CULTURAL PHILOSOPHICAL DICHOTOMY "EAST-WEST": TO STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This article examines the problem of the East-West dichotomy in its cultural-philosophical aspect. The object of the study was the features of the cultures of the East and West, and the subject of the cultural-philosophical analysis of Eastern and Western cultures in the context of their historical formation. A comparison is made between traditional culture, which is associated with the East, and innovative, reflecting the desire for innovation and progress. These aspects are viewed through the prism of the worldview in the era of antiquity, in which the East-West dichotomy emerged. The features of culturological concepts of the Enlightenment, German classical philosophy are revealed. The problem of the formation of the perception of Russian identity is revealed.