Value uncertainty as a source of the anthropological crisis in the modern world

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  • Ludmila L. Shtofer Rostov State Economic University (RINH), Rostov-on-Don, Russia Filosofiya327@yandex.ru
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Shtofer L.L. Value uncertainty as a source of the anthropological crisis in the modern world. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2023. Vol. 12. No. 4. P. 104-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2023.4.6 (in Russ.).

Abstract

Objective of the study is to analyze the value uncertainty in the conditions of the modern anthropological crisis. The methodological basis of the research is the civilizational approach, the theory of identity crisis, the theory of social anomie and the concept of glocalization. Research results. This article analyzes the causes of value uncertainty and its impact on the trends of social development. It is emphasized that, on the one hand, axiological pluralism divides people, atomizing society and "encapsulating" individuals, gives instability to the individual value system, and on the other hand, allows overcoming political, ethnic, religious, cultural limitations, giving individuals the opportunity to construct a value system, increases the role of individual responsibility for the choice made and its consequences. Prospects of the study. The problems of the anthropological crisis and its generating factors are of scientific and practical interest in connection with the need to preserve traditional values in the modern world.
Keywords:
anthropological crisis, transformation of values, value uncertainty, moral relativism, globalism, glocalization, axiological pluralism

Author Biography

Ludmila L. Shtofer, Rostov State Economic University (RINH), Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies

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Received: 14.06.2023

Accepted: 31.08.2023

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Shtofer, L. L. (2023). Value uncertainty as a source of the anthropological crisis in the modern world. Humanities of the South of Russia, 12(4), 104-112. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2023.4.6
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PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY