Exercises:

I. Comprehension Questions.

1. When and how was the Department founded?

2. What are the parts of the educational and scientific programmes? What do they study?

3. Name some optional courses offered at the Department?

4. What are the three specializations offered at the Faculty?

5. What training can the students gain at the Department?

II. Word Study.

1. Translate into Russian.

aesthetics	anthropology
architect	archives
collaborator	comparative
correlation	designer
discipline	ethics
outstanding	profile
profound	to become acquainted

2. Translate into English.

1. взаимосвязь культуры и морали

2. главный показатель культурного и исторического развития

3. древние очаги культуры

4. духовная жизнь

5. занимать должность консультанта

6. исторический процесс

7. материальные формы существования

8. основные философские тенденции

9. прикладное искусство

3. Add suffixes to the following nouns to convert them into adjectives.

Example: tradition - traditional

1. aesthetics

2. education

3. ethics

4. history (2)

5. science

6. system

7. theatre

8. theory

9. value

III. Questions for Discussion:

1. Why do you think it was important to open the Department of Cultural Studies at University?

2. In your opinion, how useful for students is the training in various cultural institutions?

Subdepartment of Western Culture

The centre of study of culture was founded in January 1998 by united effort of the Department of Ethics and Aesthetics and the Department of Philosophy of Culture and Cultural Studies. The work of this centre includes scientific activity (conferences, symposia, work-shops), which is devoted to current problems of culture. It also organises various cultural events such as festivals, concerts, and theatrical performances.

The students of Subdepartment are affiliated with the Chair of Philosophy of Culture and Cultural Studies. This Chair headed by Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Professor Solonin, is the largest at the Faculty, the stuff consisting of nearly 30 professors. The Chair also maintains international relations with Wroclaw University, Higher Pedagogical School of Zeszów (Poland), Heidelberg University and Tübingen University (Germany).

The main courses given at the Department are:

• Cultural Studies

• History of World Culture

• Philosophy of Culture

• Sociology of Culture

• Art (History and Theory of Creative Culture)

• History of Material Culture

• Marginals in Contemporary Philosophy

• The Origin of Man and Society

The optional courses are:

• Mathematical Models in Studying Culture (M. A. Koskov)

• Culture and Morale (Y. E. Milyutin)

• Understanding in Culture (L. A. Ornatskaya)

• Philosophy of Culture of the 20th Century (Y. N. Solonin)

• The problems of Social Determination of Culture in Russian Sociology of Culture in the 1920-1930s (V. N. Sorokina)

• Culture in Postmodernism (Y. G. Sokolov)

• Culture of Russian Modernism (Y. G. Sokolov).

The Chair regularly holds a theoretical seminar ‘Methodological Problems of Philosophy and Theory of Culture’ and a monthly seminar for post-graduate students.

Here are some scientific publications made by the teaching staff: ‘The Philosophy of Culture: Setting and Development’, ‘The Science as a Subject of Philosophical Analysis’ (Y. N. Solonin), ‘The Subject of Philosophy and Proof of Science’ (Y. N. Solonin), ‘The Philosophy of Culture’ (M. S. Kagan), ‘Philosophical Theory of Values’ (M. S. Kagan), ‘Ethics as a Philosophical Science’ (M. S. Kagan), ‘Peter’s City in the History of Russian Culture’ (M. S. Kagan), ‘The Material Culture’ (M. A. Koskov), etc.