Russian culturology in new paradigm of modernization

The article discusses the situation of paradigmatic choice of modern culturology in the context of complex transformations of socio-cultural reality. The analysis of the main characteristics of the information society and the globalizing world in a situation of qualitative transformations and «fluidity» is undertaken. The dual and contradictory nature of these changes, giving rise to counterweights in the form of localization and renaissance of the traditional origins of cultures, is noted. Attention is paid to the concept of «transitivity» and «stability», with their inherent trends in the development of science, including the science of culture. The characteristics of the global trends in the sociocultural sphere are combined with the analysis of the processes that make up its content in modern Russia, the general cultural situation in which tends to exit from the transition state, i. e. to the formation of cultural integrity, or «monolith». The situation of duality in the interpretation of reality and development strategies in modern culturology is indicated.