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• The Transformation of Spiritual Culture in the Context of the Formation of the "New Ethics" (Problem Statement)

  Andrey Chukurov

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  153

  The article is devoted to the analysis of the spiritual values that are being formed today and the reasons for the actualization of the New Ethics. Catastrophic dynamism leads to the elimination of the stable social groups as well as to the maximum diffuseness of personal boundaries. At the same time, the transformation of the communication system brings an extremely vulnerable virtual body to the forefront of cultural life. The new communication system, social atomization, the lack of understandable guidelines in the process of socialization and self-identification - all this turns the concept of “border” into a basic one for the New Ethics. However, the design of boundaries and self-defense mechanisms does not always lead to the expected positive results. We come to the conclusion, that an initially inadequate assessment of the aggressiveness of the environment forces a person to build the most aggressive defense mechanisms: the man himself is transformed into a source of toxicity, which in turn makes the environment even more toxic than it was originally.

• Coping with Trauma: Minority Art Practices in the Context of the New Sensuality of Metamodernism

  7 p.

  Andrei Chukurov

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  266

  The information age has provided new opportunities for the institutionalization and functioning of various subcultural movements including those uniting people by offering them an alternative mental state. The proposed material is analyzed as an example of these associations. The article provides a brief analysis of the historical dynamics of the study of minority art practices and of their role and significance at present. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of Art Brut. Today minority art practices find their new meaning also in the context of the new sensuality of metamodernism, which is based on co-creation. We believe that the
  discourse of outsider art fosters a tolerant consciousness, raising issues of stigma, norm, deviation and internal liberation.

• Between Cyborg and Larva: A Vicious Circle That Human Beings Experience in the Post-humanist Era

  8 p.

  Andrey Chukurov

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  185

  The article reveals the reasons for and specific features of the transition to the posthumanist
  era. The author of the study reviews the criticism of classical humanism and analyzes
  the relationship between the concepts of "trans-humanism" and "post-humanism." In a
  situation in which a permanent identity is impossible and people move to a “current” “unstable”
  identity, the Imaginary becomes the main guideline for the self-identification process.
  Human beings are unable to cope with the challenges of our time and are aware of their own
  inferiority. That is why they are trying to improve themselves through the available body
  modifications. However, this process gives them a new panic attack over the potential loss
  of control over the body. Analyzing these processes, the author turns to the most controversial
  and specific phenomenon of popular culture – "body horror". This genre reveals the deep
  layers of consciousness, fears and insecurity of human beings in the post-humanist era.