The article is devoted to a comprehensive philosophical and anthropological study of spiritual self-improvement as a fundamental factor in the formation of value stability in the conditions of “fluid modernity.” The relevance of the topic is determined by the profound crisis of meaning in consumer society and the challenges of the digital age, which lead to the fragmentation of human...
The article analyzes the anthropological and religious aspects of Mark Egart's travel essays, which focus on the indigenous peoples of Altai during the Soviet collectivization of the 1930s. His book “The Ferry: Sketches of the Struggle for Socialism in the Altai Mountains” (1932) is examined as a valuable source that combines literary and ethnographic techniques to illuminate the profound...