Culture, Society, Mediation. A.S. Akhiezer’s Theory

Abstract

Section introduction. The author analyzes the conception of social and cultural dynamics, elaborated by A.S. Akhiezer. It is shown that this conception can be applied to the explanation of a number of important social and cultural concepts: democracy and social justice. In this regard, the author examines several contemporary challenges such as the challenges of uncertainty, of universal digitalization, of radical transformation of human body and mind by new technologies. The author shows also that new social and economic challenges to understanding equality and non-equality lead to search for mediation between liberal and socialist projects.