Open AccessA NEO-EVOLUTIONARY INTERPRETATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENIUS AND CULTURE
Author(s) -
A.A. Syrovezhkin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik omskogo gosudarstvennogo pedagogičeskogo universiteta. gumanitarnye issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2309-9380
DOI - 10.36809/2309-9380-2021-31-57-61
Subject(s) - genius , interpretation (philosophy) , flourishing , evolutionism , epistemology , symbol (formal) , prime mover , aesthetics , philosophy , literature , psychology , social psychology , art , linguistics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The article explores the neo-evolutionist interpretation of the relationship between genius and culture. The reasons for the idealization of genius and its transformation into a symbol of the “prime mover” of cultural progress, a person who can singlehandedly change the course of history, are considered. The author demonstrates the inconsistency of the idea of genius as a “prime mover” of cultural evolution. The conclusion is substantiated that genius is a “tool” of culture, with the help of which it creates its wealth that the epoch, and not an individual person, appears to be the real author of a genius creation, that the flourishing of culture “expresses” itself in brilliant people.