Soft power principles dynamics in humanities education: analytical and descriptive methodology
V. V. Petrov1, E. E. Lyah2
1Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: humanities education, soft power, worldview, intercultural dialogue, production of fundamental knowledge, analytical and descriptive methodology
Abstract
Introduction. Large-scale international relations determine the adjustment of the forms and content of the educational process. The results of the ongoing transformations are new social, ethical, axiological, political and other aspects that have a significant impact on the fundamental knowledge development and the transmission of socially significant information. In this regard, the possibilities of using humanitarian education as a key factor determining the vector of dynamic processes of “soft power” in the social processes context are analyzed. The research methodology includes a structural and functional approach to the analysis of the “soft power” concept based on an analytical and descriptive methodology, which outlines the prospects for the higher education development through the soft-power influence of humanitarian education. Discussion. “Soft power” is a specific mechanism that can have an indirect effect on social relations and at the same time act as a communicative factor. It should be noted that the humanities have a distinctive feature in comparison with applied disciplines, since the main subject is the person himself, involved in a complex system involving various connections and relationships. Detachment from precise structures indicates the presence of “soft power” both in the interaction of humanitarian disciplines and in relation to the external environment, exerting a direct influence on an individual or a social group. In this context, the study of the humanities from the “soft power” point of view should be considered in a wide range of influences on the moral, social and spiritual activities of the individual. Conclusion. Based on the conducted research, the basic principles of the “soft power” of humanitarian education have been identified. The fundamental ones are communication skills, reasonableness and ideological orientations. Thus, if it turns out to be possible to expand the approach in which the importance of humanitarian education will grow rapidly, then this will contribute to the expansion of the “soft power” that can strengthen the complex of social values.
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