiritual world.

Хадж советских мусульман 1966–1967 гг. через призму архивных документов

Introduction. Analysis of Soviet religious policies essentially represented by government-Muslim relations is most important to the history of our motherland. An indicator to characterize the quality of these relations is efforts of authorities in organizing Hajj trips, including multifaceted interaction with leaders of Soviet Muslims. Goals. The article examines archival documents — some to be newly introduced into scientific circulation — and attempts an analysis of the actual conditions, scope of related work, and conclusions articulated by officials who were to arrange comprehensive interaction with Muslims and Hajj participants. The study seeks to answer a number of questions pertaining to Hajj-related activities of the Council for Religious Affairs (under the USSR Council of Ministers) and Muslim spiritual directorates in 1966–1967. Materials and methods. The paper focuses on documents stored at the State Archive of the Russian Federation (coll. Р-6991 ‘Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR’) covering the period from 1943 to 1991, with special emphasis be laid on analyses of files contained in Catalogue 6 ‘Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR: 1966–1991’. It is in 1966 that the Soviet government agency created by way of merger (Council for the Russian Orthodox Church and Council for Religious Cults) and established by a decree of the USSR Council of Ministers began its actual work with all registered religious organizations. Methods and tools of analysis, synthesis, and that of historical reconstruction proved most instrumental in investigating efforts of the Council. Results. The work introduces into scientific circulation some archival documents that have remained unknown both to experts and the public at large, provides a historiographic review of the problem on the basis of publications authored by famous foreign and domestic researchers. Conclusions. The study shows certain peculiarities of government-Muslim relations during the period under consideration, namely: the Hajj was being prepared when the key body supposed to facilitate such constructive relations (Council for Religious Cults) had ceased its work, and the new one (Council for Religious Affairs) was not yet completely staffed.

Devonian diamond reservoir of the Urals

Research subject. The Takata formation of the Emsian tier of the Lower Devonian (D1tk) in the Urals is a reservoir of Devonian diamonds. Aim. Confirmation and determination of the diamond-bearing conditions of the reservoir. Materials and Methods. Generalization of primary and interpreted geological information. Lithofacial analysis. Historical and geological reconstruction. Cartographic analysis and geological and cartographic modeling in the ArcMapESRY GIS environment using the ModelBuilder module. Results. The Takata formation is part of the Emsian tier of the Lower Devonian. Tectonically, the Takata formation is located in the West Ural Folded Zone. The diamond content in the Urals is spatially related to the outputs of the Takata formation. The industrial diamond-bearing capacity and the highest density of diamond placers are located in the Vishersky, Chykmansky and Chusovskoy diamond-bearing regions of the Northern and Middle Urals within the Perm Krai. In the early Devonian, the Takata Sea existed in the Vishera diamond-bearing area; a large river with a delta flowed in the direction from northwest to southeast. The sediments of the formation comprise the facies cycle: flood-plain - channel alluvium - delta sediments - underwater-delta - marine sediments. Diamonds are concentrated in the thickness of coarse-grained alluvium, small-pebble basal conglomerates that formed on the land-sea boundary of the paleocontinent of the Russian Plate. Three facies types of the Takata formation section are distinguished: continental, coastal-marine and marine. Its diamond-bearing capacity is associated with the continental and coastal-marine sediments of the formation within the Perm Region. To the north and south of the diamond-bearing areas of the Perm Krai, the Takata formation is represented by marine sediments. According to the geodynamic model based on the geological section of the Northern Urals, the alluvial and coastal-marine Takata diamond placers were formed in the early Devonian as a result of the demolition of material from the Russian Plate. The sources of destruction were rocks of the Precambrian, Ordovician and Silurian. The main spatial-geomorphological criterion for searching for diamond-bearing conglomerates of the Takata formation is the maximum distance of demolition from these conglomerations to placers, equal to 500 m.

