Cultural crisis as a decline in human existential creativity

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Kultūros krizė; Kūryba; Kultūra; Civilizacija; Egzistencija; Cultural crisis; Creativity; Existence; Personality; Self-development; Civilization.

ENThe article analyzes cultural crisis as a decline in human existential creativity. A review of the problematic nature of the conception of creativity shows that this concept is not strictly defined. Non-classical philosophers were among the first to theoretically ground the importance of creativity for an individual, their quality of life, the well-being of society, and the development of culture. From this philosophical perspective, it is shown that a human being has, as a natural creative faculty, an innate ability to create. This existential human creativity can be defined as the self-development of one‟s personality, the creation of one‟s life and environment. The causes and consequences of a decline in creativity are analyzed in the context of Spengler‟s conception of cultural crisis. The conclusion is reached that creative activity and creativity can be taken to be the most profound goal of a personality and its most perfect form of existence. From this existential creativity stems an authenticity of life, a creation of spiritual values, and an improvement and development of cultural forms. The disjunction of culture and civilization reveals that the establishment of an era of civilization and mass culture marks the decline of authentic culture as regards vibrant existential creative activity. [From the publication]

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