THE ANTI-URBAN TREND OF CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
The article is aimed at the analysis of urbanization and deurbanization processes, the world outlook patterns correlative to both of them. Urbanism as a world outlook and practices emphasizes the highest value of urban culture. Anti-urbanism, on the contrary, should be viewed as its polarity critical of urban culture that became widespread in history and today in the rapidly globalizing world.