Semantic Mapping of the Geologic Time Scale: A temporal reference

The Geologic Time Scale is an ordered hierarchical set of terms representing specific time intervals in Earth's history. The hierarchical structure is correlated to the geologic record and major geologic events in Earth’s history (Gradstein et al. 2020). In the absence of quantitative numeric age values from absolute dating methods, the relative time intervals in the geologic time scale provide us with the vocabulary needed for deciphering Earth’s history and chronological reconstruction. This temporal frame of reference is critical to establishing correlations between specimens and how they fit within the Earth’s 4.567 Ga (giga annum) history. Due to spatial and temporal variations in the stratigraphic record, the terminology used in conjunction with geologic time scales is largely inconsistent. For a detailed discussion regarding term use in geologic timescales, see Cohen et al. (2013). As a result, published values for geologic timescale terms are often ambiguous and highly variable, limiting interoperability and hindering temporal correlations among specimens. A solution is to map verbatim geologic timescale values to a controlled vocabulary, constructing a single temporal frame of reference. The harmonization process is governed by an established set of business rules that can ultimately become fully or partially automated. In this study, we examined the Global Biodiversity Information Facility’s (GBIF) published distinct verbatim values for Darwin Core terms in the GeologicalContext Class of Darwin Core to assess the the use of chronostratiphic terms, a process highlighted in Sahdev et al. (2017). Preservation of these verbatim values, the initial unmapped set of published values, is important. Many are derived directly from primary source material and possess special historical and regional significance. These include land mammal ages (e.g., Lindsay (2003)), biostratigraphic zones, regional terms, and terms with higher granularity than the International Commission of Stratigraphy’s (ICS) timescale allows (e.g., subages/substages). For the purposes of this study, we selected the 2023/6 version of the ICS chronostratigraphic timescale as the controlled vocabulary (Cohen et al. 2023). The ICS is the most widely adopted timescale, comprising the most generalized and universally applicable intervals of geologic time. After semantic analysis of the verbatim values (see Table 1 for comparative statistics), we established a comprehensive set of business rules to map to the ICS timescale controlled vocabulary. This process yielded a collection of documented procedures to transform the heterogeneous collection of published terms into a semantically consistent dataset. The end result is a single temporal frame of reference for published geologic and paleontological specimens through semantic mapping to improve the temporal correlations between geologic specimens globally through data interoperability. This talk will highlight the process of harmonizing a heterogeneous collection of published verbatim Geologic Time Scale values with an established controlled vocabulary through semantic mapping.

Creative Heritage of Mykola Samokysh: General Features of Battle Genre

The purpose of the article is to analyse the general features and trends of Mykola Samokysh's battle art. The research methodology is based on a systematic combination of art historical and historical approaches, as well as general scientific and special research methods, including analysis, synthesis, generalisation, descriptive, biographical, historiographical, historical, and artistic reconstruction. The scientific novelty lies in the cultural and historical study of the main features and trends of M. Samokysh's battle painting with a focus on Ukrainian themes. Conclusions. M. Samokysh's painting on military themes is an important component and unique phenomenon of Ukrainian fine art, which testifies to the continuity of traditions in the development of the battle genre. The picturesque style of M. Samokysh’s battle paintings is distinguished by historicism, dynamics, and expressiveness. The interpretation of the characters' images is marked by increased realism and psychology. All this makes the viewer take a fresh look at the war, show sympathy for the ordinary soldier. Successful development of a complex multi-figure composition, realism, accuracy of drawing, rich colour scheme, and affective depiction of the image of a person at war determine the value of M. Samokysh's battle style. The realistic reflection of episodes of different periods of military history in his work is the consequence, on the one hand, of a quick reaction to military events, in which he sometimes participated, and on the other hand, of a thorough interest in history and archeology. Key words: Mykola Samokysh, battle genre, painting, realism, psychologism.

Settler memory and Indigenous counter-memories: narrative struggles over the history of colonialism in Aotearoa New Zealand

ABSTRACT As with other settler colonies, Aotearoa New Zealand has seen a long-running conflict between a Euro-centric ‘master narrative’ of the historical past and Indigenous counter-narratives. Previous research on these narrative struggles adopts the ‘top-down’ perspective on collective remembering, focusing primarily on how memory entrepreneurs deploy cultural texts and practices to construct particular representations of history. To broaden the methodological scope, the analysis developed in this paper follows the ‘bottom-up’ approach, which makes it possible to map the distribution of collective memories across individuals and investigate their attitudinal effects. By means of a rigorous survey study (N = 1,066), the paper reveals three key findings about collective remembering in Aotearoa New Zealand. First, individuals in the ‘critical years’ of adolescence are more open to weaving Indigenous Māori perspectives into their understandings of history than older generations. Second, when compared to the monocultural master narrative, historical reconstructions that reflect Māori experiences promote a more inclusive understanding of national identity and generate public support for redressing historical injustices against Māori. Third, the empirical analysis finds no evidence for claims made by conservative political actors that creating space for the articulation of Māori histories perpetuates social division and weakens popular identification with the nation.

