Dichotomy "rational-irrational" in anti-utopia
The article considers the opposition ”culture-nature” and as a variant of this opposition ”rational-irrational”. This variant is analyzed as a variant provoked by the dynamics of human spiritual culture. It is the defining world outlook paradigm of a whole epoch.The author studies systems of structuring the world of culture. The culture in this context completely subjects the man to social norms. The rational of the culture is revealed as rigid schemes of the ideal societies. Theories by Plato, T. Moore, and Campanula are considered from this point of view. The genre of utopia is represented by the author of the article as quintessence of social values. The researcher defines the time when such ideas go out and analyzes the increase of interest in the genre of polemic trend which reflects the nostalgia of nearness to nature. It is the nearness to nature which the civilized man is deprived of. The genre of anti-utopia as a variant of science fiction is devoted to criticizing the bases of modern civilization. The author considers peculiarities of this genre.The author of the article refers the following characteristics: reflection of the spirit of the epoch, problems of the present time, axiological sphere of Belarusian society as well as values of its creative elite to the peculiarities of Belarusian anti-utopia.