MODERN CULTURE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL: PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

Based on research in the field of philosophy, philosophical anthropology, medicine, biology, the author considers and analyzes the crisis processes occurring in modern culture by analogy with the processes that occur inside the human body, namely, in the cell. With the help of a comparative analysis, the vital activity of cancer and stem cells, the balance between the inner world of a person and his external activity, between being collective and individual, it has been found that constant egocentric behavior leads to a shift in balance and gradually destroys not only the human body, but also, by analogy, can destroy modern culture and education. It is noted that the only way out of the crisis situation that has developed in modern society is to turn to the Other, which will allow the individual to revive the lost spiritual and cultural values. This is what does not allow a person, like a spontaneous expansion of a cancer cell, to repeat indefinitely, thereby destroying himself and the world around him. These processes are especially acutely felt during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which has greatly accelerated the process of total digitalization of modern culture and education.