REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE «IDENTIFICATION OF PHILOSOPHY» (April 17–18, 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia) OPENNESS, PUBLICITY OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE CONTINUOUS EXPERIENCE OF REVIVAL

The article is devoted to the problem of identification of philosophy, which was discussed at the international conference in Faculty of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University. Contemporary philosophy exists along with rapid development of consumer society, new forms of communication, publicity, and interprets itself as based on cumulative historical experience and live memory connected with Perestroika, disappearance of censorship and attempts to develop a democratic society. The review emphasizes the topics devoted to the main metaphor of the conference, namely, the experience which matured in the room of kitchen–smoking-corner–public space and impliied critical response, a political, and playfulness of the philosopher.