Modern civil society in the era of informatization: postmodern worldview

Abstract

The article aims to indicate the role of info-communication technologies in the conversion of the cultural reality of the postmodern era. The elements of pluralism, decentration, fragmentation, and play as the major principles of postmodern culture are revealed. In the context of the virtualization of the socio-cultural space, humanistic values are of great importance. The most demanded form of communication is polylogue. It reflects the transition from traditional communicative interaction to modern. The contemporary development period of civil society, culture, and civilization is characterized by a new stage in the evolution of the nature of the leading social processes. It is distinguished by the desire of a developed industrial society to improve its social structures and institutions. The study talks about the active entry into the community's life with the latest information technologies, which occurred due to the rapid development of electronics. The formation and dissemination of a particular type of mindset and worldview, conceptualized in some philosophical, sociological, literary, and cultural theories, has become widely known under the general name "postmodernism." The need to comprehend these two significant phenomena for the current era determines the subject of this article