Human-Dimensionality of Metamodernism Worldview Paradigm: Sociocultural Transformations and Practices

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to define the human-dimensionality as the worldview basis of the cultural paradigm of metamodernism, which manifests itself in modern cultural practices and transformations. The research methodology is focused on a systematic approach and a dialectical method, which provides the opportunity to determine the features of the worldview paradigm in the context of sociocultural transformations and cultural practices. Scientific novelty. For the first time, a specific worldview feature of the culture non-classical paradigm is revealed, which brings to life existential phenomena in the «age of uncertainty» (according to Z. Bauman) and captures in the metaphors of «new sincerity» and «new humanism» the powerful potential of meaning creation and human-dimensionality. Conclusions. Post-classical practices have a vivid manifestation in metamodern culture. It is characterised by a special experience of the unity of the part and the whole. The interaction of subjects in the world of new perceptions is associated with the desire for harmony, openness, and integrity. Wholeness, which is suddenly revealed to a person in its fullness, is the most important state experienced by the mind, soul, and body. Metamodernists tend to emphasise both the inner development of the individual and the political and social aspects. Considering the prospects of political tools, they still focus on the intersection of the depth of the person’s inner needs and the external complexity of real life. The worldview dominant of the «metamodern age» can be defined as «human-dimensionality» as a fundamental desire for integrity, free dialogue, a balance between the sublime and the pragmatic, between active love and care, and understanding of multiple realities. The human-dimensionality appears not only as a worldview reference point, but also as an effective method of «I»-«Other» interaction, which prompts various cultural practices and socio-cultural transformations of modern society.

Key words: worldview paradigm, metamodernism, human-dimensionality, sociocultural transformations, cultural practices.