To the question about meaning of name "civilization"
The article considers the basic values referring the name of «civilization». The conclusion is made that the ambiguity of the name of «civilization» is justified by the fact that it captures, first of all, the diversity of the specific features of local civilizations. It specifies the fallacy of the opposition of the private in nature civilization theory of General socio-philosophical theory of socio-economic formations. It is noted that only organic unity of these two theories is capable to avoid specific to each of them disadvantages and bring social theory to a new, qualitatively higher level of development. It focuses on the practical importance of these theoretical positions, which is to significantly increase the efficiency of the action of the subjective factors of the historical process.