Market-Determined Apologia of the Belarusian Institutional Philosophy

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Abstract

[In Russian]

The article advocates philosophy facing the trial of time and current state of affaires of its right to the further institutional existence in Belarus and namely: philosophy as a resource of (1) construction of national identity (through positioning of National University in the field of social and humanitarian disciplines), (2) construction of «a worthy citizen» (through positioning of a uni- versity liberal model in liberal arts, and creation of philosopher’s «loci communes» as a critically thinking intellectual in the public space), (3) construction of a post-materialistically motivated cre- ative person necessary for successful realisation of an innovative policy and construction of a post-industrial society. The place of philosophy in the national and liberal university of Belarus, as well as its role in transition from the society of violence to meri- tocracy is considered in detail.