Philosophical and Mystical CultureAs an Alternative to Modern Civilization of Consumption: To Have or To Be?

Authors

  • Natalia S. Zhirtueva Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations, Sevastopol State University, 33, Universitetskaya str., Sevastopol, 299053, Russian Federation.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21146/0042-8744-2021-2-76-86

Keywords:

philosophical and mystical culture, society of consumption, sensual culture, egocentric consciousness, escapism, passionate states, psychopractices, bifurcation

Abstract

The comparative analysis of philosophical and mystical culture and the modern consumer society is realized in the article. The philosophical and mystical cul­ture reveals the spiritual essence of man, develops awareness, willpower and the highest spiritual qualities of the personality. The society of consumption dis­torts the essence of man, develops over-consumption, consumerism, escapism, transmutes a person into a thing. Mankind is in a state of choice, at the point of bifurcation, which determines the future of civilization. The philosophical and mystical worldview underlies idealistic and ideational cultures, which should re­place the modern sensual culture (the terms of P. Sorokin)

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Published

2021-02-28

Issue

No. 2 (2021)

Section

Philosophy, Culture, Society

How to Cite

[1]
2021. Philosophical and Mystical CultureAs an Alternative to Modern Civilization of Consumption: To Have or To Be?. Voprosy Filosofii. 2 (Feb. 2021), 76‒86. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21146/0042-8744-2021-2-76-86.