The world of humanitarian culture in the publicism of D.S. Likhachev in the post-perestroika period in Russia

Abstract

The modern Russian society is characterized by the dynamics of worldview attitudes, which is
connected with the urgent need of Russians today to “see themselves anew,” to comprehend once again
the problems of cultural continuity and the system of those spiritual and moral values that should underlie
human actions and thoughts. Outside of an active spiritual search, focused on different contexts of native
history and culture, with the undoubted preservation of a productive dialogue with all peoples and states,
it is impossible to solve the problems that arise in society. In this context, the public and scientific interest
to D.S. Likhachev, an outstanding humanist of the 20th century, a Russian cultural scientist and public
figure is logical. The focus of this study is the publicismof D.S. Likhachev in the 1980s and 90s in the
aspect of the key worldview ideas that form the vectors of the spiritual movement of society. According
to D.S. Likhachev, the basis of human life is culture, wealth and a key spiritual bond of which is the
native language, and the main task is to “nurture” the humanistic principle, “high humanity”, which is
facilitated by education, spiritual, moral and patriotic education. In his publicisticworks D.S. Likhachev
emphasizes the idea that each person should be intelligent, that is, intellectually independent, obedient
toonly to his conscience and his knowledge of life.