Between Prediction and Rememberance: communicative ideal of Humanism of the XXI century
The article poses a problem: is humanism possible in the 21st century? The initial conditions of the existence of modern man are such that in our being. There is no subject, no object, God is declared dead. In fact, there is no being itself. The article is aimed at finding the basis for a new humanism. The authors find the bases in the materials of history and art. The choice of these particular spheres of life is due to the fact that humanism begins to be perceived as a point of semantic tension between premonition (art) and memory (history). In addition, modern humanism is an elusive, crafty humanism, because it escapes from the influence of tools of rational analysis, which often turned into ways of manipulating a person. Homo fugacior arises - an elusive man. The article shows that a person has repeatedly avoided the seemingly total pressure on his mind (starting with Nazi propaganda and ending with the unification of social meanings through television). On the ruins of collapsed ideologies, the principles of the new humanism arose, allowing modern man to still feel his belonging to the world, to preserve purely human states - faith, love, compassion. Meanings, including humanistic ones, begin to resemble clumps of experiences, concentrated reflections of sensually perceived points of being. Human life in new conditions begins to resemble a work of art born in conjugation of the past and the future, as well as reflected in a multitude of consciousnesses. The authors use facts from the history of Russian literature, showing that the artist has a sense of truth inherent only to him, which allows him to overcome the resistance of the surrounding world. This feeling distinguishes the classic from the mediocrity, since it is the most important pole of humanism associated with premonition and foresight. Reflection about the feeling conveyed by the author on the part of the audience over the years has been a process of concentrating the indicated clumps of meaning that have arisen retrospectively. That is why the process of decanonization of classical works is so relevant, allowing young readers to understand the feelings that have not changed over the centuries, bypassing linguistic difficulties. There is a conclusion: modern humanism, built by analogy with a true work of art, is also flickering, manifesting itself subjectively and situationally humanistic. It has a noticeable communicative component, stating the need to take into account interactions in the process of reflections about meanings. The interaction between people arises on their basis and as their effect, and the interaction itself is enhanced by humanism. The authors come to the conclusion that the new humanism forms a special ideal of a person who in everyday life acts as an ego-medium, carrier of authenticity and uniqueness. Predicting meanings and reflecting with other people about their truth, he contributes to the restoration of being.