In the article, the author attempts to find an answer to the main question of the confrontation of contemporary nation-states with globalization processes, which gradually and systematically neutralize specific cultural and historical experience, embodied in language, customs, traditions, religion, art and everyday life of the various societies. Where should lie the contact line between the national and the global? How to reconcile the traditional time-honored cultural practices with the foreign borrowed practices? The outcome of these processes will determine the modern life-style of people of the countries and the place they will take in the global cultural and civilizational space.

The article deals with the Buddhist civilization. The views on the issue of such famous thinkers as Danilevsky, Spengler, Toynbee, Huntington, etc. are considered. The authors conclude that Buddhism influenced on formation of several civilizations, which can be to a certain degree of conditionality designated as South-Buddhist (Theravada), Confucian-Buddhist (Far East) Tibeto-Buddhist (Tibetan-Mongolian). According to the authors opinion, there is a possibility to talk about the existence of a single Buddhist macrocivilization, comprehending three whole civilizations, which are connected by Buddhism.

This article explores different approaches to identity studying on the basis of which the author concludes that there is a double determination of identification processes. Since identity is formed in the contact area of individual and social, it has always been defined as «internal» constructive-cognitive and psycho-emotional factors («person», «individual») as well as external, social and cultural factors («social reality», «other») . The article gives a detailed description of the study of these strategies: individual and social.

Existential experience is relationship of two modus: negative, tragic (fear, anxiety and despair) and positive (hope, experience the meaningfulness of life). Existential experience appears as integration of personal life; as a way of confrontation to angst, fear and anxiety of human existence; as protection, movement from the inevitable being to potential existence.

In the article the category of musicality is interpreted as an embodiment of the phenomenon of relationship of spatial and temporary arts. The aesthetic (and also philosophical) potential of this category submits for consideration. Musicality of visual art implies actualization of qualities, immanent to music as a temporary art. In painting this effect is achieved by specific interpretation of means of expression (brush stroke, touch, contour line, local colors etc.). Aesthetic views and some works of masters (from baroque to the 20th century) serve as material of studying. Also the musical and architectural masterpieces of a gothic style supplement a panorama.

The most of recent productions of Borodin’s opera “Prince Igor” ends in Putivl’, which is burned down and destroyed by Cumans. Such interpretation contradicts both with historical evidence and Borodin’s libretto. However, it is taken by audience and critics on faith. Its origins as well as reasons of its prevalence are examined in the given article.

The article analyzes the concept of «social capital», proposed indicators to measure it in Russia in comparison with European countries. Posed the problem of the influence of social capital on business.

The article focuses on the consideration of the trust and higher education as components of social and cultural capital. European countries are ranked by the level of trust in society. It is revealed the significant difference on this indicator in the Russian federal districts. The author evaluates the relationship between trusts and the absence / presence of higher education among residents of European countries, the classification of European countries is presented by means of a combination of the above criteria. It is stated the particularity of Russian situation, there is no correlation between the trust and presence of higher education respondents.

The paper presents the author’s view of correlation between social and sociological perception. It reveals their specific traits, consisting in differences in generalization of facts, in methods and aims of research. The article demonstrates the importance of the problem for studying large-scale social-historic processes, the scientific comprehension of which involves sciences with different levels of abstraction: philosophy and sociology, philosophy and history, philosophy and economics. The author justifies the necessity of studying of such processes on both levels. The possibility of their correlation in one research program is illustrated by the example of modernization. The paper presents the results of the research program, developed with the aim of revealing the objective laws of effect of geographical conditions and nature resources on the process of modernization.

The article discusses the prospects of the synergetic interaction of network and system approaches of B. Latour and N. Luhmann in the context of the emerging paradigm of complexity (E. Morin). It highlights the key role of the concept of observer for both approaches. Attention is drawn to the potential role of the experience of understanding the problem of observer in quantum physics.

In the paper we consider a socioanthropological dimensions of convergence of blockchain, augmented reality (AR), AI technologies with umbrella project of Internet of things, in particular with industrial Internet program (Industry 4.0).

In April 2016 the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences held lectures and a round table with the participation of the largest specialist in the theory of complex systems Klaus Mainzer (Germany). The round table was dedicated to the problems of social and humanitarian risks of NBICS-technologies development. The scientists discussed the following issues: the problems of interdisciplinary expertise and selection of paradigmatic anthropo-technosphere development projects at the «embryonic» stage of the 6th technological wave, the foresight methodology, decision-making risks under instability conditions and the situation of increased complexity and interacting with BigData, the prospects of cognitive technologies using. Much attention was paid to auto-poetic nature of social realization of convergent technologies through co-evolution of anthropo-technosphere vital words, transdisciplinary aspects of socio-technological expertise, education, ethical and valuable setting of future formation, which are the parameters of the order of creation of roadmaps of civilizational development. It was shown how the Umwelt-analysis method managed to single out the basic challenges and risks of anthropo-technosphere development, their genetics and the perspective of controlling them.