Abstract
The article carries out a systematic socio-philosophical analysis of the human-creative function of the spiritual culture of youth in the conditions of modern transitive transformations of society. The relevance of the study is due to the need for a philosophical understanding of the reconfiguration of the spiritual world of student youth under the influence of total virtualization and global infodemic. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the concept of the human dimension of culture and determine the specifics of the formation of the spiritual world of students through the integration of classical European sociological concepts with the traditions of Ukrainian existential philosophy. The methodological matrix of the work is an interdisciplinary approach that combines general philosophical categories of development, the Weberian concept of “ideal types” and domestic cordocentrism. As a result of the study, it is proven that the traditional dichotomy “spirituality – spirituallessness” loses its linear character, transforming under the influence of virtualization and pragmatization of the socio-cultural space. It is noted that the modern pragmatism of student youth is not a form of destruction of values, but a specific tool for adapting to social turbulence. It is substantiated that the appeal to the Ukrainian philosophical heritage (in particular, the ideas of H. Skovoroda, P. Yurkevich, I. Franko) allows revitalizing the concepts of “inner man” and “related labor” as basic strategies for individual vitality of youth. The scientific novelty lies in revealing the hybrid nature of the determination of spiritual culture, which today unfolds at the intersection of classical institutions and algorithmic matrices of the digital environment. It is concluded that despite materialistic distortions, the spiritual activity of youth retains its humanistic vector, focused on the affirmation of the values of truth, goodness and beauty. Modern youth successfully integrate global digital trends with deep national-patriotic and humanistic beliefs, moving the space of their spiritual formation into the plane of hybrid, virtual-network reality.
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