Quo Vadis: Anthropological Dimension of the Modern Civilization Crisis

The purpose of the article is analysis causes systemic crisis that hit modern civilization through description its main structures, identifying relationship between elements, assessments their heuristic potential. This will open up opportunities for finding ways to resolve this crisis, new directions civilizational development. Theoretical basis research are systems analysis, socio-philosophical and philosophical-anthropological approaches as well scientific developments in field global studies. Originality lies fact first show connection structural elements human a system. Change one parameters leads change all others, together with whole. Conclusions. reason deep imbalance most important system population size, resources technology, core consciousness individual collective forms. perception, processing, use information, which defining resource, stability entire depend on state consciousness. Consciousness, based old, obsolete principles stereotypes, unable cope acute challenges time. New consciousness, since it formed, mark transition theoretical picture world model behavior, people act, driven by proven knowledge, not willfulness prejudice. idea forming productive information environment where ideas constructiveness creative work dominate rather than consumerism destruction, case at present, must become categorical imperative