Confrontation of culture and civilization: Heidegger, Habermas, Huntington

The subject of the given investigation is the interaction of culture and civilization. The main object set in the paper is revealing the character of this interaction. The author attempts to show unsoundness of the arguments within the framework of that the contemporary history is considered as the arena of the clash of civilizations. S.Huntington, the well-known representative of this idea, considers that the clash of civilizations is conditioned by implacability of their cultural foundations. However, the dynamics of Modernity is conditioned not by a clashing of the civilizations but a confrontation of culture and civilization. The main collisions of the modern history in many respects connected with the emergence of communism, fascism, terrorism and fundamentalism is analyzed from a single viewpoint, in the context of conflict between culture and civilization. All of the above-mentioned political phenomena are seen as sanctioned by culture that is seriously deformed under the continuous pressure of civilization. The philosophy of Heidegger is imbued with the protest of the repressed culture, while Habermas is a sincere preacher of civilization: his theory of communicative action is called upon to place theoretical foundation under publicity as a sphere of influence of civilization