Arctic Circumpolar Civilization

Philosophical Approaches to the Concept

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Sviatoslav Shachin Associate professor, Murmansk Arctic State University, Russia s_shachin@mail.ru

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antinomies; Arctic; circumpolar civilization; indigenous people; North; rationalism
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Abstract

This article analyzes the concept of an Arctic circumpolar civilization and focuses on contradictions inherent within the concept. Some of these antinomies are the nomadic character of the traditional Arctic civilization and the traditional academic approach that takes a sedentarist perspective; the rich worldview of the Arctic residents and its inadequate reflection in the rational paradigm of cognition; and issues surrounding sustainable development and the global crisis of humanity, which leads to instability worldwide, including in the Arctic. The article proposes method of dialectical synthesis for resolving such antinomies.

Translated by Tatiana Argounova-Low

Contributor Notes

Sviatoslav Shachin is associate professor of philosophy at the Department of Social Sciences at the Murmansk Arctic State University. He is the author of numerous publications and textbooks on philosophy of education, history of philosophy, rationalism, and spirituality. He also translates works by German philosophers into Russian. Email: s_shachin@mail.ru.

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Keywords:
antinomies; Arctic; circumpolar civilization; indigenous people; North; rationalism
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2019
Online Publication Date:
01 Mar 2019
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© Berghahn Books 2019

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