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Gurevich, P. S.
Discovery of Human Through Cultural Artifacts
// Philosophy and Culture.
2014. № 6.
P. 916-918.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=65130
Gurevich, P. S. Discovery of Human Through Cultural Artifacts
Abstract:
Generally speaking, cultural anthropology is the knowledge about human as a creator and culture-bearer.
Human is viewed as a biological creature whose nature has been transformed and defined by culture. Cultural
anthropology synthesizes data from natural science, psychology, philosophy and humanitarian sciences such as
history, ethnography, ethnology, art studies, religious studies and etc. It is assumed that cultural data collected
by ethnographers and cultural experts tells us about the nature of human because human reveals himself through
the culture he has created. At the same time, it would also appropriate to try to understand how knowledge accumulated
by philosophical anthropology can be used for interpreting cultural phenomena and their mystic and
often paradoxical meaning. Analyzing Ya.Chesnov’s book, Pavel Gurevich uses different methodological approaches
and bases his research on the philosophical and anthropological knowledge. He also appeals to the cultural philosophical
paradigm and studies hermeneutics of the text and the researcher’s position. The novelty of analyzing
Ya. Chesnov’s book ‘People’s Culture. Philosophical and Anthropological Approach’ (published in Moscow in 2014)
is in the attempt to try and evaluate the monograph work from the point of view of philosophical anthropology.
The phenomenon of people’s culture is being analyzed other than within the framework of ethnography or cultural
studies. The phenomenon is directly related to the philosophical concept of human.
Keywords:
philosophicalanthropology, philosophyofculture, ethnography, hermeneutics, customs, mental image, personality, culture, understanding, communication.
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