Humanities Studios: Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy

The contradictions between the various paradigms of civilization and the related problems of world globalization, as well as the interaction of civilizations are the subject of many sciences. Globalization is interpreted as the interaction of civilizations. Thus, civilization becomes one of the main categories in the process of explaining and understanding the world. Today there is no generally accepted definition of the term “civilization” - it is defined and interpreted differently. Sometimes it is used as a synonym for the term “culture”. Civilization can also refer to society as a whole. The “embryos” of the civilizational-stadial approach to the historical development appeared in the eighteenth century, when the concept of civilization was introduced into scientific circulation; and the representatives of this approach grounded their ideas on the unity of the world history. According to the stadial approach to the development of society, the historical process is characterized by progressiveness and gradual development. This approach is based on the linear time model. The paper aims to investigate such phenomena as “civilization” and “stadial universalism”

civilization, globalization, society, stadial universalism, world history