NEW IDENTITIES OF MAN: ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL TRENDS
S.A. Smirnov
Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Novosibirsk, Russia
smirnov@nsuem.ru
Keywords: Anthropological foresight, identity of man, non-classical anthropological discourse, anthropological practice, foresight topos, ontology of man, foresight methodology, foresight tools
Abstract
The article describes the foresight project devoted to the analysis of basic trends experienced by modern man. The foresight in the first place suspects exposure of trends, scenarios of changes and new strategies of human behavior that lead to radical changes of his identity, emergence of new institutions of human habitation. Radical changes root in basic anthropological practice that is also to be revealed within the foresight. The project is conducted virtually for the first time. In general, foresights are devoted to future of technologies, science, society, education. This foresight suggests elaboration of new tools of research and engineering. The notion of foresight polyhedron that means forming of specific topos of the project, consisting of five basic frame constructions: elaboration of new ontology of man, generation of non-classical anthropological discourse, working out of foresight methodology, development of project tools, exposure of new projects in the form of new anthropological practice, is offered.
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