Modern Cultural And Civilizational Development: Historical And Theoretical Aspects

The concept of “civilization” in social philosophy and cultural studies is interpreted in different ways. It is translated from French as “well-mannered, civil, state, worthy behavior of a citizen, characterizing his/her high level of socio-cultural development”. As a social phenomenon, civilization has different meanings, specifically, it is understood as a stage (era) of the socio-cultural development of mankind replacing the primitive society. Civilization is a poly-ethnic integral and peculiar socio-cultural formation at the stage of social development, which follows the primitive communal system. The article comprehends the modern civilizational development of society and mankind based on the achievements of technologies widely used in social and cultural development. Civilizational development of society, technologization, and digitalization are changing traditional cultures. This is how computer art or digital art have arisen. They represent a creative human activity widely using information technologies to produce a variety of artistic images, plots, and creative works. Civilization is sometimes defined as a stage in the development of a socio-cultural system, when the creative forces of people, social groups, peoples are expended and mechanical forms of life and behavior of people alienated from the inner meaning of social existence become visible instead of their living and behavior manifestations.