Mindset of Tuvans in terms of Pitirim Sorokin’s cultural phenomenology
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2017.3.1Keywords:
mindset; typology of mindsets; mindset of Tuvans; Tuvans; Pitirim Sorokin’s phenomenology; P.A. Sorokin; sociocultural phenomenology; mental concepts of modernizationAbstract
The article provides a new approach to studying the ethnical mindset of Tuvans – by creating its phenomenological portrait.
The approach is based on classifying a number of phenomena depending on their types and categories. Not only do phenomenological theories help provide individualized characteristics of a nation’s mindset, but also its empirical diagnostics. In terms of fundamental theory, our approach rests upon the works of prominent Russian-American sociologist P.A. Sorokin who developed a phenomenological doctrine of cultural mindsets. It is this theory that forms the background of our analysis of Tuvan mindset.
The article shows that in the context of Sorokin’s theory, the sociocultural evolution of Tuvans’ mindset consists of cyclic shifts between the pseudoideative and idealistic mindsets, and the latter is seen as a norm for traditional culture.
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Evgenii A. Tyugashev, Novosibirsk National Research State University
Candidate of Philosophy, Associate professor, Theory and History of Law Department, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Novosibirsk National Research State University.
Postal address: 2 Pirogova str., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 630090.
Tel.: +7 (383) 269-67-42.
E-mail: tugashev@academ.org
Yuri V. Popkov, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Deputy Director for Research, Head, Sector of Ethno-Social Studies, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postal address: 8 Nikolaeva str., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 630090.
Tel.: +7 (383) 330-22-40.
E-mail: yuripopkov54@mail.ru
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