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"Philosophy of Education"

2008 year, number 3

THE PROBLEM OF HUMANITARIZATION AND HUMANIZATION IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN EDUCATION

S. V. Homutsov
Keywords: human being, education, spirituality, humaneness, humanization, humanitarization, culture
Pages: 74-81

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to show the cultural meaning of the notion of humanitarization and the place and the role of humanitarian knowledge. The main danger of the civilization of XXI century is dehumanization of the human being, his/her transformation to a machine of wishes and mass consumption. The meaning of the terms "humanization" and "humanitarization" is considered. The role of humanism, humanitarian culture, and humanitarian education in Russia is showed. The main task is to nurture humaneness as a comprehensive spirituality of the individual and an integral culture - scientific, ethic, aesthetic, religious, and ecological. The author substantiates attributiveness of the factor of humanization and the necessity of   humanitarization of modern education.