Philosophical Comprehension of Culture and Human Essence

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10.2991/cesses-19.2019.262How to use a DOI?

Keywords

spiritual cognition; culture; human nature; transcendence; social interactions; the origin of man; symbol-making activity

Abstract

The authors of the article consider the duality of a human being and his relationship with culture. Based on the historical and philosophical material, the authors come to the conclusion that man is a biological being by nature and a socio-spiritual, i.e. cultural, being by essence. At the same time, the emphasis is made on the importance of social interactions that beget an individual as homo sapience. Culture, man, society are being formed in the process of spiritual comprehension, a transcendence of existence (M. Heidegger, M. Mamardashvili), resting on religious symbols, metaphysical concepts, and creativity in art. In this regard, the definition of man as a biosocial being seems to be insufficient, for he is a socio-cultural, spiritual entity. There is no one outside culture and society in the foundation of which is the symbol-making activity of consciousness (Ernst Cassirer and M. Mamardashvili).

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Sergei Nizhnikov
AU  - Igor Grebeshev
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - Philosophical Comprehension of Culture and Human Essence
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1177
EP  - 1180
SN  - 2352-5398
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