East-West Dichotomy: gaps, interaction, intercrossing Authors Olga Zheleznyak Institute of Fine Arts; INRTU;International Academy of Nature and Society Sciences Downloads PDF (Русский) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.54.1250 Keywords: East-West, dichotomy, transmutation contact, cultural norm, paradigm of culture, cultural space, tradition, universe Abstract The article studies the forms of interaction, gaps and intercrossing between the paradigms of East and West. Interpretation of the dichotomy as a model and value of culture and as a significant component of the worldview is presented in the article as a process of combination of cultural norms within the Whole. The idea of ‘transmutation contact’ is proposed for the discussion of peculiarities of the notion East-West. The mobility of borders and the ambiguity of the notion East-West predetermine different discourses of the discussion in the spaces of rational-irrational, tradition-nontradition, enlightenment and barbarism. It can be explained by the fact that the East-West dichotomy is integrated in the universe, the microspace and macrospace. How to Cite Zheleznyak, O. (2017). East-West Dichotomy: gaps, interaction, intercrossing. Project Baikal, 14(54), 54–65. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.54.1250 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2017-12-26 Issue No. 54 (2017): eastwest Section Articles References Baidarov, E. U. (2007). Problemy dikhotomii “Zapad-Vostoik”, “Vostok-Zapad” v globalistike [Problems of “West-East” dichotomy, “East-West” in globalistics]. Intelros. Credo New, 4. Retrieved from http://www.intelros.ru/2007/11/26/problemy_dikhotomii_zapadvostok_vostokzapad_v_globalistike.html Bakhtin, M. M. (1994). K pererabotke knigi o Dostoevskom II [On a revision of the book on Dostoevsky II]. Dialog. Karnaval. Khronotop, 1. Berdyaev, N. (1991). Samopoznaie [Self-knowledge]. Moscow: Kniga. Dobrokhotov, A. L. (Ed.). (1991). Razgovor na proselochnoi doroge: sbornik [The conversation on a country road: collection]. Moscow: Vyssh. shk. Eisenstein, S. M. (1988). Chet-nechet. Razdvoenie edinogo [Odd or even. Dichotomy of the Whole ]. Vostok-Zapad, Issledovanija. Perevody. Publikatsii. Moscow: Nauka, Chief editorial board of Eastern Literature. Freidenberg, O. M. (1936). Poetika syuzheta i zhanra: Period antichnoi literatury [Poetics of plot and genre: the period of Antique literature]. Leningrad. Grigorieva, T. P. (1992). Dao i Logos (vstrecha kultur) [Dao and Logos (meeting of cultures)]. Moscow: Nauka.