Dialectic of social being and consciousness tradition and potential of its renovation

Abstract

© 2016, Ecozone, OAIMDD. All rights reserved.The article reveals the essence of the dualistic approach to the dialectic of being and consciousness. The mechanism of social and cultural dynamics is based on synthesis of Marxism and post-modern methodologies. It is shown that in European history a succession of leading role of basis and superstructure, being and consciousness in the process of transformation of the spiritual and social life took place. The structure of the socio-cultural dynamics presented in cyclic sequence: being - the emergence of objective thought forms - the emergence of episteme - the transformation of being. The core of the transformational potential of episteme is the idea of happiness, acting as the aim in actions of people. It is hypothesized that socialist episteme is being formed in present that can accumulate potentials of all forms of social consciousness and become a leading factor in overcoming the crisis of the postmodern age.