Phenomena of influence in modern mass culture: spiritual practices and esotericism
O.T. Arinova, M.M. Manassova, Ch. Sambuu, Labor And Social Protection Of The Republic Of Mongolia Ministry Of Family
Bulletin of the Karaganda university History Philosophy series September 30, 2025 DOI: 10.31489/2025hph3/239-247 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that esotericism is a prominent mass cultural form in modernized societies and that its study belongs to an interdisciplinary critical framework. The authors contend that a global metaculture is forming through cross-cultural dialogue under information globalization, and that the emerging global world order should optimize the unity of cultural diversity and humanity's integration as a culturogenic subject. |
Abstract
The article examines the complex multifaceted phenomenon of mass culture in the focus of its cross-cultural manifestations. The emphasis is focused on the interdisciplinary scientific and critical study of esotericism as one of the most popular mass forms of culture in modern modernized societies. The research interest of the authors of the article is focused on the analysis of the philosophical and anthropological foundations of the axiology of mass culture in the digital world of information and communication systems and other culturogenic achievements of modernization. The methodological discourse of esotericism is considered in the perspective of the process of formation of a global metaculture associated with a multidimensional dia-logue of cultures in the context of information globalization. A general conclusion is made that the modern cultural and historical process is associated with the formation of anew global world order, which will de-termine the further prospects for the existence of mankind. Moreover, globalization should become an opti-mizing link in ensuring the unity of cultural diversity and the genuine integration of mankind as a culturogenic subject