Smirnov S.A. —
Method and conceptual structure in anthropology
// Philosophy and Culture. – 2018. – ¹ 9.
– P. 59 - 70.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0757.2018.9.27361
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/fkmag/article_27361.html
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Abstract: This work examines the experience of developing the concepts and teachings about human in anthropology not from the standpoint of their content, but rather the conceptual structure, method and way of development. The author conducts a conceptual inventory of these ways and methods. The article introduces a certain conceptual construct consisting of the ontological paradigm, basic principles, ontology of the world, logical procedure and conceptual-terminological structure. Using this construct, the author provides the versions of reflexive analysis of what means to analyze the anthropological teachings about human, as well as determines five reflexive ways of analysis of such teachings: inventory of the concepts, description of logical discourses, typology of sciences, metaphoric work, presentation of author’s opinion. The author applies the method of reflexive analysis and methodological inventory of the ways and methods of framing the anthropological discourse of anthropological concepts of the XX century. The contribution lies in introduction of methodological grounds and principles of structuring the anthropological discourse in framing the anthropological concepts, which gives a chance for overcoming the various types of reductions and overgeneralization in in terms of conceptual work in anthropological field. This methodological framework helps the author to develop the authorial concept of anthropological guidance.
Smirnov S.A. —
On the Question about Conceptual Self-Navigation. The Idea of Anthropoid Cartoid
// Culture and Art. – 2015. – ¹ 6.
– P. 603 - 610.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2015.6.16629
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Abstract: The author of the article introduces the idea of the personality map by using the category of "anthropoid cartoid". The author suggests that we should consider the problem of personal development from the point of view of a guide/map created by a person in the process of his personal development. The researcher underlines the need for creating such a map and at the same time stresses out how difficult it is to develop it. The latter is due to the fact that modern man is experiencing the "after Auschwitz" situation, a cultural pause, i.e. the time when previously adopted basic cultural symbols and patterns are either destroyed or fundamentally changed. The author demonstrates that a form of cultural transmission in such a situation is the testimony of one who has the ultimate anthropological experience. The author emphasizes the complexity and fraught with such experience in witnessing the 'after' situation. The author of the article introduces a number of principles forming the basis of the anthropological cartoid that differs from the usual personality map because it is both an external tool for personal self-navigation and a diary/part of personality of a person who creates the map. The intruduction of the term 'cartoid' allows to point out peculiarities of personal development. The novelty of the article is caused by the fact that the author offers a definition of anthropoid cartoid and describes a number of the basic principles the anthropopractical method of creating the anthropoid cartoid is based on. The author emphasizes the need to work on creation of such anthropoid cartoids as the sitution of recession of the symbolic horizon of culture, i.e. the situation that was called The After Auschwitz Situation. The author stresses out the problem for transferring experience throughout generations in the after auschwitz situation characterized with the ontological emptiness and fundamental inability to transmit experience and cultural patterns. This emphasizes the need for creating a personality map that would be based on different principles rather than usual individual development pathways.
Smirnov S.A. —
// Culture and Art. – 2014. – ¹ 3.
– P. 336 - 348.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.3.12530
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Smirnov S.A. —
// Culture and Art. – 2014. – ¹ 2.
– P. 171 - 182.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.2.12162
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