4. Make sure you’ ve got the meaning of the words. Now match the columns
and
complete Table 3
Table 3
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a.
миссия
b.pазнообразие
c.
наследие
d.человечество
e.накапливать
f.сосуществование
g.вызывать
h.смутный,
неясный
i.
преувеличивать
j.
лучшее понимание
k.проявление
l.
особый, особенный
m.приобретать
n.разносторонний
талант
o.гуманитарные
науки
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1.
to exaggerate
2.
to accumulate
3.
to acquire
4.
vague
5.
to evoke
6.
particular
7.
diversity
8.
manifestation
9.
heritage
10.
mankind
11.
insight
12.
versatile
13.
humanities
14.
coexistence
15.
mission
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5.
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Table 4
5. While reading fill in the missing phrases given below. Entitle each
passage
A
A
In contemporary
Social
Sciences,
the word “culturology” is taken
from American anthropologist Leslie
White
who defined it as the field of science which studies culture as
cultural systems.
Following White, philosopher of science Mario
Bunge
defined culturology as the sociological, economic, political and
historical study of concrete cultural systems.
He
defined it
as an integral system
and its influence on human behavior.
The notion of culturology in Russia takes its and
early 20th century and associated with the names of Mikhail
Bakhtin,
Aleksei
Losev,
Sergey
Averintsev,
B
To say that
culturology relates to culture is to say very little. Culture is
a subject of research of many sciences – history, philosophy,
archeology, anthropology, sociology, linguistics. But each
studies culture as a particular sphere, in its particular
manifestations. The field of culturology is specific. Its subject
matter extends beyond the boundaries of the humanities. It studies
culture as a global phenomenon connected . It’s a
metha - science which integrates
the knowledge of
culture accumulated over the course of civilization and brings
it to a more sophisticated system. The culturologists understands
culture as concrete social systems composed of living human
beings and engaged in cultural and social activities of various
kinds. They study belief systems, cultural activities
and social relations in their cultural, economic,
political, sociological, anthropological, geographical and historical
contexts.
C
C
The historical
path of the formation of culturology conceptions doesn’t mean a
process of accumulation of humanitarian knowledge of culture.
It’s not a quantitative enrichment of cultural experience
either. The general idea of the science is determined
the formation of the world’s civilization. Culturology analyses
the features common for the world community and those
specific for separate nations. In the range of research of
culturology are culture, its forms, structure, functions and
tendencies in modern society
D
D
To be a successful
specialist one should know a lot. The students of the culturology
department get a good set of humanitarian knowledge: in
history, archeology, theory of arts, theory of culture, history
of civilizations, history of arts, history of science, history
of religions, philosophy, esthetics. The curriculum includes
. The students acquire practical skills in clay - modeling,
pottery, vine – breading, silk - painting, wood
– painting,
doll – making, fabric – utilizing. These subjects are supposed
to give them a deeper
insight into the
nature of arts when dealing with textures, materials, forms,
colors and technologies.
E
The sphere of
practical usage of culturology is wide. Its knowledge is applied
in cultural policy and management, socio-cultural and mass
communications,
education and in the field . Future specialists can find
an employment in institutes and centres of scientific research,
museums and
libraries,
Mass Media and travel agencies, education establishments where they
will solve
the problems of theory and history of culture. In federal and
municipal organs of administration ( management ) the specialists
work out scientific and cultural programs aimed at keeping safe
natural and cultural heritage.
F
We can’t fail to
recognize the fact that we live in a complicated and contradicting
world. The characteristic feature of the present is not only an
active polylogue of different cultures but a creative
interaction, their assimilation
and
integration. It’s highly important that the diversity of cultures
shouldn’t be destructive. Priority should be given to the formation
of a new world’s order, where cultural identities and cultural
autonomies are accompanied with universal values of humanism,
peaceful coexistence in a single environment filled with a great
number of various cultures. So we can safely say that
of the culturologist is noble and important. He keeps safe
historical and cultural heritage for future generations. In his
activity he works out the strategies aimed at making the
world safe, spiritually rich and
humane.
If
culture is the cultivation of nature, then culturology is not merely
the study of culture, but its further cultivation.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culturology