Estimating forced labour: from a legal category to a statistical category for international political campaigns

ABSTRACT This article contributes from a sociology of knowledge perspective to the ongoing sociological debate about statistics produced by international organisations taking the Global Estimates of Forced Labour published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a case of international quantification. We ask: what stages of negotiation were involved in the transformation of a legal category into a statistical category of forced labour oriented towards political action? The analysis combines the historical reconstruction of the political and organisational processes behind the production of the estimates with the study of the measurement framework of forced labour. The qualitative case study is based on semi-structured expert interviews and ILO documents. Our results highlight the processes by which a legal category was made practicable for statistical work and thereby point to the specific arrangements and connections between law, statistics, and policy within international organisations. As we argue, the estimates have provided consistency to a fragile social construct that originated in the imperial context of the interwar period, and that was turned into a ‘visible’ social and global phenomenon of the twenty-first century.

Museum Institutions in the City of Bălți: Historical Reconstructions

The study presents pages from the history of the Museum of History and Ethnography from Bălți municipality and the winding path in identifying the premises for the plenary institutional activity. Museum of History and Ethnography in Bălți is a key institution in the cultural life of the municipality, for more than six decades. The authors elucidate the context in which museum started its activity, as well as the challenges of conceptualization in the collection and valorization of artifacts from the museum’s patrimony. At the beginning (1961), the museum had its headquarters in the Episcopal Cathedral „Sfinţii Impăraţi Constantin şi Elena” an architectural jewel in neo-Romanian style, built in the interwar period by the efforts of the bishop Visarion Puiu.

Changes in compound flood event frequency in northern and central Europe under climate change

The simultaneous occurrence of increased river discharge and high coastal water levels may cause compound flooding. Compound flood events can potentially cause greater damage than the separate occurrence of the underlying extreme events, making them essential for risk assessment. Even though a general increase in the frequency and/or severity of compound flood events is assumed due to climate change, there have been very few studies conducted for larger regions of Europe. Our work, therefore, focuses on the high-resolution analysis of changes in extreme events of coastal water levels, river discharge, and their concurrent appearance at the end of this century in northern and central Europe (2070–2099). For this, we analyze downscaled data sets from two global climate models (GCMs) for the two emissions scenarios RCP2.6 and RCP8.5. First, we compare the historical runs of the downscaled GCMs to historical reconstruction data to investigate if they deliver comparable results for northern and central Europe. Then we study changes in the intensity of extreme events, their number, and the duration of extreme event seasons under climate change. Our analysis shows increases in compound flood events over the whole European domain, mostly due to the rising mean sea level. In some areas, the number of compound flood event days increases by a factor of eight at the end of the current century. This increase is concomitant with an increase in the annual compound flood event season duration. Furthermore, the sea level rise associated with a global warming of 2K will result in double the amounts of compound flood event days for nearly every European river estuary considered.

Epistemological specificity of art: from the «psychophysiology» of the primitive world to the «practical philosophizing» of the modern era.

The subject of the study is the epistemological specificity of art through the «prism» of the Paleolithic and modern eras. The focus of the research is aimed at analyzing the phenomenon of «eidetism», which is a link between modern and primitive art. The purpose of the article is to comprehend the epistemological specifics of art, which began with the «psychophysiology» of the primitive world and developed into forms of «practical philosophizing» of the modern era. The research methodology includes a review of literary sources, a dialectical approach to historical and art historical reconstruction, analysis of paleopsychological data, comparative analysis, elements of systems psychology and sociology. An element of novelty is the author's position that already in the lower, early layers of its evolution, the status of art «as one of the most ancient forms of human activity» is enriched by the status of «a form of practical philosophizing». The generalization is made that the art of the XX-XXI centuries, on the one hand, abandoned both mimesis and humanism, on the other – it continued the path of «practical philosophizing» begun in ancient times, based on the perceptual-empirical method of cognition of reality. The evolution of art from its primitive origins through archaic, classical to its modern state is, at the same time, the transformation of human consciousness, and the comprehension through artistic and creative activity of one's being and place in the universe, etc. - the development of its «depth» (the content of art). This is the development of art «in breadth» (the development of artistic form): the proliferation of its types and genres, the growth of stylistic and technological polyphony, etc. As a result, «art has come a long way from its purely psychophysiological hypostasis to «practical philosophizing». Artistic and creative activity itself as a whole continues to be the most important component of the global «mechanism» of mastering reality.