“Creativity as the National Element: The General and the Special in the Modern Socio-Cultural Space” V International Scientific Conference

This summary discusses the main issues of the proceedings of the V International Scientific Conference “Creativity as the National Element: The General and the Special in the Modern Socio-Cultural Space,” which was held from July 1 to July 3, 2019 in Saint Petersburg. The conference was organized by the Department of Philosophy of the Humanities Faculty of the Saint Petersburg State Economic University, the Russian Philosophical Society, the Society of Russian Philosophy at the Ukrainian Philosophical Foundation and the Department of Philosophy of Moscow State Institute of International Relation (MGIMO). Being united by interest in the research on general and special aspects of creativity as the national environment, 69 scholars from Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Spain took part in the conference. The summary considers the ideas discussed at two plenary sessions and at the following sections of the conference: “Metaphysical foundations of the creative process,” “Semantic element of artistic and aesthetic creativity,” “Entrepreneurial creativity as the basis of economic development: common and special in the economic strategy of different countries.” The proceedings of the conference contain the results of research carried out in the field of the philosophy of creativity and related research areas, including social philosophy, sociology, cultural studies, political science, the philosophy of management, economic theory, cognitive science and other scientific fields.

1. Alyaev G.E. & Masloboeva O.D. (Eds.) (2019) Creativity as a National Environment: General and Special in the Modern Socio-cultural Space. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State Economic University Press (in Russian).

2. Ishchenko E.N. & Masloboeva O.D. (2019) “Creativity as the National Environment: Media and Social Activity.” IV International Scientific Conference. Saint Petersburg, July 2-4, 2018. Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences = Filosofskie nauki. 2019. Vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 148-159 (in Russian). DOI: 10.30727/0235-1188-2019-62-4-148-159

3. Vdovichenko A.V., Masloboeva O.D., Maslova A.V., & Tverdynin N.M. (2018) National Environment of Creativity: Time and Transgression. Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences = Filosofskie nauki. 2018. No. 3, pp. 133-145 (in Russian). DOI: 10.30727/0235-1188-2018-3-133-145