Dehumanization of culture and its attributes through the dynamics of the “escape from freedom”

Vetrov Dmitrii Nikolaevich

The article aims at redefining the dehumanization of modern Western culture to produce and describe the specific attributes of the phenomenon and various aspects of its functioning through revisiting the nature of humanism, based on the notion of a free subjective reason. An attempt is made to delve into the history of humanism and functioning thereof in various cultural contexts, so as to analyze its relations with anti-humanism (be it described in terms of “closed society” or “escape from freedom”) and dehumanization of culture. In the frame of this research are listed and described such attributes of dehumanization as: mechaniscism of life, mythology and myth creation, and intransitive media, which contribute to infiltration of myth.

Keywords:anti-humanism, corporatism, dehumanization, humanism, individualism, media, mechanicism, mythology, open society, subject