Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7671 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1948 (Online)


intercultural communication

Essential Characteristics of Multicultural Communicative Interaction

The article discusses essential characteristics of multicultural communicative interaction and the necessity of their use while educating philology students.

Orphic-Pythagorean tradition as a channel of the religious influence of Egypt on Plato's doctrine of the immortality of the soul

The article considers one of the particular problems of cross-cultural interaction between Ancient Greece and Egypt - the mediating role of the Orphic-Pythagorean tradition in the Egyptian influence on the Platonic doctrine of the immortality of the soul. This problem is rarely touched upon in the national science, although its study allows one to discover new aspects in the development of ancient Greek philosophy. The methodological basis is the historical-comparative scientific analysis.

The Origins of Philosophical Theology in Pre-Christian Culture

This article is devoted to the analysis of problems and specifics of theological discourse in Antiquity. The article deals with the categorical apparatus of ancient philosophy, which was later reinterpreted by Christian theologians. Interaction of Theology in its formation with the philosophy and the natural sciences was very intense and fruitful. Reasons communicative proximity of theology and philosophy are seen us in the style of human thinking. Ancient philosophers have tried to find the fundamental basis of being the world and man.

The Problem of Education in the Context of Russian-Chinese Cultural Dialogue

The article deals with the problem of education in the context of cultural interaction of Russia and China. Basing on the definitions educational sphere, international communication and intercultural communication, the identity of culture and education, cultural educational context, influence of education on the fundamental phenomenon of the contemporary social life – intercultural dialogue – are grounded.