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Philosophical Essencialism as the Basis of Theoretical Modeling in Philosophy of Culture // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2002. Issue 4 (32). P. 12-17

The article shows that to conceptual modeling in social philosophy, philosophy of culture immanently peculiar to proceed from «the human nature» as the system of basic principles and to consider all the fulfillment of the person as actualizations, embodiment of the human nature. The article points out basic stages of understanding of the concept «human nature».

To the Problem of Distinction of Culture and Civilization // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2004. Issue 2 (39). P. 98-102

In the article it is shown, that the civilization is a necessary, constant aspect of culture. Each culture, cultural – historical type represent objectivation and an explication of cultural and civilized values as actualizations of cultural and civilized aspects of a human nature. Cultural aspect of a human nature is represented by need for creativity, for sense of the existence, for belief, for service to idea etc.; civilized aspect such as need for safety, well-being, care of posterity etc. Then, cultural values – Real, True, the God etc.; civilized values – family, validity, a cosiness etc.

The Basic Dominants Forming Russian Culture // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2006. Issue 7 (58). P. 79-83

The article shows that primary aspect of deciding the problem of finding the own Russian’s culture unique in modern philosophy is comprehension of general system - making mental dominants of Russian culture. According to the author’s opinions they are absolutism, asceticism, kindness, cathedral, humility. Russian culture is embodiment of these mental dominants. These cultural dominants form in the process of the comprehension of Christian ideas by ancient Russian culture according to its mentality.

Technical University in Educational Tradition of the XXth Century // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2006. Issue 12 (63). P. 45-48

The article analyses the engineering university as educational phenomenon and its status in the educational tradition of the twentieth century. The author also displays the role of the engineering university in development of traditions of high engineering schools.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF UNIQUENESS AND EQUIVALENCE OF CULTURES AS CONDITION FOR CROSS-CULTURAL TOLERANCE // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2010. Issue 5 (95). P. 5-11

In the article the author shows that awareness of uniqueness of each of culture is a condition for acknowledgment of equivalence of all cultures. This statement points to tolerant relations between cultures.

Keywords: cultural-historic type, Russian culture, mentality of culture

MENTALITY AND FORMS OF CULTURE: DETERMINATION TYPES // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2011. Issue 11 (113). P. 203-207

The paper shows cultural and historical mentality type determines the whole variety of cultural phenomena from the point of view of quality, quantity and genetics.

Keywords: cultural historic type, mentality of culture, coherent determination

PHILOSOPHICAL ESSENCIALISM AND ITS MODERN UPDATINGS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2012. Issue 2 (117). P. 211-215

In article it is shown, that the methodology philosophical essencialism, which as reasoning starting point takes a human nature as an ontologic reality, and considers all phenomena of culture as a human nature objectivization, is immanent to philosophical thinking.

Keywords: culture, civilization, philosophical essencialism, human nature

TO THE PROBLEM OF MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY BUILDING // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2013. Issue 9 (137). P. 207-210

In this paper it is shown that the possibility of multicultural society building is limited by the consciousness of every culture of its own mental originality, understanding the status of mental centre as the limit of intercultural mutual influence, realizing of equality of all cultures.

Keywords: culture, civilization, multicultural society, mental centre of culture

RELIGION IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2014. Issue 7 (148). P. 68-72

Aim of the research: to creat the image of religion as cultural and civilizational phenomenon. Methods of research: multidisciplinary approach, method of historical and philosophical analysis, hermeneutical method, comparative methodology, methodology of reconstruction of cultural and historical reality, based on the picture of culture as coexistence of unified cultural and historical types, where every element is determined by the system of mental dominants. Results: in the paper it is showed that the creating of cultural and civilizational model of religion is possible in the methodology, which considers culture as the objectification of human existential characteristics, representing the unity of civilization (for self-preservation, security, etc.) and cultural (in beauty, transcendence, etc.) needs. Cultural and civilizational aspects are considered in functioning of the Church, monasticism, monasteries, Christian morality. It is showed, that the civilizational component dominates in the activities of Western European Church and Catholic monasteries, but the cultural component dominates in the activities of the Russian Church and Orthodox Monasteries.

Keywords: religion, church, culture, civilization, morality, human nature