The article analyses imagination in terms of its transcendental nature stretching beyond the boundaries of the immanent world. It can be done by applying a methodology based on I. Kant’s idea of understanding the transcendent essence through its manifestations in the immanent phenomena. The author considers specific implementations of the transcendent nature of imagination through myth, religion, art and science. It is concluded that, on the one hand, the transcendence of imagination gives humans a chance to escape from the total control of immanence and, on the other hand, it may provoke a conflict between a desire to proceed with caution and reason, and willingness to recklessly break through.

The article analyses the relationship of the philosophy of developing harmony and the noospheric worldview based on the principle of anthropocosmism. Noosphere is understood as a complementary unity and co-creation of nature, an individual and society, the recognition of the integrity and completeness of being. Anthropocosmism proclaims collegiality and sophianic of the man and the world in negentropic aspirations for developing the harmony of all being, involving the coexistence of the good and the evil in the world, as well as the ability to use force to fight against the evil in the name of the formation of the noosphere as a common cause.

This article conceptualizes the notion of linguosociocultural public safety, as well as an adjacent notion of linguosociocultural value as an object providing this type of safety. The theoretical and methodological possibilities of the system-activity approach in providing linguosociocultural safety allow to include it in the context of socio-philosophical knowledge. The relevance of the problem under study is in the necessity to reveal the mechanisms for providing linguosociocultural safety and their trends to maintain and develop sociocultural relations.

The article examines the relationship between politics and morality. The problem is analyzed in historical perspective, with the main views being presented. The author considers this reference to the past relevant in order to give a fresh interpretation of the problem and reexamine “familiar” views. An attempt is made to «modernize» the issue and reject the Machiavellian principle and establishment of moral principles in contemporary politics. The author strongly argues that the combination of policy and morality will contribute to the improvement of both internal and external political relations.

By example of Thomas Hobbes’s model of a society - state the author of the article reveals a connection between social and philosophical ideas of the 15th -17th centuries with some economic concepts, notably mercantilism and Smith’s labor theory which are based on the idea of society as a result of people’s limitation of their natural condition in order to survive . Self-interest, striving for profit as well as diligence combined with modesty reveal the nature of man and allow of treating labor as welfare. Every human activity is viewed in terms of economics, i.e. being one that aims at distribution, exchange and consumption of the gifts of nature. Among the activities the leading role is assigned to foreign trade as a condition of both individual and communal well-being.

The article deals with the «the second generation» Internet social characteristics and digital objects which are capable of becoming artworks. The author mentions such Web 2.0 characteristics as the user’s active role in making their own content and the blossom of amateurship, independent distribution of creative works, and predominance of a communicative component over informative one. The author also studies examples of self-organization on the Internet. Three classes of digital objects are described: programs as a result of programming, files as a result of the programs at work and digitalization files.

The article is devoted to the analysis of postmodern philosophy views on the specificity of socio-philosophical knowledge. The significance of postmodern thought for social philosophy cannot be determined by the construction of a theory of society or of a new anthropological project, since they have not been created yet. But this fact does not deprive postmodern philosophy of its heuristic value. Renouncing claims to substantiate a new socio-anthropological project postmodern philosophy nevertheless performed a more radical act: it criticized traditional metaphysics thus giving way to a new rationale for socio-philosophical objectivity.

The paper is concerned with the nature of socialization as a social process of recruitment of neophytes in the developed universal exchange of activity. The latter is interpreted in terms of instilling humanitarian ethos to individuals, which promotes regularization of involvement and participation, building coordination and subordination (hierarchy), inter-individual communication through efficient, optimal, achievement oriented technologies crystallized in practice. A particular focus of attention is on the substance of such instruments of establishing interactions as acculturation and individuation.

The article analyses the ontological features of Russia and world safety. An appeal to the good of Christian values is opposed to ideological searches of idol-admirers. The humanistic character of morality in Russia is revealed in the recognition of absolute values standing above atheist and immoral valuables. The author considers the degradation of morality in the West describing idol-admirers and their self-disposal “from the side”. The ideological opposition of the Russian idea and western values is analyzed and the necessity of Christian rethinking of the accepted values of the West is proposed.

This article discusses the main features of cultural policy as a socio - philosophical category. The transformation of culture and its relationship with society and the individual in the history of philosophical thought is traced (in the works by I. Herder, I. Kant, V. Soloviev, N. Berdyaev, L. Karsavin, P. Florensky, P. Sorokin and others). The main characteristics of the culture which are directly linked with the degree of influence of the state cultural policy on social development are defined. The demonstrated typology of culture obviously shows a tendency to the simplification of its content.

The article considers the philosophy of creativity of the outstanding Russian philosopher S.L. Frank. According to many historians of Russian philosophy Frank is the only Russian thinker who really managed to create a detailed, systematic and relatively complete philosophical doctrine - the concept of unity in all its genuine complexity. An exceptional place in this doctrine is devoted to creativity. According to Frank, creativity is holistic cognition of the world overcoming its fragmentation and approaching the experience of spiritual workings that exist in religious life and restore the unity of heart, mind and body in man. Creativity, according to Frank, is a transition to timeless being, bridging the tragic gap between the inner and outer life, a spiritual, overtime, and transfinite re-birth.

This article attempts at addressing the issue of anthropological meaning of the philosophy of economy in terms of modern economic system. The features of the philosophy of economy, as well as its difference from economics are shown. The necessity of understanding the essence of the philosophy of economy as the basic source of knowledge, spiritual and creative transformation of a person in the world is considered. The author reveals the key features of the philosophy of economy in post-modern thinking, as well as an important role of underestimation of moral and spiritual goals of personality in modern economic conditions.

The article discusses the problems of immortality in S.N. Bulgakov’s philosophy. There are two aspects that reveal the content of the human concept of immortality: ontological and praxeological. Within the ontological aspect the author highlights the factors that according to S.N. Bulgakov constitute evidence of metaphysical human immortality, i.e. the possibility of theosis as the ultimate destiny of man from the standpoint of Christian theology and the existence of «spiritual corporeality» as an ontological body norm. In the analysis of the praxeological aspect of the problem of immortality ways and means are indicated of achieving immortality considered by S.N. Bulgakov in cosmic and economic human activity.

The subject of the research is the ontologic doctrine of N.A. Berdyaev (N.A. Berdyaev’s noumenology). The concept «noumen» can be considered as the kernel of the philosopher’s ontologic system. The category «noumen» is revealed through the categories «spirit», «freedom», «subject». The possibility of rational philosophical understanding of «noumen» is revealed. The the noumen doctrine passes through N.A. Berdyaev’s most significant works by means of the categories «spirit», «freedom» and «subject». The conclusion is made that noumen is identical to a transcendental subject whose space of existence is freedom.

The relevance of this study is determined by the fact that because of computers, particularly the Internet, children, adolescents and young people spend too much time at the computer, often preferring virtual life to the real one and falling into dependence on it. Thus, the problem of computer or Internet addiction and affects mental and physical health arises and aquires a global reach. Computer addiction is recognized as a disease of the 21st century. To prevent this frightening problem which is increasing every day, it is necessary to examine the nature of computer addiction, its causes, factors, symptoms and possible solutions.