Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2011. № 1. P. 152-157.
ABOUT THE ROLE OF ATHEISTIC DISCOURSE IN THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION
Pikov Gennadiy Gennadyevich
Novosibirsk State University
Abstract. In the article the attempt is made to consider the historical place of atheistic discourse and to show its role in the history of European civilization. Its role in the development of three socio-cultural models (ancient, medieval and new-temporal ones) is considered. It is concluded that the civilization significance of atheism is the mechanism of the verification of the existing paradigm.
Key words and phrases: религия, атеизм, дискурс, парадигма, цивилизация, культура, religion, atheism, discourse, paradigm, civilization, culture
Open the whole article in PDF format. Free PDF-files viewer can be downloaded here.