GISAP: History and Philosophy

3-6

Authors: Gulzira Seksenbayeva

In the context of modern historical science audiovisual documents are considered as a historical source, as well as a peculiar product of culture, able to significantly extend the knowledge of reality and to some extent able to assist in renovation of historical thinking in the study of the past. Attention is paid to structure and contents of audiovisual documents as an independent group of historical sources. Such a study approach allows resolving (through the use of the opportunities, tools, techniques and methods of source-studies) a number of challenges associated with the introduction of the most valuable information contained in these sources into the public and scientific environment.

13-15

Authors: Elena Paraskevopulo, Natalya Eliseeva , Nickolay Eliseev

The article describes the main milestones in formation of the descriptive geometry school in IICU-PSTU. Authors considered the contribution of scientists into the development of history and theory of descriptive geometry and showed the influence of traditions on the descriptive geometry teaching at the present stage.

19-23

Authors: Aleksandra Zaharova

In the article the author carries out the analysis of historiographic sources concerning the history of formation the Russian-Chinese boundary up to the beginning of the XX century. Author allocates several geographical areas, one of which (Urjanhajsky Territory) becomes a material for the description of specificity of boundaries formation between the Russian and the Tsin Empires. The author distinguishes two points of view on border demarcation and affiliation of Urjanchs’ territories. The author also describes the specificity of the borderline as the combination of a complex of matters concerning the boundary space.

29-31

Authors: Eugen Domanyuk

Even now the scientific world lacks full enough view on the totality of interconnections and interdependencies affecting life activity of the society. This is the reason for the fact that the history of social development was always accompanied by wars, social disturbances, crises, etc. So, there is a need for athe certain separate scientific discipline in order to ensure a harmonious life of a society in the future. This discipline should consider and examine all interconnections that exist in a circulation determining the functioning and development of the social-economic system. The extremes of this system are social needs and social economic complex. “The History of Social Production” may be such a science.

34-37

Authors: Irina Ershova

The author considers the processes of globalization affecting all spheres of human life. The human capital phenomenon is one of the major components of the society based on knowledge in the context of globalization. The human capital phenomenon is material and intellectual component of life activity of people at the same time.

43-46

Authors: Boris Medvedev

In the context of Hamlet's question addressing the modern civilization the Enlightenment problem in the 21st century is discussed in connection with the world's humanity spiritual crisis. The Enlightenment's moral mission is emphasized as it confronts the apocalypse of sense. The principle of education through the art language with the artistic cognition imperative, the principle of uncertainty in the cognition determining the trend towards integration of sciences of nature and humanities, the principle of cultural cognition formulating the self-restraint question, the principle of cultural memory phenomenon conservation in the Enlightenment are postulated.

51-54

Authors: Elena Kryukova

The article is connected with the problem of social consent as a necessary condition for social development of human personality. It was proved that social consent is a state and a process of co-operation between social subjects with the same values, needs, interests and goals. Such social group is solidary, united, well-organized and stable. Consent is one of the group characteristics able to explain the mechanism of formation of norms. It is also one of methods of translation of traditions from one generation to another. It was marked out that consent is one of the conditions for unification of individuals in a group. However it is not always possible to co-ordinate all the functional-role expectations of group members, especially if activity has creative character. The phenomenon of the “forced consent” when cognitive dissonance is formed by presence of a threat or a prospect of punishment was examined. The consent is “a mutual acceptance of roles”, when interpenetration of outlooks, assessments and feelings takes place. This allows every participant of the coordinated action to accept or reject points of view of other participants.