Models of contacts of ''self' and ''other''

The article is devoted to the problem of interrelation of the categories of "mine" and "other". The author keeps to the opinion that"the history of the society" is the history of relations between "self" and "other". The work contains classifications within "self' and "other" which is represented by the corresponding examples. At the early stage (mythological), there was no subdivision of the opposition. Accentuation as a device is used in this work to develop the theme and the idea. The author of the research expresses striving of the person to visit or meet "other" in the following models of contacts: starting off, pilgrimage, travel, tourism, post-tourism. Models of contacts offered here are considered as reflection of the essence of this or that historical epoch. World outlook, on the one hand, is determined by the model of contact with "other", on the other hand, it determines the possibility or impossibility of this contact. Basic ideas of the article are the following: - The model of starting off is characteristic for the mythological epoch, the principle of which is ''selfing'' the ''other'' (possible under the condition of integrity of the subjects). This model enriches both "self and "other". The contact leads the mythological character to a qualitatively new level. - Pilgrimage is divided into kinds which represent different models of meeting "other", one of them leads to meeting God. - Travel tends to make "self something, which is not really "self, and determines the epoch of great geographical discoveries. For travellers meeting "other" is not important, it is the way and finding new ways which is important for them. - Tourism is a well-organised kind of activity, which appeared in the USSR and was the means of propaganda of communist values, the way of acquiring habits and skills , the way of teaching discipline. The aim of tourism is not meeting "other" but preserving "self' in certain frames. - Post-tourism is the model of meeting "other" in modern society. Post-tourism does not overcome hardships and changes, does not meet "other". Post-tourism results in collection of souvenirs from visited places and collection of photos taken there. The author of the article presents the comparative analysis of contact models but at the same time she emphasizes the features of their likeness at certain moments. In conclusion the author advances the idea that all the models were originally inserted into culture but developed chronologically and every other epoch, under domination of a certain model, has models of preceding epochs.

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