CULTURAL-SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN VIEWS OF N.I. KAREEVA
The article is devoted to the views of the Russian philosopher, historian and sociologist N.I. Kareeva on the essence of the cultural-social environment. It was revealed that in this matter Kareev begins to move in line with the views of G. Spencer (the concept of a supra-organic environment) and K. Marks (the concept of conflict as an incentive for social development). Then he expands and deepens the semantic meaning of the cultural-social space in which the life of individual peoples unfolds and new forms and levels of their interaction are built. In Kareev’s intention, the cultural-social environment will acquire special significance when it comes to dialogue between the West and the East. The environmental context influences the origin and forms of interaction of cultural worlds: they arise, unite, separate, obey, borrow features from each other, and can act as a successor or conductor of traditions.